{"id":30997,"date":"2013-10-30T18:30:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T23:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30997"},"modified":"2013-10-30T18:30:45","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T23:30:45","slug":"nfl-week-9-picks-baltimore-ravens-vs-cleveland-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-9-picks-baltimore-ravens-vs-cleveland-browns-30997\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 9 Picks: Baltimore Ravens vs. Cleveland Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baltimore Ravens vs. Cleveland Browns
\nSunday, 11\/3\/13, 4:25 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -3
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 40
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Baltimore Ravens have been getting after opposing quarterbacks in their last 15 games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Baltimore has lost three of its last four games by a total of eight points, but the team is tied with the Indianapolis Colts in allowing the NFL\u2019s fourth-fewest touchdowns this season, which is important to consider when looking over the pro football odds for Week 9.\u00a0 The Ravens are 10-1 SU following their bye week since 2002\u2014the best such mark in the NFL over that span.\u00a0 Baltimore is 7-1 SU and 5-1-2 ATS in November the last two-plus seasons, with no clear edge in terms of the betting total (4-4 Over\/Under).<\/p>\n

Dating back to last season, the Ravens\u2019 defense has produced at least two sacks in 15-straight games.\u00a0 Since John Harbaugh\u2019s arrival, Baltimore has produced a 22-10 record in AFC North play, which is the league\u2019s third-best record by a team versus its own division.\u00a0 The team also owns a plus-13 turnover differential over Cleveland in its 11-game winning streak in the series.\u00a0 Quarterback Joe Flacco\u2019s 13 touchdown passes versus the Browns are the most he has against any one opponent in his career.<\/p>\n

Cleveland is third in the division standings and will look to snap a three-game losing streak, which includes a 23-17 defeat to the Kansas City Chiefs as seven-point road underdogs last week, while going OVER the betting total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 The Browns are 24th in the league in averaging 317 yards per game, as they\u2019ll be led by quarterback Jason Campbell, who completed 22 of 36 passes for 293 yards and two touchdowns last week.\u00a0 Cleveland is 3-3 SUATS as home underdogs of three or fewer points since 2011.<\/p>\n

The Browns have the seventh-ranked overall defense, including the sixth-best unit against the pass.\u00a0 Cleveland rookie linebacker Barkevious Mingo leads the pass rush with four quarterback sacks.\u00a0 Offensively, the team doesn\u2019t have much in terms of a running game, but veteran Willis McGahee leads the way in running the ball 79 times for 231 yards and the squad\u2019s lone rushing touchdown.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Ravens due to the road team being 7-1 ATS in the last eight meetings in this rivalry.<\/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":"

Baltimore Ravens vs. Cleveland Browns Sunday, 11\/3\/13, 4:25 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Baltimore -3 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Baltimore -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 40 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Baltimore has lost three of its last four games by a total of eight points, but the team is tied with the Indianapolis Colts in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[2583,608,360,348,396,31],"class_list":["post-30997","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-jason-campbell","tag-joe-flacco","tag-nfl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30997","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=30997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30998,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30997\/revisions\/30998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}