{"id":9688,"date":"2010-10-24T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=9688"},"modified":"2010-10-24T02:46:05","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T07:46:05","slug":"free-football-picks-for-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/free-football-picks-for-sunday-9688\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Football Picks For Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For our free football picks on Sunday we are going to play the Browns & Saints Under the total<\/figcaption><\/figure>The Cleveland Browns head to New Orleans to take on the defending champion Saints this Sunday afternoon. The Browns are coming off a 28-10 loss at Pittsburgh, while the Saints won in Tampa, 31-6.<\/p>\n

The Saints opened as 14 point favorites, and some reverse action has brought the line down to 13 at most sites; the squares are backing New Orleans at just under 70%. The total started at 44 \u00bd points, and more reverse action has pulled that down to 43 or 43 \u00bd points; the public is liking the over at better than 70%. While we like the Browns getting 13 points, following the wiseguys to the under feels like a better bet.<\/p>\n

The situational numbers point to the under as well. Since 1992, Cleveland has played the total 0-10 against the NFC South and 5-17 in dome games. In the past 3 seasons, the Browns have been 13-17 as an underdog, 8-10 on the road, and 3-6 in non-conference games. For the Saints over the past 3 seasons, they\u2019ve played the total 3-6 in non-conference games, 15-14 as a favorite, and 11-8 at home. Although New Orleans has trended more to the over, Cleveland has clearly played the under more often than not.<\/p>\n

With all of the injuries to both teams, this game lines up perfectly for the under. The Saints are without Reggie Bush, who broke his leg a couple weeks ago. Pierre Thomas didn\u2019t play last week and is listed as questionable. Both Jake Delhomme and Seneca Wallace have ankle injuries, which means Colt McCoy will start this week against the Saints. Josh Cribbs and Mohamed Massaquoi are both likely out for this weekend with head injuries. Basically, both teams are really banged up and have to play without some major contributors.<\/p>\n

Another reason to like the under is the Saints\u2019 defense, which has been outstanding this season. They\u2019re giving up just over 300 yards per game, which is commendable, especially considering how the defense has always been the weakness of this team. Now the Saints get a rookie quarterback in his second start on a below average team on the road.<\/p>\n

Speaking of Colt McCoy, he did a decent job against Pittsburgh last week. I didn\u2019t expect him to do that well, but even still, he managed to lead his team to just 10 points. This week he has fewer weapons, though he doesn\u2019t have to play the Steeler defense. Nevertheless, the Saints\u2019 D has been playing good football, too.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the Saints\u2019 offense has underperformed this season. The running game just hasn\u2019t been there, although they were great against the Bucs last week. For the season, however, New Orleans is averaging fewer than 100 yards rushing per game.<\/p>\n

The Browns\u2019 defense has been solid this year. They\u2019ve been good against the run, and the most points they\u2019ve given up in a game is 28, which came against the Steelers last week. Even if they give up 28 points to the Saints, it\u2019s hard to imagine Cleveland getting more than 2 touchdowns. 28-14 \u2013 Saints.<\/p>\n

The squares like the over in this game, but the sharps are pulling the line down. Keep in mind that both teams have significant injuries, the Saints\u2019 defense is playing well, and the Browns are starting a rookie quarterback. Back the under, and try to get it before the sharps bring it down to 42.<\/p>\n

You can get more free football picks on the free NFL picks page of the site which offers our plays via our newsletter signup.\u00a0 You can also view the premium pick packages we offer on that page.\u00a0 The wiseguys at Maddux Sports have been all over the spread this season. They have another full slate of winning games. Get on board with the professionals at Maddux. Their clients have been lining their pockets with cash, and you can, too.\u00a0 Sunday sees our 20 unit Sunday night football game of the year, dont miss this easy winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Cleveland Browns head to New Orleans to take on the defending champion Saints this Sunday afternoon. The Browns are coming off a 28-10 loss at Pittsburgh, while the Saints won in Tampa, 31-6. The Saints opened as 14 point favorites, and some reverse action has brought the line down to 13 at most sites; […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":5413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[360,2620,3091,427,1772,1919,1930,2843,1533],"class_list":["post-9688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-fade-public-favorite","tag-free-football-picks","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-lines","tag-nfl-odds","tag-nfl-regular-season","tag-under"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9688","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\/203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9688"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9826,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9688\/revisions\/9826"}],"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=9688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}