{"id":5923,"date":"2009-10-06T06:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T11:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-handicapping-browns-vs-bills\/"},"modified":"2009-10-06T06:51:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-06T11:51:00","slug":"nfl-handicapping-browns-vs-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-handicapping-browns-vs-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Handicapping: Browns vs Bills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Cleveland Browns and the Buffalo Bills will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Ralph Wilson Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Bills listed as 6-point favorites versus the Browns, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Derek Anderson threw for 269 yards and a score in Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>‘s 23-20 loss to Cincinnati<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in overtime in Week 4. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bengals failed to cover the 6.5-point spread on the road in that contest, while the combined score went OVER the day’s posted total (37.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Trent Edwards went 14-of-26 for 192 yards with a TD toss and three interceptions for Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in its 38-10 loss to Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> in Week 4. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> cashed as 1-point home underdogs, while the game played OVER the 37.5-point total set by sportsbooks. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 4 straight games.
Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 0-4 SU, 1-3 ATS
Buffalo: 1-3 SU, 2-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in October are 5-5
When playing on turf are 5-5
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing outside the division are 2-8<\/p>\n

Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in October are 3-7
When playing on turf are 1-9
After being outgained are 3-7
When playing outside the division are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Cleveland’s last 13 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland’s last 6 games
Cleveland is 1-7 ATS in its last 8 games
Cleveland is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Buffalo’s last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Buffalo’s last 7 games
Buffalo is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games
Buffalo is 1-6 SU in its last 7 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 18
Buffalo at NY Jets, Sunday, October 18<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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The Cleveland Browns and the Buffalo Bills will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Ralph Wilson Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Bills listed as 6-point favorites versus the Browns, while the game’s total has not yet been posted. Derek Anderson threw for 269 yards and a score … Continue reading NFL Handicapping: Browns vs Bills<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5923","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5923\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}