Thursday Night Football Vegas Odds & NFL Expert Picks: New York Jets vs Cleveland Browns

by Aengus Moorehead

NY Jets Look to Maintain Dominant Form Against the Browns

Time: 8:20 PM ET

Date: Thursday, September 20, 2018

Where: FirstEnergy Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Watch on: NFL Network

Spread: Browns -3

Moneyline: Browns -165

Total O/U: 39½

The New York Jets will attempt to get back into the winner’s circle and will look to recover from their first loss of the season last Sunday as they get ready for a second road when they resume hostilities with the winless Cleveland Browns. The two AFC belligerents are scheduled to compete in a primetime showdown set to be broadcasted by the NFL network Thursday night at 8:20 p.m. ET and live from FirstEnergy Stadium in Cleveland, OH.

The Jets have dominated the rivalry by prevailing in the last five contests including two three-points victories in the last two years yet still managed to cover the numbers in both games. Surprisingly, the Browns enter this affair as a 3-point favorites, according to Bovada Sportsbook, with the total sitting on 39½ points. It is only the second game in the last two years that Cleveland come into a contest as a favorite.

The Browns just keep finding ways to avoid victory. In their Sunday matchup in New Orleans, the Browns dominated for most of the game, especially on the defensive side of the ball. But unfortunately for the Cleveland faithful, they left eight points on the board thanks to two missed field goals and extra points en route to a 21-18 loss to the Saints. Subsequently, kicker Zane Gonzalez was given his pink slip after his numerous mishaps.

On a positive note, the Browns’ defense played exceptional against a high-powered Saints’ offense as they forced two turnovers and held the Saints to under 300 total yards of offense. The Jets looked stellar in Detroit in their opener, but take it with a grain of salt; part of that success was due to the Lions playing absolutely horrible football. They came back to earth in their home opener last week when they lost their first game of the year to the Dolphins.

Gm# Team Opener Bovada MyBookie BOnline 301 NY Jets 40½ 39½ 39½ 39½ 302 Cleveland -3 -3 -3 -3 Moneyline +148/-170 +145/-165 +140/-165 +144/-164

New York Jets Cleveland Browns 1-1 Lost 1 17 1-1 30.00 18.50 11.5 0-1 1-0 1-1 0-1 1-0 Report Record Streak Last Meeting ATS Offense Defense Diff. ATS Home ATS Away O/U Record O/U Home O/U Away Injuries 0-1 Lost 1 14 2-0 19.50 21.00 -1.5 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 Report

NY Jets:

NY Jets is 2-4 ATS in its last 6 games

NY Jets is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games

The total has gone UNDER in 4 of NY Jets's last 6 games

NY Jets is 3-6-1 ATS in its last 10 games on the road

NY Jets is 1-5 SU in its last 6 games on the road

NY Jets is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland

NY Jets is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Cleveland

NY Jets is 4-1 ATS in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland

NY Jets is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing on the road against Cleveland

Cleveland:

Cleveland is 7-17-1 ATS in its last 25 games

Cleveland is 0-4-1 SU in its last 5 games

Cleveland is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games at home

Cleveland is 0-4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home

The total has gone UNDER in 11 of Cleveland's last 14 games at home

Cleveland is 0-5 ATS in its last 5 games when playing NY Jets

Cleveland is 0-5 SU in its last 5 games when playing NY Jets

Cleveland is 1-4 ATS in its last 5 games when playing at home against NY Jets

Cleveland is 1-4 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against NY Jets

The Bottom Line:

Cleveland 17, NY Jets 13.

Aengus Moorehead NFL Predictions: Cleveland -3

Total O/U: Under 39½

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