{"id":18000,"date":"2011-09-24T12:18:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T17:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18000"},"modified":"2011-09-24T12:18:29","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T17:18:29","slug":"miami-dolphins-at-cleveland-browns-pro-football-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/miami-dolphins-at-cleveland-browns-pro-football-betting-preview-18000\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins at Cleveland Browns Pro Football Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Dolphins at Cleveland Browns
\nSunday, 9\/25\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cleveland -1
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cleveland -2
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 40
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Miami Dolphins are 15-9 SU the last three years on the road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami has dropped the last three meetings against Cleveland, but will likely be glad to be on the road due to the team\u2019s 15-9 record away from Sun Life Stadium under fourth-year head coach Tony Sparano.\u00a0 The Dolphins dropped back-to-back home games to the New England Patriots (38-24) and Houston Texans (23-13), failing to cover the number as seven and three-point underdogs respectively.\u00a0 The team has also been out-gained by 173 combined yards in the two opening efforts.\u00a0 Miami is 16-18 ATS overall and 5-0 ATS as a road underdog of three points or less.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins have been absolutely terrible against the pass this year, allowing Tom Brady to throw for 517 yards and then allowing Matt Schaub to complete 21 of 29 passes for 230 yards.\u00a0 On the other side of the ball, quarterback Chad Henne needs to become more consistent, hitting on just 12 of 30 passes last week for 170 yards with a touchdown and interception.\u00a0 The running game has been in good hands with Reggie Bush and rookie Daniel Thomas, but the team is quickly finding out once again that the former Heisman Trophy winner is not an every down back.<\/p>\n

Cleveland went on the road and captured a 27-19 win as a one-point road favorite last week over the Indianapolis Colts.\u00a0 The Browns are now looking to win at home after dropping a season-opening contest to the Cincinnati Bengals.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s always important to have a good home record,\u201d commented Pro Bowl tackle Joe Thomas.\u00a0 \u201cYou want to win as many games as you can at home and get your home field advantage.\u201d\u00a0 Defensive coordinator Dick Jauron has improved the defensive unit over the first two weeks, as the team enters sixth in the league in allowing just 289.5 yards per game.\u00a0 It\u2019s quite an improvement from giving up 350.1 yards a year ago.\u00a0 Cleveland is 3-3 ATS as a favorite and 3-2 ATS versus AFC East opponents.<\/p>\n

The Browns beat the Dolphins in Miami last least season with a 23-yard field goal, which broke a 10-10 tie.\u00a0 Cleveland has actually covered four straight meetings in the series, including as 5.5-point road underdogs last year.\u00a0 First-year head coach Pat Shurmur has preached balance on the offensive side of the ball and got it last week, as the team passed 32 times and ran the ball 34.\u00a0 The team is hoping that first-string running back Peyton Hillis isn\u2019t suffering from a serious illness, as he left Friday\u2019s practice, but many believe it was simply a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Dolphins due to their 9-2 ATS mark as a road underdog, while the Browns are 1-5 ATS overall.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Miami Dolphins at Cleveland Browns Sunday, 9\/25\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cleveland -1 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cleveland -2 Opening Total:\u00a0 40 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami has dropped the last three meetings against Cleveland, but will likely be glad to be on the road due to the team\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[323,360,5477,320,3329],"class_list":["post-18000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-chad-henne","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-joe-thomas","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-peyton-hillis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18000","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=18000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18001,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18000\/revisions\/18001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}