Browns vs. Buccaneers Point Spread: Week 1 NFL Picks: September 12th 2010

CLEVELAND BROWNS VS. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
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2010 NFL betting action comes to you Sunday, September 12th from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL where the Buccaneers with play host to the Cleveland Browns; kickoff is set for 1:00 ET. The last time these two teams played back in 2006, the Buccaneers scored a 22-7 road win and cover as 3.5-point underdogs.

Point Spread: Head Coach Raheem Morris’s Buccaneers currently sit as three-point favorites with the game ’total’ set at 37.
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The Browns enter their season with newly acquired QB Jake Delhomme running their offense with the hope that he can improve their 32nd ranked passing offense from a year ago. The Browns were busy this offseason drafting CB Joe Haden and QB Colt McCoy while trading for Pro Bowler Sheldon Brown and signing RB Montario Hardesty to share time with Jerome Harrison as a very potent running combo; Hardesty unfortunately just went down with a season ending knee injury in the preseason. Haden and Brown will instantly help improve their defense which ranked 28th in the NFL last season.

Tampa Bay opens their season with hopes of improving their horrendous 3-13 SU & 6-10 ATS records from a year ago. Their offense will be led by QB Josh Freeman who will begin his first full year as a starter. RB Cadillac Williams returns from injury to carry the load in the backfield; while newly acquired WR’s Mike Williams and Reggie Brown and rookie WR Arrelious Benn will team with WR Mark Clayton and TE Kellen Winslow to be Freeman’s top targets. The Bucs drafted DT Gerald McCoy to help improve their porous defense.

The Browns enter this spot in a pickle for NFL bettors having won only nine of their L/23 SU but were able to squeak out 16 of their L/31 ATS in the L/3 years. When dogged in the L/3 years they are an awful 7-19 SU but made NFL bettors happy covering 14 of 25 ATS. The same can’t be said for the Bucs; when favored the L/10 times, they’ve won eight times but only posted a 5-5 ATS record. These teams have played to the ‘under’ in each of their L/3 meetings.

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