{"id":10341,"date":"2010-11-06T12:30:07","date_gmt":"2010-11-06T17:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=10341"},"modified":"2010-11-06T12:42:34","modified_gmt":"2010-11-06T17:42:34","slug":"new-england-patriots-at-cleveland-browns-nfl-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/new-england-patriots-at-cleveland-browns-nfl-betting-preview-10341\/","title":{"rendered":"New England Patriots at Cleveland Browns NFL Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

New England Patriots at Cleveland Browns
\nSunday, 11\/7\/2010, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New England -4
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New England -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 New England -210 \/ Cleveland +180<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New England Patriots are the only NFL team with less than two losses heading into Cleveland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New England has won its last five games to push its overall record to 6-1 on the season and it also marks their longest winning streak since its then-NFL record 21-game regular-season run from 2006-08.\u00a0 The Patriots come into this contest as the only NFL team with fewer than two losses.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot of young players, but I don\u2019t really care about all that,\u201d head coach Bill Belichick stated.\u00a0 \u201cWhat I care about is how the team functions as a unit.\u201d\u00a0 His team has won the last four meetings dating back to 2001, but the Browns hold a 12-9 overall mark in the series.\u00a0 New England is 4-7 overall in games played in Cleveland, including a 2-1 record at Cleveland Browns Stadium.\u00a0 The Patriots have allowed the Browns to score fewer than 20 points in each of the ten regular season meetings between the teams since 1992.\u00a0 The team is 2-0 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 9.5 points this season and the NFL lines page has them currently listed in that range.<\/p>\n

The Patriots have started the season with at least six wins in their first seven games for the sixth time in team history and fourth time under Belichick.\u00a0 New England\u2019s 28-18 victory over Minnesota was its 16th-straight win at Gillette Stadium over NFC opponents.\u00a0 Since 2001, New England has done a remarkable job in finishing the season strong, compiling a 75-22 record after November 1, a mark that includes playoff games.\u00a0 Another important factor is to note the squad has the third-best road record at 53-30 since 2000, with only Indianapolis and Philadelphia holding a better mark.<\/p>\n

Cleveland returns home on Sunday afternoon for the first time in nearly a month and get the pleasure of facing the AFC East leaders.\u00a0 This matchup will certainly stir up the bitterness between Browns head coach Eric Mangini and Belichick, but the team is focused on pulling off an upset.\u00a0 \u201cI think everything takes care of itself over time,\u201d said Mangini.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s had a lot to focus on, I\u2019ve had a lot to focus on so it\u2019s just one of those things right now.\u201d\u00a0 The last time the team beat the Patriots was November 12, 2000 by a 19-11 count.\u00a0 Ironically enough, it happened to be Belichick\u2019s first-year in New England.\u00a0 Cleveland is 8-3 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 9.5 points.<\/p>\n

The Browns are 2-5 heading into their first game after the bye week and was last seen pulling off a 30-17 upset win in New Orleans.\u00a0 Cleveland will have to find a way to stop another top-flight quarterback in today\u2019s contest after containing Drew Brees.\u00a0 \u201cOffensively, they\u2019ve got Tom Brady, that\u2019s the starting point and he\u2019s just so good at identifying what the defense is,\u201d said Mangini.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s a complete, equal-opportunity quarterback.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bettors may be interested in knowing that the Patriots are just 36-36 ATS in November, while the Browns are 2-0 ATS versus AFC East opponents the last three years.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss Sunday\u2019s 20-Unit NFL Game of the Year and other pro football picks from Maddux Sports!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New England Patriots at Cleveland Browns Sunday, 11\/7\/2010, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New England -4 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New England -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 45 Current Total:\u00a0 43.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 New England -210 \/ Cleveland +180 New England has won its last five games to push its overall record to 6-1 on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[540,3577,360,3716,1072,125,398],"class_list":["post-10341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-east","tag-bill-belichick","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-cleveland-browns-stadium","tag-eric-mangini","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-tom-brady"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10341"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10344,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10341\/revisions\/10344"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}