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AAA's 10* *Browns/Falcons* TOTAL BLOCKBUSTER (62-43 +$8,430 Y-T-D NFL!)
(NFL) Cleveland vs. Atlanta,
Total: 47.50 | -105.00 Under
Result: Win
Total: 47.50 | -105.00 Under
Result: Win
This is a 10* TOTAL BLOCKBUSTER on the OVER between the Cleveland Browns and the Atlanta Falcons.
Neither of these teams has been lighting up the scoreboard recently, but for a number of different reasons, when the smoke clears at the end of this one I look for this total to eclipse the number as the game comes down the stretch. Cleveland gets a big boost offensively today with the return of WR Josh Gordon, he'll be looking to help his team avoid back-to-back losses for the first time this season. Certainly the Browns will be motivated here, last weeks listless 23-7 home loss to Houston on Sunday dropped them behind Cincinnati and Pittsbrugh in the AFC North, the setback snapping a three-game win streak. Note that Cleveland sustained significant injuries on the defensive side of the ball when LB's Karlos Dansby and Jabaal Sheard fell; and note that the Browns were already missing DE Phil Taylor and linemen Armonty Bryant and John Hughes. The injuries were noticeable last week as Cleveland would give up a season-high 213 rushing yards vs. a Houston team which was playing without star RB Arian Foster. But as mentioned off the top, the return of the dyanmic Gordon will see Cleveland really open up the offensive playbook today, I'm expecting the visitors to put some points on the board (note that Gordon set a franchise-record with 1,646 receiving yards in 2013 and became the only player in NFL history with consecutive 200-yard games in the regular season). Gordon and company will look to take advantage of an Atlanta defense which allows a league-worst 281.2 passing yards per game. And to add insult to injury, while Atlanta does have seven INT's to its credit over the past four games, three of those were courtesy of Robert Alford, who is now expected to miss at least two weeks with a wrist injury. The home side comes in with some momentum though, after losing five straight it's now won back to back over Tampa Bay and Carolina. The Falcons are tied with New Orleans atop the dismal NFC South and are actually in control of their own destiny in having gone 4-0 in the division thus far: "We're now back in the driver's seat of our destiny," Atlanta RB Steven Jackson said earlier in the week. "That's where we want to be. Ultimately you have to continue to win. You can't look for anybody else to help you out." QB Matt Ryan is fifth in the league in averaging 279.3 YPG and has just one INT over his last four games. A couple of suspect defenses facing off against a couple of explosive offenses. Note that Cleveland has seen the total go OVER the number in three of four as an underdog this year, while Atlanta has seen it sail above the number in two of its three home games thus far. When taking all of the above factors into account, I feel that this number is just a little low; play on the OVER.
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Neither of these teams has been lighting up the scoreboard recently, but for a number of different reasons, when the smoke clears at the end of this one I look for this total to eclipse the number as the game comes down the stretch. Cleveland gets a big boost offensively today with the return of WR Josh Gordon, he'll be looking to help his team avoid back-to-back losses for the first time this season. Certainly the Browns will be motivated here, last weeks listless 23-7 home loss to Houston on Sunday dropped them behind Cincinnati and Pittsbrugh in the AFC North, the setback snapping a three-game win streak. Note that Cleveland sustained significant injuries on the defensive side of the ball when LB's Karlos Dansby and Jabaal Sheard fell; and note that the Browns were already missing DE Phil Taylor and linemen Armonty Bryant and John Hughes. The injuries were noticeable last week as Cleveland would give up a season-high 213 rushing yards vs. a Houston team which was playing without star RB Arian Foster. But as mentioned off the top, the return of the dyanmic Gordon will see Cleveland really open up the offensive playbook today, I'm expecting the visitors to put some points on the board (note that Gordon set a franchise-record with 1,646 receiving yards in 2013 and became the only player in NFL history with consecutive 200-yard games in the regular season). Gordon and company will look to take advantage of an Atlanta defense which allows a league-worst 281.2 passing yards per game. And to add insult to injury, while Atlanta does have seven INT's to its credit over the past four games, three of those were courtesy of Robert Alford, who is now expected to miss at least two weeks with a wrist injury. The home side comes in with some momentum though, after losing five straight it's now won back to back over Tampa Bay and Carolina. The Falcons are tied with New Orleans atop the dismal NFC South and are actually in control of their own destiny in having gone 4-0 in the division thus far: "We're now back in the driver's seat of our destiny," Atlanta RB Steven Jackson said earlier in the week. "That's where we want to be. Ultimately you have to continue to win. You can't look for anybody else to help you out." QB Matt Ryan is fifth in the league in averaging 279.3 YPG and has just one INT over his last four games. A couple of suspect defenses facing off against a couple of explosive offenses. Note that Cleveland has seen the total go OVER the number in three of four as an underdog this year, while Atlanta has seen it sail above the number in two of its three home games thus far. When taking all of the above factors into account, I feel that this number is just a little low; play on the OVER.
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