{"id":9599,"date":"2010-10-23T22:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T03:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=9599"},"modified":"2010-10-23T14:05:42","modified_gmt":"2010-10-23T19:05:42","slug":"week-7-nfl-betting-cleveland-at-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/week-7-nfl-betting-cleveland-at-new-orleans-9599\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 7 NFL Betting: Cleveland at New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Browns at New Orleans Saints
\nSunday, 10\/24\/2010, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -14
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -13
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43.5
\nCurrent Moneyline:\u00a0 New Orleans -725 \/ Cleveland +575<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New Orleans has failed to cover its last four home games when favored by 10.5 or more points<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cleveland lost by more than 10 points for the first time this season in a 28-10 defeat to the Pittsburgh Steelers last week and many expect the same result versus the Saints.\u00a0 The game marked the career debut of quarterback Colt McCoy, who threw for 281 yards and a touchdowns against one of the league\u2019s best defenses.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019ve been playing this position my whole life,\u201d McCoy said.\u00a0 His teammates definitely see the leadership skills that many saw during his magical career at Texas.\u00a0 \u201cI saw him take control of the huddle,\u201d guard Eric Steinbach said.\u00a0 \u201cWe thought that Jake coming in right away had that leadership.\u00a0 It seems like it\u2019s carrying over to Colt.\u201d\u00a0 The Browns are likely to be without some top offensive players this week, as receivers Josh Cribbs and Mohamed Massaquoi were knocked out of Sunday\u2019s games with concussions, leaving them doubtful for this contest.\u00a0 The team is 2-3 ATS this year and the total is 3-3 O\/U in those games.<\/p>\n

The Browns are 7-2 all-time at New Orleans, but they haven\u2019t enjoyed that type of success against this week\u2019s opposing quarterback.\u00a0 Saints signal caller is 3-0 as a starter against the Browns in his career.\u00a0 Sunday\u2019s game will be the only one Cleveland plays in a domed stadium this season.\u00a0 They played one game in a dome last year and managed to score 37 points, but lost the contest by a point.\u00a0 Cleveland running back Peyton Hillis was the toast of the town early in the season, but has struggled to a 3.1 yards-per-carry average the past two weeks following consecutive 100-yard games.\u00a0 The club is 12-10 ATS in its last 22 indoor contests.<\/p>\n

New Orleans is coming off an impressive 31-6 road win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last week and the defending champs are starting to regain confidence with a 4-2 overall mark.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re a confident group.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got some swagger,\u201d said quarterback Drew Brees.\u00a0 \u201cWe know how good we are and how good we can be.\u201d\u00a0 The Saints managed to gain 212 yards on the ground in the contest and are now an impressive 14-1 in their last 15 games when rushing for at least 120.\u00a0 Still many will be quick to point out that this team is nowhere as dominant as last years, which outscored opponents by 99 points through five games.\u00a0 The team should be pleased in playing a non-conference foe, covering nine straight games in this situation over the last three years.<\/p>\n

The Saints defense has been tremendous against the run over the last three games, giving up a combined 201 yards, which is just a yard shy of the 202 rushing yards it surrendered to the Falcons in a 27-24 overtime loss at home on September 26.\u00a0 The unit allowed 4.4 yards per carry in the first three weeks and only 3.1 yards per attempt since.\u00a0 New Orleans also welcomed back All-Pro safety Darren Sharper to the practice field on Wednesday for the first time, as he was placed on the PUP list in July due to a knee injury.\u00a0 \u201cHe looked pretty good,\u201d head coach Sean Payton stated.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019ll keep evaluating him day-to-day.\u201d\u00a0 Sharper has pronounced himself ready to return to the active roster but no decision has been made by the coaching staff.<\/p>\n

Bettors may take a shot on the Browns despite all of their injuries due to the team\u2019s 9-3 ATS mark in October.\u00a0 New Orleans is 0-4 ATS in its last four games as a home favorite of 10.5 or more points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cleveland Browns at New Orleans Saints Sunday, 10\/24\/2010, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New Orleans -14 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New Orleans -13 Opening Total:\u00a0 44.5 Current Total:\u00a0 43.5 Current Moneyline:\u00a0 New Orleans -725 \/ Cleveland +575 Cleveland lost by more than 10 points for the first time this season in a 28-10 […]<\/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":[360,568,3571,1034,427,3329,3570],"class_list":["post-9599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-colt-mccoy","tag-darren-sharper","tag-drew-brees","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-peyton-hillis","tag-sean-payton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9599","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=9599"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9599\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9715,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9599\/revisions\/9715"}],"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=9599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}