{"id":58557,"date":"2012-12-21T13:57:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T21:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=58557"},"modified":"2012-12-21T13:58:12","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T21:58:12","slug":"picks-week-16-cleveland-browns-vs-denver-broncos-cappers-betting-odds-201212","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nfl\/picks-week-16-cleveland-browns-vs-denver-broncos-cappers-betting-odds-201212\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns vs. Denver Broncos FREE NFL Preview & Betting Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"

Browns vs Broncos Betting \/ Handicapping<\/h2>\n

San Francisco\u2019s victory in New England last Sunday night had every Broncos fan smiling, because if Denver can take care of business by beating Cleveland and Kansas City (both at home) over the next two weeks, the Broncs will get a bye in the field round of the playoffs. <\/p>\n

Cleveland Browns (5-9) at Denver Broncos (11-3)
\nSunday, Dec. 23
\nSports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver
\n4:05 p.m. EST
\nSpread \u2013 Broncos -13.5
\nO\/U \u2013 44.5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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And unless all 53 players suddenly have a communal lapse in concentration, Denver will get that bye.<\/p>\n

It couldn\u2019t set up any better for the Broncos, as they put a nice little 9-game winning streak on the line against a team that is 1-5 on the road and is bracing for yet another off-season overhaul amid rumors that coach Pat Shurmur may be replaced by New England offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. <\/p>\n

Even rookie QB Brandon Weeden, who has shown signs that he can do the job, may not have a tremendous amount of job security.
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\nWeeden will need eyes in the back of his head Sunday at Mile High. Broncos Von Miller and Elvis Dumervil are both chasing (separate) sack records. Miller needs 1.5 sacks over the final two games to break Dumervil\u2019s team record of 17 in a season, and Dumervil himself needs just one more to record his third season of 10 or more sacks.<\/p>\n

There are even more problems for Cleveland to deal with on the other side of the ball. Peyton Manning is now among the favorites to win another MVP award and has become the first player in NFL history to throw for more than 4,000 in 12 seasons. At home? How about 16 TD passes and two interceptions?<\/p>\n

As if that isn\u2019t enough for the Brownies to ponder, they also have to be concerned about RB Knowshon Moreno, whose legs have somehow been rejuvenated as he has averaged 122 yards rushing over the last four games.[soliloquy id=”82219″]<\/p>\n

If there is a bright light for the Browns, it\u2019s that they have played well against the AFC West this season \u2013 beating Oakland, Kansas City and San Diego. Of course, those three teams are a combined 11-31, but at least it\u2019s something the Browns can hang their hats on.<\/p>\n

THE PICK<\/strong> \u2013 The Browns defense is a mess after cutting DB Dmitri Patterson and putting DB T.J. Ward and OL James-Michael Johnson on IR. Not a good sign when you have to figure out a way to keep Peyton Manning under control. <\/p>\n

Best shot for Cleveland is ground and pound with their best offensive player, Trent Richardson. <\/p>\n

Play here is the over as Cleveland plays loose with a rebuilt secondary and gives up a lot of yards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Browns vs Broncos Betting \/ Handicapping San Francisco\u2019s victory in New England last Sunday night had every Broncos fan smiling, because if Denver can take care of business by beating Cleveland and Kansas City (both at home) over the next two weeks, the Broncs will get a bye in the field round of the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":25403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[57454,57453,17489,57451,57452,463,4380,9804,57407,830,6639],"class_list":["post-58557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-browns-broncos-free-prediction","tag-browns-broncos-picks","tag-browns-vs-broncos","tag-cleveland-browns-vs-denver-broncos","tag-cleveland-browns-vs-denver-broncos-odds","tag-free-nfl-picks","tag-nfl-betting-picks","tag-nfl-betting-prediction","tag-nfl-football-prediction","tag-nfl-handicapping","tag-week-16"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58557"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58781,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58557\/revisions\/58781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}