Everyone has been waiting for "Johnny Football" to get under center for his first NFL start, and that will occur this week. I'm sure there are a lot of butterflies flapping in him right now, and I'm equally sure that the Bengals are going to game plan a lot of disguised defensive looks to put some heat on him. Besides the quarterback drama, the Bengals have the memory of getting crushed by the Browns 24-3 earlier in the season. They are going to come out guns-a-blazin as a result. The difference between then and now is that the Cleveland is suddenly the struggling team at 1-3 in their last four. The Browns offense was rolling to start the season but has stalled. The defense that allowed a total off 33 points in a three-game winning streak has suddenly been getting scored on consistently with each of their last four opponents getting to 23 or more. The Bengals have been on top of their game off a loss, where they are now 8-2 ATS in their last 10 following a setback. Meanhile the Browns come into this one failing to cover their last five off a spread win. The dog has been cashing in with these teams as they are 12-3-1 ATS. Play on Cincinnati.
This pick was released to clients on December 11, 2014 at 3:49PM ET.
NFL
Cincinnati at Cleveland
December 14, 2014
1:00 PM Eastern
1.5 units on Cincinnati +1.5 (-110) (risk 1.5 to return 2.86)
Result:
WIN
WIN
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