{"id":25212,"date":"2012-09-27T10:55:02","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T15:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25212"},"modified":"2012-09-27T10:55:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T15:55:02","slug":"nfl-thursday-night-betting-picks-cleveland-browns-vs-baltimore-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-thursday-night-betting-picks-cleveland-browns-vs-baltimore-ravens-25212\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Thursday Night Betting Picks: Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Browns at Baltimore Ravens
\nThursday, 9\/27\/12, 8:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NFL Network
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -12
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -12
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Baltimore Ravens RB Ray Rice has put up great numbers against the Cleveland Browns in the past<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cleveland is still searching for its first victory of the 2012 NFL season, and it will have a hard time picking it up in this spot, considering the franchise has lost its last eight games against Baltimore.\u00a0 The Browns haven\u2019t started a year with four losses since 2009, something that the locker room is focused on.\u00a0 \u201cI look and we\u2019ve got 13 games left,\u201d commented Browns head coach Pat Shurmur.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got a division opponent on the road with a great opportunity to get the ship righted on Thursday night.\u201d\u00a0 Cleveland is 4-2 ATS as a road underdog of 10.5 to 14 points the last two-plus seasons, which is an important betting trend to consider when making your pro football predictions this week.<\/p>\n

The Browns will look to get rookie running back Trent Richardson the football, as he comes in with 175 rushing yards on 50 carries, but they\u2019ll have a tough time moving the ball against a stop unit that is limiting opponents to 3.3 yards per carry.\u00a0 Cleveland will be missing one of its best threats in the passing game, as wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi is out for this contest with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

Baltimore may lack motivation in this AFC North matchup after gaining revenge with a 31-30 victory over the New England Patriots Sunday night in a rematch of last year\u2019s AFC championship game.\u00a0 \u201cI never liked it when the Thursday night game came out,\u201d commented Ravens safety Ed Reed.\u00a0 The Ravens offense has been putting up some points this year, which has led directly to the OVER cashing in all three of their contests to start the season.\u00a0 Baltimore has won its last six games as a favorite of 10 or more points, but is 1-5 ATS in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Ravens are 19-7 all-time in this series, with the UNDER going 5-1 in the last six meetings.\u00a0 Baltimore will look to get the ball into the hands of running back Ray Rice, who has rushed for 775 career yards in eight games in this rivalry, averaging 96.9 rushing yards per contest.\u00a0 Quarterback Joe Flacco is second in the NFL with an AFC-best 913 passing yards to go with a 101.1 passer rating.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the Browns due to the Ravens being 0-5 ATS in their last five games after playing the Patriots.<\/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 Baltimore Ravens Thursday, 9\/27\/12, 8:20 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 NFL Network Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -12 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -12 Opening Total:\u00a0 45 Current Total:\u00a0 44 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Cleveland is still searching for its first victory of the 2012 NFL season, and it will have a hard time picking it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2583,608,360,2344,7042,5390],"class_list":["post-25212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-north","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-ed-reed","tag-joe-flacco-ray-rice","tag-trent-richardson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25212","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=25212"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25213,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25212\/revisions\/25213"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}