{"id":18801,"date":"2011-10-21T19:13:03","date_gmt":"2011-10-22T00:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18801"},"modified":"2011-10-21T19:13:03","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T00:13:03","slug":"nfl-predictions-week-7-seattle-seahawks-vs-cleveland-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-predictions-week-7-seattle-seahawks-vs-cleveland-browns-18801\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Predictions Week 7: Seattle Seahawks vs. Cleveland Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seattle Seahawks at Cleveland Browns
\nSunday, 10\/23\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cleveland -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cleveland -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 40
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 40.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Cleveland Browns and Seattle Seahawks are both aiming to move their records to 3-3 Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seattle travels east off its bye week and will likely be starting Charlie Whitehurst behind center Sunday.\u00a0 The Seahawks are coming off a 36-25 win over the New York Giants as 10-point road underdogs, while scoring 64 points combined in the last two weeks, which is much better than the 30 points scored in the opening three weeks.\u00a0 \u201cWe got a really good performance from Charlie,\u201d commented Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll.\u00a0 \u201cHe did the things we needed to do to keep the game moving.\u201d\u00a0 Seattle is 17-22 ATS over the last two-plus seasons, while the \u2018over\u2019 is 23-15 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Seahawks were happy with Whitehurst against the Giants, as he completed 11 of 19 passes for 149 yards, including 4-of-5 for 77 yards on the game-winning drive.\u00a0 It was a much better performance than his time on the field last year, when he played two games when then-quarterback Matt Hasselbeck was injured.\u00a0 The team will be looking to win two straight on the road for the first time since Dec. 2007.<\/p>\n

Cleveland aims to even up its record and has failed to deliver to bettors when playing as a home favorite, posting a 0-2-1 ATS mark.\u00a0 The Browns are coming off a 24-17 loss to the Oakland Raiders as seven-point road underdogs off their bye week.\u00a0 Offensively, the effort was disappointing, gaining a season-low 268 yards.\u00a0 Many fans are wondering what\u2019s happened to the running game, ranking 30th in the league in gaining just 81.6 yards per game.\u00a0 Cleveland is 16-20 ATS over the last two-plus seasons and the \u2018over\u2019 is 19-18 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Browns are looking to start quicker this week, getting outscored by a 34-3 margin in the first quarter, but winning the battle by 12 points in the second.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got to do a better job,\u201d commented second-year quarterback Colt McCoy about the slow starts.\u00a0 \u201cThe second quarter, for whatever reason, we kind of come alive.\u201d\u00a0 In the last two games, McCoy has combined to complete 61 of 106 attempts for 565 yards and three touchdowns against just a single interception.\u00a0 Running back Peyton Hillis is questionable for the game due to a left hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Seahawks due to their 4-1 ATS mark in October, while the Browns are 1-7-1 ATS in their last nine games.<\/p>\n

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Seattle Seahawks at Cleveland Browns Sunday, 10\/23\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cleveland -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cleveland -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 40 Current Total:\u00a0 40.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Seattle travels east off its bye week and will likely be starting Charlie Whitehurst behind center Sunday.\u00a0 The Seahawks are coming off a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3726,360,568,417],"class_list":["post-18801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-charlie-whitehurst","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-colt-mccoy","tag-seattle-seahawks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18801","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=18801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18802,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18801\/revisions\/18802"}],"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=18801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}