Cleveland Browns vs Seattle Seahawks Prediction, 8/24/2024 NFL Picks, Best Bets & Odds Week 3 Preseason

Game: Cleveland Browns at Seattle Seahawks

Date: Saturday, August 24, 2024

Location: Lumen Field in Seattle, WA

TV: NFL+

Odds/Point Spread: Seahawks (+1.5)

Total/Over-Under: 35.5

Lumen Field is where the Seattle Seahawks (9-8 last season) will take on the Cleveland Browns (11-6 last year) on Saturday. Cleveland opens as 1.5-point favorites. The betting total comes in at 35.5.

The Cleveland Browns finished the year holding a 11-6 record. When they last stepped on the football field, the Browns stepped onto the field against the Jaguars and notched a win by a score of 31-27. Jerome Ford was the best rusher for the Browns with 12 totes for 51 yards (4.3 yards per attempt). David Njoku averaged 15.2 yds per catch by tallying 91 yards on 6 catches. Joe Flacco finished 26/45 with 311 yards passing and 3 touchdowns. He had a QB rate of 92 and ended the game with 1 interception. When it came to stopping the run, the Browns conceded 58 yds on 20 tries, which is an average of 2.9 yds per run allowed. Cleveland surrendered 28 completions on 50 attempts for 235 yds, and a completion percentage of 56.0%. On the day, they ran 74 plays which gave them a total of 389 yards. The Cleveland Browns ran the rock 28 times and amassed 82 yds, earning them an average of 2.9 yds per carry.

In terms of putting the ball in the endzone, the Cleveland Browns held an average of 23.3 points per game. Offensively they maintained an average of 118.6 yds on the ground, which was 12th in the NFL. The Browns earned 5,710 yards in total for the prior season. Cleveland tallied 173 1st downs as a team, and they were called for 115 infractions for 897 yards. They turned the football over 37 times (23 interceptions and 14 fumbles). Cleveland totaled 24 touchdowns through the air and 15 touchdowns via the ground.

The Browns ranked 14th in the National Football League in terms of the opposition scoring, allowing 21.3 points per game. They allowed 4.3 yards per rush and 105.5 rushing yards per contest for the previous year. During the season, they gave up 1,793 rushing yards through 17 outings. Regarding passing yardage, the Browns allowed 2,800 yards which had them sitting in 1st in the league. Over the course of their 17 games played last season, they yielded 164.7 yards per outing via the pass in addition to surrendering a completion percentage of 57.4%. They surrendered 270.2 yards per game putting them at 1st in the league.

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The Seahawks ended the year having a 9-8 mark. In their last contest, the Seahawks went home defeated by a final of 28-16 when they played the 49ers. Drew Lock (2 touchdowns) finished the game with 269 yds on 22/31 passing while his QB rate was 92. He tossed 2 picks and his average yards per pass attempt was 8.7 yds. Tyler Lockett was a featured target for the Seahawks, hauling in 6 footballs for 89 yds (14.8 yds per catch). Zach Charbonnet carried the ball 9 times for 44 yards, ending the contest with 4.9 yards per attempt for Seattle. The Seahawks finished with 324 yards while running 55 plays (5.9 yards per play). Seattle ended up running for 3.5 yards per tote, finishing with a total of 70 yards on 20 attempts. Seattle surrendered 23 run attempts for 173 yds (7.5 yds per carry). The Seahawks secondary allowed a completion percentage of 70.4%, surrendering 354 yards on 19 out of 27 passing.

When it comes to how much they scored, the Seahawks were ranked 17th in the league with an average of 21.4 points per outing. Throughout last season, the Seahawks had a total of 3,910 yards through the air not to mention an average of 230.0 passing yards per contest, which was ranked 14th in football. They averaged 92.9 run yards per game and ran for 1,580 yards for the year. The Seattle Seahawks averaged 322.9 yards per game ranking them 21st out of all teams in the league. The Seattle offense accrued 954 yds of penalties on 111 violations, which ranked 5th in football in terms of giving up free yards. They tossed 12 picks while allowing opponents to recover 5 fumbles and they earned 189 first downs.

The Seahawks allowed 23.6 PPG, which had them ranked 25th of all teams in the league. They conceded 21 touchdowns via the pass in addition to 233.0 yards per outing, which had them sitting 21st in the NFL. Seattle allowed a total of 2,352 rushing yards (138.4 yards per outing) as well as 24 touchdowns by way of the ground game last season. The Seahawks defense took the field for 1,147 plays, which ranked them 32nd in football. Their defense totaled 19 takeaways (8 fumbles recovered and 11 interceptions) for the prior year. In total, they allowed 402 points in total.

Who will win tonight's Browns/Seahawks NFL game against the spread?

Josh's Pick: Take the Browns -1.5

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