{"id":35355,"date":"2014-09-14T09:06:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T14:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=35355"},"modified":"2014-09-14T09:06:54","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T14:06:54","slug":"nfl-week-2-predictions-new-orleans-saints-vs-cleveland-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-2-predictions-new-orleans-saints-vs-cleveland-browns-35355\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 2 Predictions: New Orleans Saints vs. Cleveland Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Orleans Saints vs. Cleveland Browns
\nSunday, 9\/14\/14, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -6
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -6
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 47.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 48.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The New Orleans Saints are 7-7 ATS as favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points since 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Orleans will look to move past a 37-34 overtime loss to the Atlanta Falcons as three-point road favorites last Sunday, as it lost the statistical battle by 96 yards, while going OVER the betting total of 51.\u00a0 The Saints need to step it up defensively, which is important to consider when making your Week 2 NFL predictions, as they allowed 568 yards against the Falcons\u2014the second-highest single-game total given up in franchise history.\u00a0 New Orleans is 9-5 SU and 7-7 ATS as favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 8-6 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Saints have one of the more balanced offensive attacks in the league, as head coach Sean Payton called 42 passes and 28 runs in last week\u2019s affair, with running backs Mark Ingram and Pierre Thomas combining to gain 91 yards on the ground.\u00a0 New Orleans always has the ability to move the ball on the ground, considering quarterback Drew Brees has thrown for more than 5,000 yards in each of the last three seasons, while completing 29 of 42 passes for 333 yards with a touchdown and interception in Week 1.<\/p>\n

Cleveland is also aiming to even its record through two games, as it suffered a 30-27 setback to the Pittsburgh Steelers as 5.5-point road underdogs, while going OVER the betting total of 41.5.\u00a0 The Browns have won 12 of their 16 all-time meetings against the Saints, which can\u2019t be ignored when looking over the NFL betting odds, but they\u2019ve dropped two of the last three games played at home.\u00a0 Cleveland is 2-13 SU and 7-7-1 ATS as underdogs of 3.5 to 9.5 points since 2012, with the OVER going 8-7 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Browns need to get starting quarterback Brian Hoyer in rhythm early, as the offense will need to score three or four touchdowns to win this game.\u00a0 Cleveland also has a rough time defensively in its season opener, as it allowed 490 yards, and it could also be without the services of Desmond Bryant and Barkevious Mingo in this matchup.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the UNDER is 7-5 in Saints\u2019 games with a betting total between 42.5 and 49 points.<\/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":"

New Orleans Saints vs. Cleveland Browns Sunday, 9\/14\/14, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -6 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -6 Opening Total:\u00a0 47.5 Current Total:\u00a0 48.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New Orleans will look to move past a 37-34 overtime loss to the Atlanta Falcons as three-point road favorites last Sunday, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[788,360,1034,427,31,3570],"class_list":["post-35355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-brian-hoyer","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-drew-brees","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-sean-payton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35355","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=35355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35356,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35355\/revisions\/35356"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}