{"id":11189,"date":"2010-12-02T03:09:17","date_gmt":"2010-12-02T08:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11189"},"modified":"2010-12-02T03:09:17","modified_gmt":"2010-12-02T08:09:17","slug":"nfl-game-picks-dolphins-vs-browns-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-game-picks-dolphins-vs-browns-predictions-11189\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Game Picks: Dolphins Vs. Browns Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Browns at Miami Dolphins, Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL
\nSunday, December 5, 2010, 1:00 pm EST, TV: CBS
\nOpening Line: Dolphins -5.5
\nCurrent Line: Dolphins -4.5
\nOpening Total: 43
\nCurrent Total: 43
\nMoney Line: Dolphins -225 \/ Browns -185<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Miami QB Chad Henne played well in his first game back from a knee injury against the Raiders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Miami Dolphins (6-5) have been one of the NFL\u2019s worst home teams this season, but they will get a bit of a break this week by hosting one of the worst road teams in the Cleveland Browns (4-7) on Sunday.\u00a0 All four home losses for the Dolphins (-4.5) so far have come against teams that have eight wins or more, as the Browns will be worst team that has visited Sun Life Stadium.<\/p>\n

Miami rebounded from a 16-0 home loss to Chicago two weeks ago by winning 33-17 at Oakland last Sunday.\u00a0 Quarterback Chad Henne returned to action after injuring his knee in the team\u2019s previous home game back in Week 10, which resulted in a 29-17 win over Tennessee.\u00a0 Henne threw for 307 yards with two touchdowns and one interception against the Raiders.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins hope to put together a late-season run at a playoff spot despite sitting three games behind AFC East co-leaders New England and New York.\u00a0 One of those two teams will lose on Monday night, and Miami\u2019s last three home opponents are a combined 8-25 this year.<\/p>\n

Cleveland has not won in Miami since 1970, but the team did pull off a 30-17 upset of New Orleans for its only win of the season away from home in Week 7.\u00a0 The Browns were 12-point road underdogs against the Saints, and they have gone 1-3 against the spread in their other four road games \u2013 all straight-up losses.<\/p>\n

Jake Delhomme will likely be under center for Cleveland due to a nagging ankle injury for rookie Colt McCoy, who still had not been cleared to practice on Wednesday.\u00a0 Delhomme completed 24 of 35 passes for 245 yards in a 24-23 home win over Carolina last week, but he also threw two interceptions.\u00a0 He has now tossed 24 picks in his last 14 games dating back to last season.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for the Browns, running back Peyton Hillis continues to be a force on the ground.\u00a0 Hillis scored three more touchdowns against the Panthers while running for 131 yards.\u00a0 He ranks fourth in the NFL in yards from scrimmage with 1,319 and is tied for second in the league with 13 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Cleveland has covered the last three meetings with the Dolphins, and the UNDER has cashed twice in those games.\u00a0 However, the OVER is 6-0 in the last six games for the Browns and 4-1 in Miami\u2019s home games this season.<\/p>\n

Now that you have read this football betting preview featuring the Dolphins & Browns, be sure to check out the NFL odds on this and all the games to compare the best lines at multiple sportsbooks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Browns at Miami Dolphins, Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL Sunday, December 5, 2010, 1:00 pm EST, TV: CBS Opening Line: Dolphins -5.5 Current Line: Dolphins -4.5 Opening Total: 43 Current Total: 43 Money Line: Dolphins -225 \/ Browns -185 The Miami Dolphins (6-5) have been one of the NFL\u2019s worst home teams this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":4169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[360,4033,2539,2508,320,1930,1922],"class_list":["post-11189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-dolphins-browns-preview","tag-football-betting","tag-free-nfl-pick","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-nfl-odds","tag-nfl-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11189","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\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11190,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11189\/revisions\/11190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}