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NFL Divisional Playoffs
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Cleveland Browns vs. New York Jets
by Kris Lazaro
12/8/07
The Cleveland Browns visit the New York Jets this Sunday in what is shaping up to be one of this weekend’s most lopsided games (in terms of betting). Cleveland is a new team this season, with a 7-5 record and 9-3 against the spread ledger. On the other hand, the New York Jets are a pathetic 3-9 and 4-7-1 against the number thus far in the season. Oddsmakers have slapped the Browns as an early 3.5 point road favorite with the line inching down to 3 in some books (even with massive one way action on them).
The Browns are coming off 27-21 loss to the Arizona Cardinals last Sunday and hope to improve their lackluster road record of 2-4. They are lead by quarterback Derek Anderson and running back Jamal Lewis. These are not your daddy’s Browns; instead, they are a team with offensive powers—in fact, they are averaging 28.0 points per game and 353.5 offensive yards per game. The only bad thing about these Browns is their defense. Even though they are scoring, their defense is as porous as a cheese grater. The Browns’ defense is giving up 28.2 points per game and 389.9 yards per game.
The New York Jets have found their offense recently, scoring 40 points in their last contest against the Dolphins. They have also been more competitive in their few games, covering 3 of their last 4 games. The author believes that this will be turning point in the Jets’ season. Even though they have neither chance nor hope of making the playoffs this year, they will be rebuilding and practicing for next season.
The author sees an ugly this Sunday. Cleveland will commit turnovers that will lead to easy scores for the Jets. In what should be a high scoring game, the Jets will find a way to win this game and thus will improve Jets quarterback Kellen Clemens’ stock.
Game prediction: 48-44 New York.
