{"id":30157,"date":"2013-09-15T07:32:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-15T12:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30157"},"modified":"2013-09-15T07:32:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-15T12:32:44","slug":"cleveland-browns-vs-baltimore-ravens-nfl-week-2-betting-odds-and-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/cleveland-browns-vs-baltimore-ravens-nfl-week-2-betting-odds-and-picks-30157\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens: NFL Week 2 Betting Odds and Picks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Browns vs. Baltimore Ravens
\nSunday, 9\/15\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 42
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 44
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Ravens<\/a>
Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco has never lost to the Cleveland Browns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cleveland suffered a 23-10 loss to the Miami Dolphins as 2.5-point home favorites in its season opener last Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total of 40.5.\u00a0 The Browns are hoping they can get things going offensively, as the team has failed to amass 300 years in three of its last four contests.\u00a0 \u201cI know we were a long ways away from where we wanted to be,\u201d commented Browns running back Trent Richardson.\u00a0 Cleveland is 0-5 SU and 3-1-1 ATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 7 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Browns need a big game from second-year quarterback Brandon Weeden, who needs to be more accurate with his throws and reduce the velocity he places on shorter and intermediate routes.\u00a0 On the other side of the football, Cleveland\u2019s defensive line must be aware of Baltimore running back Ray Rice, especially since its opponent is without key contributors from last year\u2019s Super Bowl squad.<\/p>\n

Baltimore opened its 2013 NFL regular season in suffering a 49-27 loss to the Denver Broncos as 7.5-point road underdogs on Sept. 5, but it still has the opportunity of winning its third consecutive AFC North title.\u00a0 The Ravens have won at least one playoff game in their previous five seasons under head coach Jim Harbaugh, while they\u2019s gone 33-7 at home during his time on the sidelines.\u00a0 Offensively, the team ranked fourth in the league in averaging 31.8 points at home during the 2012 campaign.\u00a0 Baltimore is 5-1 SU and 4-1-1 ATS as home favorites of 3.5 to 7 points, which is important to consider when making your NFL expert picks in Week 2.<\/p>\n

Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is a perfect 10-0 in his career against the Browns\u2014completing 166 of 268 passes for 2,037 yards and 12 touchdowns with five interceptions.\u00a0 Baltimore owns a 21-9 record in divisional play since 2008, which happens to be the third-best mark in that particular situation in the league, trailing only the New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers.\u00a0 Since Harbaugh\u2019s arrival, the franchise is 12-5 in September, which is the best such record in the NFL.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Ravens due to their 7-3 ATS mark after allowing 30 points or more.<\/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 vs. Baltimore Ravens Sunday, 9\/15\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 42 Current Total:\u00a0 44 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Cleveland suffered a 23-10 loss to the Miami Dolphins as 2.5-point home favorites in its season opener last Sunday, while going UNDER the betting total […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[608,3187,360,396,31,1069,5390],"class_list":["post-30157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-brandon-weeden","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-joe-flacco","tag-nfl","tag-ray-rice","tag-trent-richardson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30157","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=30157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30158,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30157\/revisions\/30158"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}