NFL Week 10: Early-Week Betting Lines and Picks

kris topher by Scribe Written on November 03, 2008
9016011_eagles_v_cowboys_featur_feature

POINT SPREAD AND PICKS FOR WEEK 10 GAMES

 

Denver Broncos @ Cleveland Browns (-3)

 

Denver has all the tools to win this game, and it should clearly go over the 48-point total, considering just how badly these two defenses play. Neither one can stop the run, and while Cleveland is slowly putting together a pretty solid secondary, they’re still prone to mental mistakes, which Shanahan and Cutler should capitalize on.

 

Cleveland’s defense as a whole really should be better than this, considering the pieces that are in place, but they don’t seem to be getting enough pressure up front. If Shaun Rogers continues what he’s done his whole career, and we’ve seen flashes of that the past few weeks, Cleveland can win.

 

However, the Broncos should be able to mark up enough QB pressures and sacks to get into the head of Anderson and the extremely soft receiving corps of the Cleveland Browns.

 

Denver Wins Outright 31-24.

 

 

Jacksonville Jaguars (-6) @ Detroit Lions

 

Let the Daunte Culpepper experiment begin. Calvin Johnson is good enough to just go up and get it, much like Moss did in Minnesota, but unless Detroit can find a running game, they wont be able to hang in many games.

 

Jacksonville looks lost, and the frustration is starting to show through. Jack Del Rio is a solid coach, and he should be able to motivate the guys in the trenches well enough to tear off a nice little win streak at some point during the season. While Cleveland gave Jacksonville fits, and Detroit is just a slightly lesser version of Cleveland’s predictable pass attack, Jacksonville was still in that game until the last play.

 

The Jaguars will come together and win this game by the halfway point of the third quarter.

 

Jacksonville covers the six and wins 27 – 17

 

 

Tennessee Titans (-3) @ Chicago Bears

To beat the Titans, you’re going to require a squad that has a smart QB, a smart LB corps, and a half-decent running game. Right now, it's up in the air as to who will start for the Bears at QB (it looks like Orton’s out for four weeks, so it’ll be Grossman), but it doesn’t particularly matter.

 

Neither Grossman nor Orton have the patience or the ability to progress through their reads at supersonic speed without making the big mistakes. Chicago’s run game and defense will keep this close, and with their LBs, they may be able to at test the patience of the Titans.

 

So far, there hasn’t been a team thats really made Kerry Collins make the tough decisions, and the Bears could be that team. If L. White and C. Johnson can be contained, then a few chinks in the Titans' armor may end up becoming visible cracks. The Bears' D will win this game, and then whoever is manning the QB spot will lose it.

 

Tennessee wins 17 – 10.

 

 

Buffalo Bills @ New England Patriots (-4.5)

The Bills are downright impossible to understand. The defense is sound and often has the potential to be great, so long as Williams and Stroud keep guards from getting to their smallish LB crew, which shouldn’t be a problem against New England’s undersized line.

Posluszny and Mitchell shouldn’t have to spend all day fighting through blocks, which ends up giving the entire Bills’ defense trouble. The Bills' secondary, like their LB crew, is smallish but quick-fast. L. McKelvin has produced as expected for a first-year uber-athletic CB/PR.

Single Page
(0)
...
Share This  
Crop_45x45
or to post this comment

0 Comments

There are no comments yet. Get the conversation started by leaving the first comment

Loading more comments...
posted just now
  • Loading...
  • Nobody has liked this comment yet
Cancel

This comment and all replies have been deleted This comment has been deleted Undo delete

1,152
reads

0
comments

written on November 03, 2008 Preview/Prediction

The best newsletter on the web

Subscribe Now

We will never share your email address


CBS Sports Official Partner
Certain photos copyright © 2009 by Getty Images.
Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Getty Images is strictly prohibited.