{"id":30344,"date":"2013-09-25T19:27:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-26T00:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30344"},"modified":"2013-09-25T19:27:29","modified_gmt":"2013-09-26T00:27:29","slug":"nfl-week-4-predictions-cincinnati-bengals-vs-cleveland-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-4-predictions-cincinnati-bengals-vs-cleveland-browns-30344\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 4 Predictions: Cincinnati Bengals vs. Cleveland Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cincinnati Bengals vs. Cleveland Browns
\nSunday, 9\/29\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -4
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 42.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Cincinnati Bengals are 9-0 SU and 6-1-2 ATS as favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points since 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cincinnati has won back-to-back games since its season-opening loss to the Chicago Bears, including a 34-30 victory over the Green Bay Packers as three-point home underdogs last Sunday.\u00a0 \u201cWe persevered through as many negative plays as I\u2019ve seen in a game in my life,\u201d commented Bengals coach Marvin Lewis.\u00a0 The Bengals lead this AFC North series, 42-37, but have gone 16-23 when playing in Cleveland.\u00a0 Wide receiver A.J. Green has averaged 19.1 yards per reception in four career games in this series, which is important to consider when making your NFL betting picks in Week 4.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 9-0 SU and 6-1-2 ATS as favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points since 2011.<\/p>\n

The Bengals rank second in the league in offensive touchdown percentage in the red zone, as they\u2019ve reached pay dirt on six of seven opportunities.\u00a0 Cincinnati\u2019s offense has been led by the play of third-year quarterback Andy Dalton, who is second in the AFC and fourth in the NFL for the season in fourth-quarter passer rating.\u00a0 Since joining the franchise, Dalton has thrown 37 touchdowns and no interceptions on snaps insie the 20-yard line.<\/p>\n

Cleveland is squarely focused on Sunday\u2019s division game against Cincinnati, as it picked up a 31-27 victory over the Minnesota Vikings as seven-point road underdogs in Week 3.\u00a0 The Browns will need to be on the top of their game offensively, as they prepare to take on a defensive unit that has registered six sacks and allowed just 1,000 yards of total offense in three contests.\u00a0 \u201cThey have an excellent scheme,\u201d commented Browns first-year head coach Rob Chudzinski.\u00a0 Quarterback Brian Hoyer threw for a career-best 321 yards last week, as he moved up from third string on the team\u2019s depth chart.\u00a0 Cleveland is 2-11 SU and 7-5-1 ATS versus division opponents the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Browns have been getting the job done defensively against the run, as they held the Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Ravens to only 119 yards in the first two weeks, while holding Vikings star Adrian Peterson to 88 yards on 25 carries.\u00a0 Cleveland will place cornerback Joe Haden on Green, which will provide one of the best matchups in the league this week.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 9-3 in the Bengals\u2019 last 12 games.<\/p>\n

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Cincinnati Bengals vs. Cleveland Browns Sunday, 9\/29\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -4 Opening Total:\u00a0 41.5 Current Total:\u00a0 42.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Cincinnati has won back-to-back games since its season-opening loss to the Chicago Bears, including a 34-30 victory over the Green Bay Packers as three-point home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[5197,2583,3386,788,302,360,31],"class_list":["post-30344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-a-j-green","tag-afc-north","tag-andy-dalton","tag-brian-hoyer","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30344","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=30344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30345,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30344\/revisions\/30345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}