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One of the great things about sports betting is that a seemingly insignificant game can feel like the Super Bowl to anyone who placed action on it.
That phenomenon will take place today in the Sun’s handicapping contest, where the winless Cleveland Browns find themselves playing a deciding role. The two sports writers battling for the season-long title in the contest each used one of their six weekly picks off of the South Point betting board on the Browns’ home game against the Chargers. One wound up on the Chargers minus-4.5; the other took the Browns.
Read below to find all the best bets and picks for week 16 of the contest.
Ray Brewer (2013 co-champion)
2016 Record: 46-40-4 (3-3 last week)
Panthers plus-3 vs. Falcons
Packers minus-6.5 vs. Vikings
Browns plus-4.5 vs. Chargers
49ers vs. Rams under 40 points
Cowboys minus-6.5 vs. Lions
Best Bet (6-8-1): Titans minus-5 at Jaguars Tennessee beat Jacksonville by two touchdowns earlier this season. The Titans are playing for a playoff spot. Jacksonville is in the first game with an interim coach and its quarterback, Blake Bortles, ranks as one of the worst in the league.
Jesse Granger
2016 Record: 47-42-1 (3-3 last week)
Dolphins plus-4 at Bills
Buccaneers plus-3.5 at Saints
Panthers plus-3 vs. Falcons
Vikings vs. Packers under 43 points
Bengals plus-1 at Texans
Best Bet (9-6): Chargers minus-4.5 at Browns The Browns are so bad the odds makers simply can’t get the number right. Not only is Cleveland a league worst 0-14 straight up, but it’s also 2-12 against the spread and hasn’t covered a spread since Oct. 16. Yes, the game is in Cleveland but the stands will likely be half-empty on Christmas Eve, and the Chargers might be better on the road than they are in San Diego. They are 10-3 against the spread in their last 13 road games.
Case Keefer (2012, 2014 & 2015 champion, 2013 co-champion)
2016 Record: 34-51-5 (3-2-1 last week)
Bills minus-4 vs. Dolphins
Saints minus-3.5 vs. Buccaneers
Cardinals plus-8 at Seahawks
Texans minus-1 vs. Bengals
Broncos plus-3.5 at Chiefs
Best Bet (4-10-1): Cowboys minus-6.5 vs. Lions The Cowboys are the best team in the NFL, and at least for one week, they aren’t being bet like it. All the money is on the Lions, holding this spread nearly a field goal lower than where it belongs. The Lions have over-performed this year, and aren’t on the same level as the Cowboys. It will show on Saturday.
Case Keefer can be reached at 702-948-2790 or [email protected]. Follow Case on Twitter at twitter.com/casekeefer.
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