{"id":18154,"date":"2011-10-01T00:55:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-01T05:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18154"},"modified":"2011-10-01T00:55:36","modified_gmt":"2011-10-01T05:55:36","slug":"pro-football-betting-browns-titans-meet-in-cleveland-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/pro-football-betting-browns-titans-meet-in-cleveland-on-sunday-18154\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Football Betting: Browns, Titans meet in Cleveland on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tennessee Titans at Cleveland Browns
\nSunday, 10\/2\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cleveland Pick’em
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cleveland Pick’em
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 37.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 38.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Browns
Colt McCoy hopes to lead the Browns to their first 3-1 start in 10 yards on Sunday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns both find themselves tied atop their respective divisions heading into Sunday\u2019s AFC clash, and each of them has taken a similar road to this point.\u00a0 The Browns are trying for their best start in 10 years and will host a Titans team looking to move on after losing star wide receiver Kenny Britt for the season due to a knee injury.<\/p>\n

Both teams lost their season openers but have rebounded to win their last two games.\u00a0 While the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions have garnered most of the headlines so far this year, either Cleveland or Tennessee will be 3-1 heading into Week 5.<\/p>\n

The Browns (Pick’em, O\/U 38.5) rallied last week for a 17-16 home win against Miami, as quarterback Colt McCoy connected with wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi on the game-winning 14-yard touchdown pass with 43 seconds remaining.\u00a0 McCoy finished with 210 yards passing but completed only 19 of 39 attempts.\u00a0 They played without starting running back Peyton Hillis, who missed the game after coming down with a case of strep throat.\u00a0 Hillis is expected to return, although he could still split carries with Montario Hardesty.<\/p>\n

Cleveland has at least gotten some production out of its running game, with Hardesty stepping in and rushing for 67 yards on 14 carries against the Dolphins.\u00a0 The same can\u2019t be said for the Titans, who have been a pass-happy offense with new QB Matt Hasselbeck calling the signals.<\/p>\n

Tennessee RB Chris Johnson has yet to prove he is worthy of the $53 million extension he received after sitting out the preseason.\u00a0 Johnson has rushed for 98 yards combined in three games with the team averaging an NFL-worst 51.7 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n

While the Titans have been able to rely on Hasselbeck\u2019s arm offensively, he will be without his top weapon in Britt, who led the AFC in receiving through the first two games.\u00a0 He tore his ACL and MCL early on in a 17-14 home win over Denver and saw Nate Washington pick up the slack with eight catches for 92 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n

Tennessee has won its last two games at home but has dropped six in a row on the road, including a season-opening 16-14 setback at Jacksonville.\u00a0 Ironically, the road team is 6-2 against the spread in the past eight meetings between the Browns and Titans.<\/p>\n

However, most of the other trends seem to favor Cleveland.\u00a0 The Browns are 10-3 ATS in their past 13 games in the month of October, and Tennessee is 5-12 ATS in its last 17 games against teams with a winning record.\u00a0 The Titans are also just 3-8 ATS in their past 11 games on grass.<\/p>\n

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

Tennessee Titans at Cleveland Browns Sunday, 10\/2\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cleveland Pick’em Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cleveland Pick’em Opening Total:\u00a0 37.5 Current Total:\u00a0 38.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker The Tennessee Titans and Cleveland Browns both find themselves tied atop their respective divisions heading into Sunday\u2019s AFC clash, and each of them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":17253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[360,1772,1930,1922,2757,301,2683],"class_list":["post-18154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-odds","tag-nfl-picks","tag-pro-football","tag-tennessee-titans","tag-week-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18154","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=18154"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18156,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18154\/revisions\/18156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}