{"id":18677,"date":"2011-10-16T09:05:28","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T14:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18677"},"modified":"2011-10-16T09:05:28","modified_gmt":"2011-10-16T14:05:28","slug":"nfl-picks-against-the-spread-week-6-cleveland-browns-vs-oakland-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-picks-against-the-spread-week-6-cleveland-browns-vs-oakland-raiders-18677\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Picks Against the Spread Week 6: Cleveland Browns vs. Oakland Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Browns at Oakland Raiders
\nSunday, 10\/16\/11, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oakland -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oakland -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Oakland Raiders may be emotionally spent after last week's win over the Houston Texans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cleveland is coming off its bye week and looking to bounce back from a 31-13 loss to the Tennessee Titans as one-point home favorites when it last played two weeks ago.\u00a0 The Browns will also be dressing up as underdogs for the first time this season.\u00a0 Unfortunately for the franchise, most of the focus has been centered around the health of running back Peyton Hillis, who has raised some questions about sitting out on Sept. 25 with strep throat.\u00a0 \u201cYou feel unappreciated because you want to get something done and nothing has gotten done at this point,\u201d Hillis commented about the real problem in seeking a new contract.\u00a0 Cleveland is 5-3 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 9.5 points, while the \u2018over\u2019 is 19-17 in the last two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Browns have had to rely heavily on the arm of second-year quarterback Colt McCoy, who threw for a career-high 350 yards and attempted 61 passes agains the Titans.\u00a0 Cleveland may find some holes to attack in an Oakland defense that ranks 31st in the league, surrendering 438.6 yards per game.\u00a0 The Browns have scored eight touchdowns in their first four games, which is an improved rate from reaching pay dirt just 26 times during the entire 2011 season.<\/p>\n

Oakland tallied an emotional 25-20 win over the Houston Texans last week after the passing of owner Al Davis, which has many believing that the club may suffer a major letdown Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s not what he was about,\u201d commented Raiders first-year head coach Hue Jackson on telling his team about Davis\u2019 passing.\u00a0 \u201cDon\u2019t use a rallying cry over him.\u201d\u00a0 The Raiders were fortunate to come away with a victory due to allowing 473 total yards, while gaining just 278.\u00a0 Oakland is 20-17 ATS over the last two-plus seasons and the \u2018over\u2019 is 19-17 in that span.<\/p>\n

The Raiders will want to get the ball in running back Darren McFadden\u2019s hands, as he carried the ball just 16 times for 51 yards last week.\u00a0 He still continues to lead the NFL with 519 rushing yards, while also pacing the team with 17 receptions.\u00a0 Oakland has relied on his presence in the backfield to score in the red zone, ranking third in the league in scoring touchdowns on 68 percent of its trips inside the 20-yard line.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Browns due to their 14-6-1 ATS mark as an underdog of 3.5 to 10 points, while the Raiders are 7-21 ATS as a favorite.<\/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":"

Cleveland Browns at Oakland Raiders Sunday, 10\/16\/11, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oakland -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oakland -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 44 Current Total:\u00a0 44.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Cleveland is coming off its bye week and looking to bounce back from a 31-13 loss to the Tennessee Titans as one-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[883,360,1070,300,3329],"class_list":["post-18677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-al-davis","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-darren-mcfadden","tag-oakland-raiders","tag-peyton-hillis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18677","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=18677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18678,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18677\/revisions\/18678"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}