NFL Odds Minnesota Vikings vs. Cleveland Browns Free NFL Picks: Brett Favre will begin his career as one of the purple people eaters when he travels to Ohio to face the Cleveland Browns at 1 PM ET. This will be Favre’s 17th straight opening day start which is an incredible feat but his throwing shoulder might not be 100%. The Browns will try to turn things around under new coach Eric Mangini.
Mangini put an emphasis on defense in the off-season and his newly built D will be tested by Favre and the NFL’s best player RB Adrian Peterson. The Free NFL Picks experts poured money in on the Vikings all week when they opened as field goal favorites pushing the NFL odds at Bodog.com to the Minnesota Vikings –4 points against the Cleveland Browns.
Cleveland Browns Offense vs. Minnesota Vikings Defense: The Browns will be a power-running team under Mangini with 30-year old RB Jamal Lewis leading the charge. Unfortunately the Vikings defense is built around stopping the run and they are outstanding at it and will have the advantage here. The key match-up in this game will be for Browns QB Brady Quinn to make some plays in the passing game against the Vikings solid but unspectacular secondary. Quinn is an average NFL QB but he has a couple of big-play weapons in TE Kellen Winslow and WR Braylon Edwards. Cleveland’s O-line could have trouble giving Quinn time to throw with pass-rushing monster DE Jared Allen thirsty for his blood.
The Free NFL Picks experts at online sportsbook Bodog.com have the NFL odds on the Vikings vs Browns Total set at 40 points (-105 odds).
Minnesota Vikings Offense vs. Cleveland Browns Defense: The Minnesota Vikings offense is built around Adrian Peterson’s superlative running ability. Peterson is not containable so the most Cleveland’s defense can hope for is slow him down with 8 men in the box. Now with the threat of Favre burning defense with some explosive wideouts the Vikings will be tough to gameplan for. Cleveland’s 34 defense has a menacing presence in the middle in DT Shaun Rodgers who should be able to force Adrian Peterson to bounce most of his runs outside. The key to the Browns success on defense will be the linebackers ability to tackle Peterson in the open field which on paper is a gross mismatch in Peterson’s favor. The Browns have some holes in the secondary that Favre can exploit if his timing with his new receivers is up to speed.
Intangibles: Browns All-Pro DT is listed as questionable and his status should be monitored closely because he is the Browns best defensive player. Vikings #1 WR Bernard Berrian is also listed as questionable but there is some depth behind him that could fill in productively.
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