i usually don't wager on futures bet...don't like to wait that long for my money..but played these 2..
2*cleve. under 6.5 wins (-115)...
basically i'm betting that charlie frye is untested to give cleve. 7 wins. last year frye went 2-3 in the 5 games he started. however, he only managed 1 td drive in his 5 starts & it was after the browns recovered a fumble on their opponents 24 yd. line...so, imo this does not mean he is ready for prime time.
looking at cleve's schedule, the browns are only 1 of 2 teams that get no teams looking ahead to a monday night game & no opponents off a monday night game. in addition only 3 of the browns 10 non-divisional opponents this season are off divisional games.
i don't think cleve. will get more than 1 win, with an untested qb from the other 3 teams in their division (balt., cin., & pitts.)
if you look at cleve'sother games, you will see that the browns will face the tough afc west teams (denver, k.c., s.d., & oak.). of those teams oak.is the closest to cleve's level, & they will be out for revenge from last years loss to cleve, a game where the final outcome was handed to the browns by the officials. so i think cleve. may get 1 win from this divison.
the other divison that the browns face is the nfc south (t.b., carolina, atl., & n.o.). the only team that i see clev.having a chance of beating from that division is n.o.
cleve. get to play the jets & houston also.
so i see cleve. winning 4 or 5 games this year.
2*houston under 5.5 wins (+125)...
it looks like the books expect houston's new coach to dramatically improve the texan's wins by 4 wins from the 2 they won from last year. that's a lot to ask for a team that gave up an average of 365 yds. on defense per game & gained an average of only 253 yds. on offense.
whenever a new coach takes over, he tries to install a completely new scheme. usually the team gets worse before it gets better.
looking at houston's schedule, i see them losing 5 of the 6 games they play within their divison (indy, jax., & tenn.). i see them at best splitting with tenn.
houston also gets to play the afc east teams ( n.e., miami, the jets, & buff.) & the nfc east teams ( giants, wash., dallas, & phil.). i see 1 maybe 2 wins from this group...if they are lucky.
the other 2 teams they face are the browns & the raiders.
houston has a very tough early season schedule.their first 6 opponents are phil,indy,wash.,miami, dallas, & jax....& then they go on a 3 game road trip.there is a very good chance that houston will be 1-9 or 0-10 in those first 10 games. winning 5 or 6 games after that is going to be pretty tough.
i see houston winning 3 or 4 games this year.
good luck.
2*cleve. under 6.5 wins (-115)...
basically i'm betting that charlie frye is untested to give cleve. 7 wins. last year frye went 2-3 in the 5 games he started. however, he only managed 1 td drive in his 5 starts & it was after the browns recovered a fumble on their opponents 24 yd. line...so, imo this does not mean he is ready for prime time.
looking at cleve's schedule, the browns are only 1 of 2 teams that get no teams looking ahead to a monday night game & no opponents off a monday night game. in addition only 3 of the browns 10 non-divisional opponents this season are off divisional games.
i don't think cleve. will get more than 1 win, with an untested qb from the other 3 teams in their division (balt., cin., & pitts.)
if you look at cleve'sother games, you will see that the browns will face the tough afc west teams (denver, k.c., s.d., & oak.). of those teams oak.is the closest to cleve's level, & they will be out for revenge from last years loss to cleve, a game where the final outcome was handed to the browns by the officials. so i think cleve. may get 1 win from this divison.
the other divison that the browns face is the nfc south (t.b., carolina, atl., & n.o.). the only team that i see clev.having a chance of beating from that division is n.o.
cleve. get to play the jets & houston also.
so i see cleve. winning 4 or 5 games this year.
2*houston under 5.5 wins (+125)...
it looks like the books expect houston's new coach to dramatically improve the texan's wins by 4 wins from the 2 they won from last year. that's a lot to ask for a team that gave up an average of 365 yds. on defense per game & gained an average of only 253 yds. on offense.
whenever a new coach takes over, he tries to install a completely new scheme. usually the team gets worse before it gets better.
looking at houston's schedule, i see them losing 5 of the 6 games they play within their divison (indy, jax., & tenn.). i see them at best splitting with tenn.
houston also gets to play the afc east teams ( n.e., miami, the jets, & buff.) & the nfc east teams ( giants, wash., dallas, & phil.). i see 1 maybe 2 wins from this group...if they are lucky.
the other 2 teams they face are the browns & the raiders.
houston has a very tough early season schedule.their first 6 opponents are phil,indy,wash.,miami, dallas, & jax....& then they go on a 3 game road trip.there is a very good chance that houston will be 1-9 or 0-10 in those first 10 games. winning 5 or 6 games after that is going to be pretty tough.
i see houston winning 3 or 4 games this year.
good luck.
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