{"id":31684,"date":"2013-12-08T10:07:18","date_gmt":"2013-12-08T15:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=31684"},"modified":"2013-12-08T10:07:18","modified_gmt":"2013-12-08T15:07:18","slug":"nfl-week-14-picks-cleveland-browns-vs-new-england-patriots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-14-picks-cleveland-browns-vs-new-england-patriots-31684\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 14 Picks: Cleveland Browns vs. New England Patriots"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Browns vs. New England Patriots
\nSunday, 12\/8\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New England -10.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New England -10
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 45
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 47
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Patriots<\/a>
The New England Patriots have dominated opponents in December in recent years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cleveland has dropped three games in a row, including a 32-28 setback to the Jacksonville Jaguars as 7.5-point home favorites last Sunday, while going OVER the betting total for the fourth time in five contests.\u00a0 The Browns will send out Jason Campbell under center, as he was cleared to practice following a concussion, which is important to consider when making your NFL betting picks.\u00a0 His main target will be wide receiver Josh Gordon, who has 623 receiving yards in his last three games.\u00a0 Cleveland is 3-1 ATS as a road underdogs of 10.5 to 14 points the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Browns will certainly be challenged in trying to move the football through the air, considering the Patriots are 10th in the league in pass defense, but Campbell has thrown six touchdowns and three interceptions in his last four appearances on the field.\u00a0 Cleveland has dropped five consecutive road games in this series, but did manage to pick up a 34-14 victory over New England as four-point home underdogs in the last meeting on Nov. 7, 2010.<\/p>\n

New England has won back-to-back games by scoring 34 points in each, as it has secured its 13th straight season with a winning record, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the pro football odds page.\u00a0 The Patriots own the NFL\u2019s best December mark since 2001 with a 46-6 record, as it looks to improve to 3-0 against the Browns at Gillette Stadium.\u00a0 New England is 5-1 SU and 2-4 ATS as home favorites of 10.5 to 14 points the last two-plus seasons, with no clear edge in terms of the betting total (3-3 Over\/Under).<\/p>\n

The Patriots have been outscored 34-7 in the first quarter of their past three games, but they\u2019ve held a 133-56 edge after halftime in their last five contests.\u00a0 New England quarterback Tom Brady has thrown for 715 yards and five touchdowns with one interception in his last two affairs, with this main target being wide receiver Julian Edelman, who has grabbed 18 catches for 211 yards over that span.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 21-6-2 in the Browns\u2019 last 29 games in December.<\/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

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Cleveland Browns vs. New England Patriots Sunday, 12\/8\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New England -10.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New England -10 Opening Total:\u00a0 45 Current Total:\u00a0 47 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Cleveland has dropped three games in a row, including a 32-28 setback to the Jacksonville Jaguars as 7.5-point home favorites last Sunday, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":3944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[360,5649,348,125,31,398],"class_list":["post-31684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-gillette-stadium","tag-jason-campbell","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-tom-brady"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31684","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=31684"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31685,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31684\/revisions\/31685"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}