{"id":8884,"date":"2010-10-09T21:16:19","date_gmt":"2010-10-10T02:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=8884"},"modified":"2010-10-09T21:16:41","modified_gmt":"2010-10-10T02:16:41","slug":"atlanta-falcons-at-cleveland-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/atlanta-falcons-at-cleveland-browns-8884\/","title":{"rendered":"Football Betting: Atlanta Falcons at Cleveland Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Falcons at Cleveland Browns
\nSunday, 10\/10\/10, 1:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 FOX
\nOpening Point Spread: Atlanta -3
\nCurrent Betting Line: Atlanta -3
\nOpening Total: 41.5
\nCurrent Total: 41
\nCurrent Moneyline: Atlanta -160\/Cleveland +140<\/strong>
\nFootball betting odds from above taken from bookmaker sportsbook.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Falcons head into Cleveland as 3 point road favorites<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Atlanta picked up a surprising 16-14 home victory over the 49ers last week and moved its record to 3-1 on the season.\u00a0 The Falcons rank sixth in the NFL in total offense (389.3 yards) and ninth in scoring (23.3 points).\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ve got a lot of things that we\u2019ve got to correct, but we\u2019re 3-1 through the first quarter of the season,\u201d Falcons coach Mike Smith stated.\u00a0 The team is 2-10 all-time in the regular season against the Browns, including a 1-5 mark on the road and 0-1 at Cleveland Browns Stadium.\u00a0 The past two Falcons\u2019 victories have been decided by a total of five points and today\u2019s opponent is no stranger to close outcomes.\u00a0 All four of Cleveland\u2019s games have been decided by seven points or less and their margin of victory or defeat this season is 3.75.\u00a0 Since 2008, Atlanta is tied for third in the NFL with a 7-2 record in games decided by three points or less.<\/p>\n

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The Falcons are going to play their 10th game against an AFC opponent under head coach Mike Smith, as the team is currently 6-3 SU in those contests.\u00a0 Atlanta has a solid 6-3 ATS mark against non-conference opponents and the total is 1-8 O\/U in those games.\u00a0 The team will be playing its fourth game against a 3-4 defense, rushing for 221 yards against Arizona, but just 98 yards versus the 49ers stop unit last week.\u00a0 The Browns\u2019 3-4, which is run by defensive coordinator Rob Ryan, will present different issues.\u00a0 \u201cI think the front seven is the strength of their defense,\u201d Smith stated.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a very experienced group.\u201d\u00a0 Quarterback Matt Ryan is still the leader of the offense, completing 93 of 149 passes for 978 yards, six touchdowns and three interceptions.<\/p>\n

Cleveland remains confident heading into this week\u2019s contest and the team hasn\u2019t lost to the Falcons at home since 1971.\u00a0 Backup quarterback Seneca Wallace led the team to a 23-20 win over defending AFC North champion Cincinnati last Sunday after losing their first three games by a combined total of 12 points.\u00a0 \u201cThis does nothing but guarantee that we are not going 0-16,\u201d said linebacker Scott Fujita.\u00a0 \u201cIt feels great to get the first win.\u201d\u00a0 The team is 18-16 ATS over the last three seasons and the total is 15-20 Over\/Under in those contests.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that the Browns are on a 7-1 ATS run in October.<\/p>\n

The Browns are led by the running of Peyton Hillis, who is looking to make it five straight games with a touchdown, while taking on a defense that ranks 11th in the NFL against the run.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s a big, strong back and we\u2019re going to have to put our pads on,\u201d said Smith.\u00a0 \u201cI told the guys today it\u2019s going to be a two-chinstrap game.\u201d\u00a0 Cleveland head coach Eric Mangini is hoping to start quarterback Jake Delhomme this week due to his 90.1 passer rating in 12 games against the Falcons.\u00a0 That may be a dangerous proposition due to his recent struggles in turning the ball over and facing a defense that is tied for fifth in takeaways (10).\u00a0 The Falcons have turned those 10 takeaways into 29 points.<\/p>\n

Bettors will be interested in knowing that the Falcons are 17-8 ATS in their last 25 games on grass, while the Browns are 7-1 ATS as an underdog.\u00a0 We do have an opinion on this game and it is one of the 5 NFL betting picks we released for the Sunday card.\u00a0 Also in those 5 plays is our 20 unit AFC Game of the Year, dont miss our week 5 picks as we are on a 76% run with our NFL picks for members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Falcons at Cleveland Browns Sunday, 10\/10\/10, 1:00 PM EDT, TV:\u00a0 FOX Opening Point Spread: Atlanta -3 Current Betting Line: Atlanta -3 Opening Total: 41.5 Current Total: 41 Current Moneyline: Atlanta -160\/Cleveland +140 Football betting odds from above taken from bookmaker sportsbook. Atlanta picked up a surprising 16-14 home victory over the 49ers last week […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[123,360,2539,1118,422,3329],"class_list":["post-8884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-atlanta-falcons","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-football-betting","tag-jake-delhomme","tag-matt-ryan","tag-peyton-hillis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8884","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=8884"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8916,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8884\/revisions\/8916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}