{"id":19476,"date":"2011-11-18T13:35:41","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T18:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19476"},"modified":"2011-11-18T13:35:41","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T18:35:41","slug":"week-11-nfl-picks-jacksonville-jaguars-vs-cleveland-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/week-11-nfl-picks-jacksonville-jaguars-vs-cleveland-browns-19476\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 11 NFL Picks: Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Cleveland Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jacksonville Jaguars at Cleveland Browns
\nSunday, 11\/20\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cleveland -1.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cleveland -1
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 36
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 34
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jacksonville Jaguars RB Maurice Jones-Drew could have a big day versus the Cleveland Browns Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jacksonville is 3-6 on the year and has yet to post consecutive victories, coming off a 17-3 road win over the Indianapolis Colts as three-point favorites.\u00a0 The Jaguars are led offensively by running back Maurice Jones-Drew, who ran for 114 yards last week, sitting fourth in the league with 854 rushing yards.\u00a0 For the squad to potentially make a run at a playoff spot, rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert needs to continue to progress, coming off his most successful contest of the year.\u00a0 Jacksonville is 9-11 ATS on the road the last two-plus years, while the \u2018under\u2019 is 11-10 in that span.<\/p>\n

The Jaguars have been very pedestrian as an offensive unit this year, ranking 32nd in total yards, while sitting 31st in terms of points scored.\u00a0 Jacksonville tallied a 24-20 win in the last meeting as 2.5-point home favorites last year, out-gaining Cleveland by a 88-yard margin.\u00a0 Sunday will be the fourth year in a row that these two franchise\u2019s have met.<\/p>\n

Cleveland has lost five of its last six games and hasn\u2019t scored over 20 points since a 27-19 win over the Indianapolis Colts as one-point road favorites in Week 2.\u00a0 The Browns rank 30th in the league in yards gained and 29th in points scored, as second-year quarterback Colt McCoy simply doesn\u2019t have weapons around him.\u00a0 Running back Peyton Hillis has been out of the lineup for most of the year with a hamstring injury, causing the team to rely upon Chris Ogbonnaya.\u00a0 Cleveland is 1-7 ATS on the year and the \u2018under\u2019 is 6-3 in the nine contests overall.<\/p>\n

The Browns defense is certainly going to be tested in the trenches Sunday, ranking 30th in the league against the run, facing a Jaguars offense that would like to keep things on the ground with Jones-Drew.\u00a0 Cleveland must take advantage of any opportunities it has in the red zone this week, managing to score just eight touchdowns in 18 trips inside the 20-yard line, which ranks 23rd in the league.\u00a0 Rookie wide receiver Greg Little has been a bright spot offensively, catching 37 passes on the season, which is second amongst all first-year players in the league.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Jaguars due to the road team being 5-2 ATS in the last seven meetings, while the Browns are 1-8-2 ATS at home.<\/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":"

Jacksonville Jaguars at Cleveland Browns Sunday, 11\/20\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cleveland -1.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cleveland -1 Opening Total:\u00a0 36 Current Total:\u00a0 34 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Jacksonville is 3-6 on the year and has yet to post consecutive victories, coming off a 17-3 road win over the Indianapolis Colts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[5194,360,568,297,1064,3329],"class_list":["post-19476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-blaine-gabbert","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-colt-mccoy","tag-jacksonville-jaguars","tag-maurice-jones-drew","tag-peyton-hillis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19476","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=19476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19477,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19476\/revisions\/19477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}