Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
The Baltimore Ravens will hit the highway to face the Cleveland Browns in an NFL game on Monday Night Football in prime time. Kick off time in Cleveland is scheduled for 8:35PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN. The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the opening point spread in this contest and the Baltimore Ravens opened as a 10 ½ point favorite with the over under coming in at 38 1/2. The early money from the NFL betting public has come in on the road favorite, as the Baltimore Ravens are currently an 11-point favorite. The over under has seen early money towards the over, as the total is currently lined at 39 ½ for the bettors to play into. NFL money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Baltimore Ravens at –600 with the home underdog bringing back +400 to win this game straight up without the point spread a factor in the bet.
The Cleveland Browns are a mess this season sitting with a record of 1-7 this season. The team has just looked very bad on offense averaging just 9.8 points per game this season. The team has been hit hard by turnovers with nearly 3 per game in the 2009 season. With a season in ruin the Browns will turn to Brady Quinn back under center for Cleveland. In their first meeting this season it was the Baltimore Ravens pounding Cleveland 34-3 way back in week three. This was the game that Quinn was benched, as he was ineffective under center going 6 of 8 for 34 yards no touchdowns and an interception. The Browns could only convert 3 of 12 on third down. Quinn has often settled for the underneath throws and doesn’t stretch the field. Many observers felt the Derek Anderson looked better and he was made the starter. But after way too many mistakes we see the former first round pick Quinn back under center. The team has been outscored 61-9 over their past two games and come into this game off a bye. The Browns saw their general manager fired during this period. Quinn has hit on 59% of his passes with 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions on the season. Veteran running back Jamal Lewis has been listed as questionable for the game and the veteran has averaged 3.6 yards a carry this season. Back up running back Jerome Harrison has a 3.7 yards a carry average this season in 69 carries this season. The back up had a good game against Cincinnati gaining 121 yards in 29 carries but has had only 21 carries over his past 4 games. These are type of issues that have people upset with Browns coach Eric Mangini. Defensively the Cleveland Browns allow 170 yards rushing per game ranking 31st in the league with a high 4.9 yards per rush against average. The Browns give up an average of 26 points per game. The Ravens enter this game with a division loss last week to at Cincinnati 17-7. The Ravens could only muster 55 yards on the ground on 17 carries. Joe Flacco hit on 18 of 32 last week with 0 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in last weeks game. The second year pro torched the Browns defense for 25 of 35 passing with 342 yards passing with 1 touchdown and 0 interceptions. Running back Ray Rice is averaging 5.3 yards per carry this season. An issue the Ravens have had has been their play in the secondary as opposing team passes for 225 yards a game on them. The Ravens give up an average of 25.8 points per game in their 4 road contests this season.
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NFL Trend: Cleveland Browns are 4-1 ATS in their past 5 meetings with the Baltimore Ravens in Cleveland.
The Wagerline consensus has 71.8% of the NFL bettors on Baltimore +11
The Wagerline consensus has 50.4% the NFL bettors playing over 39 1/2
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