{"id":26837,"date":"2012-12-23T11:15:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-23T16:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=26837"},"modified":"2012-12-23T10:51:20","modified_gmt":"2012-12-23T15:51:20","slug":"nfl-week-16-predictions-cleveland-browns-vs-denver-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-16-predictions-cleveland-browns-vs-denver-broncos-26837\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 16 Predictions: Cleveland Browns vs. Denver Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos
\nSunday, 12\/23\/12, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -12
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -11.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Cardinals<\/a>
The Denver Broncos are 4-1-1 ATS at home this season<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cleveland had its three-game win streak snapped in a 38-21 blowout loss to the Washington Redskins as four-point home favorites last week, while going OVER the toal for the first time in three contests.\u00a0 The Browns could bounce back in facing the Broncos Sunday, considering they\u2019ve won all three of their games versus AFC West opponents this year, while the UNDER is 3-0 in that situation.\u00a0 Cleveland is 4-0 ATS in its last four games following a straight-up loss, which can\u2019t be ignored when making your pro football picks this weekend.<\/p>\n

The Browns are hoping that quarterback Brandon Weeden can finish the season in strong fashion, as he\u2019s thrown for 14 touchdowns and 17 interceptions in starting every game this season since being selected in the first round of the 2012 NFL draft.\u00a0 Cleveland will definitely try to feature running back Trent Richardson in the final two games, considering he\u2019s just 103 rushing yards shy of the 1,000-yard mark.<\/p>\n

Denver has won nine games in a row as it returns home after a two-game road trip, as it picked up a convincing 34-17 victory over the Baltimore Ravens as three-point road favorites last time out.\u00a0 \u201cOur goal is to try and get better every week,\u201d stated Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning.\u00a0 The Broncos have really been led by a defense that\u2019s allowing just 307.1 yards per game, which ranks fourth in the league.\u00a0 The unit has excelled against running backs that fit Richardson\u2019s style, limiting three of them to a combined 136 rushing yards this season.\u00a0 Denver is 4-1-1 ATS at home this season, with the OVER going 4-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Broncos definitely made the right move in going after Manning and trading Tim Tebow, considering he\u2019s thrown 31 touchdown passes and enters this week with a 103.5 passer rating.\u00a0 Denver will try to put some pressure on Weeden, as it has gotten to opposing quarterbacks once every 13.1 pass plays this year, but Cleveland is allowing a sack every 20.1 pass plays.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Browns due to their 5-2 ATS mark as a road underdog of 10.5 to 14 points, while the Broncos are 6-15-1 ATS at home versus teams with a losing road record.<\/p>\n

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Cleveland Browns at Denver Broncos Sunday, 12\/23\/12, 4:05 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Denver -12 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Denver -11.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 43.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Cleveland had its three-game win streak snapped in a 38-21 blowout loss to the Washington Redskins as four-point home favorites last week, while […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[3187,360,570,31,282,5390],"class_list":["post-26837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-brandon-weeden","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-denver-broncos","tag-nfl","tag-peyton-manning","tag-trent-richardson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26837","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=26837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26838,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26837\/revisions\/26838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}