{"id":19182,"date":"2022-09-21T17:12:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T22:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=19182"},"modified":"2022-09-21T17:12:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T22:12:11","slug":"nfl-odds-week-3-betting-preview-steelers-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/nfl-odds-week-3-betting-preview-steelers-browns\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Odds Week 3, Betting Preview Steelers-Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sports gambling notes for Thursday, Sept 22<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steelers vs. Browns TNF Betting Info<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pittsburgh-Cleveland (-4.5, 38.5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc8Opened Cleveland -2.5, 40.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc8Side:&nbsp;Pittsburgh with 76% of bets, 75% of money<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfc8OU: 52% bets, 87% of money on under<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a belief that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/75OJFu-QQxs\">contrarian betting<\/a>\u00a0is one of the strongest tools of professional gamblers. The books win more often than lose and fading the public is what many sharps exploit as a weapon. Most contrarian handicapper love to fade based on percentage of bets, believing the squarest intel comes from the smallest wagers. Others believe percentage of money is the most effective tool, because they are rooting for the same bets as the always profitable sportsbooks. The above link shows the most successful professional gamblers have a sliding scale.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theory is to bet against the public. However, some use the splits and bet on the teams that have a significantly higher percentage of money than bets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/browns-1024x576.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/browns-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/browns-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/browns-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/browns.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>NFL<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd25Browns edge rushers Jadeveon Clowney and Chase Winovich are out. Myles Garrett has been upgraded to probable<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd25Steelers without TJ Watt<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd25Steelers 3-8-1 ATS after allowing&nbsp;more than 250 yards passing in their previous game<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd25Cleveland 21-48-1 off loss<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd25Pittsburgh under 44-18 road<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd25Cleveland under 6-1 Thursdays<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;NCAAF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd25VA Tech 1-11 off win<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd25WVU under 53-26\u00a0after allowing less than 170 yards passing in their previous game<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcb0\ud83d\udcb0\ud83d\udcb0Top expert pick from Joe Duffy.&nbsp;Thursday Night College Football Total of the Year&nbsp;plus NFL side and total on Pittsburgh-Cleveland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Huge weekend up too at&nbsp;OffshoreInsiders.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[table id=2 \/]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports gambling notes for Thursday, Sept 22 Steelers vs. Browns TNF Betting Info Pittsburgh-Cleveland (-4.5, 38.5) \ud83c\udfc8Opened Cleveland -2.5, 40.5 \ud83c\udfc8Side:&nbsp;Pittsburgh with 76% of bets, 75% of money \ud83c\udfc8OU: 52% bets, 87% of money on under There is a belief that\u00a0contrarian betting\u00a0is one of the strongest tools of professional gamblers. The books win more often &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/nfl-odds-week-3-betting-preview-steelers-browns\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NFL Odds Week 3, Betting Preview Steelers-Browns<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19184,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19182\/revisions\/19184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}