The Carolina Panthers are a good bet at home as of late, going 10-4-2 against the spread over the last two seasons, 7-2-2 ATS as home chalk. The Houston Texans, meanwhile, went 5-2-1 ATS on the road last year. In what looks to be a good battle between evenly matched teams, the Panthers tangle with the Texans Sunday afternoon in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Point spread: Panthers opened as 4.5-point favorites; the total was 41.5 early in the week, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. (Line updates and matchup report)
NFL pick, via Odds Shark computer: 23.