{"id":6065,"date":"2009-10-18T09:54:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-18T14:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-handicapping-browns-vs-steelers\/"},"modified":"2009-10-18T09:54:00","modified_gmt":"2009-10-18T14:54:00","slug":"nfl-handicapping-browns-vs-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/10\/nfl-handicapping-browns-vs-steelers\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Handicapping: Browns vs Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers meet at Heinz Field. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 14\u00bd-point favorites versus the Browns, while the game’s total is sitting at 38. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Browns defeated Buffalo 6-3 as a 5.5-point underdog in Week 5. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (42). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Derek Anderson passed for only 23 yards with an interception for Cleveland, while Jamal Lewis rushed for 117 yards on 31 carries <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Steelers defeated Detroit 28-20 as an 11-point favorite in Week 5. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (44). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ben Roethlisberger passed for 277 yards with three touchdowns for Pittsburgh, while Rashard Mendenhall rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Pittsburgh has won 2 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Cleveland: 1-4 SU, 2-3 ATS
Pittsburgh: 3-2 SU, 1-4 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Cleveland most recently:
When playing in October are 6-4
When playing on grass are 0-10
After being outgained are 1-9
When playing within the division are 2-8<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh most recently:
When playing in October are 6-4
When playing on grass are 8-2
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing within the division are 8-2<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Cleveland’s last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Cleveland’s last 7 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Cleveland’s last 7 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh
Cleveland is 2-7 ATS in its last 9 games
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland
Pittsburgh is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Cleveland
Pittsburgh is 6-1 ATS in its last 7 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Green Bay, Sunday, October 25
Pittsburgh<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Minnesota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Sunday, October 25<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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If familiarity breeds contempt, there should be animosity aplenty on Sunday when the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers meet at Heinz Field. Oddsmakers currently have the Steelers listed as 14\u00bd-point favorites versus the Browns, while the game’s total is sitting at 38. The Browns defeated Buffalo 6-3 as a 5.5-point underdog in Week 5. … Continue reading NFL Handicapping: Browns vs Steelers<\/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-6065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6065","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=6065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}