Dallas Cowboys vs Cleveland Browns Prediction, 9/8/2024 NFL Picks, Best Bets & Odds Week 1

Game: Dallas Cowboys at Cleveland Browns

Date: Sunday, September 8, 2024

Location: Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, OH

TV: Fox

Odds/Point Spread: Browns (-2.5)

Total/Over-Under: 43

The Cleveland Browns (11-6 last year) will try to defeat the Dallas Cowboys (12-5 last season) at Cleveland Browns Stadium on Sunday. Dallas opens this game as 2.5-point underdogs. The total is 43.

The Dallas Cowboys ended the season with a 12-5 mark. The last time they stepped on the gridiron, the Cowboys played the Packers and ended up losing by a score of 48-32. Dak Prescott went 41/60 with 403 yds passing and 3 TDs. He had a quarterback rate of 89.8 and walked away from the contest with 2 picks. Tony Pollard led the offense in rushing for the Cowboys with 15 attempts for 56 yards (3.7 yds per attempt). CeeDee Lamb had an average of 12.2 yds per catch by recording 110 yards on 9 receptions. The Dallas Cowboys ran the rock 25 times and tallied 123 yds, which earned them an average of 4.9 yds per attempt. In all, they had 89 plays which gave them a total of 510 yards. Dallas surrendered 16 pass completions on 21 attempts for 272 yards, and a completion rate of 76.2%. Against the rush, the Cowboys gave up 143 yds on 33 tries, which is an average of 4.3 yds per run allowed.

The Cowboys racked up 6,317 total yards for the prior campaign. Dallas accounted for 229 1st downs as a team, and they were called for 115 infractions for 964 yards. Dallas amassed 36 touchdowns via the pass and 14 rushing touchdowns. They surrendered the football 16 times (10 interceptions and 6 fumbles). As a unit they averaged 112.9 yds on the ground, which was 14th in the NFL. Regarding putting points on the board, the Dallas Cowboys averaged 29.9 PPG.

The Cowboys were sitting in 5th in the NFL when it comes to team defense, giving up 18.5 points per game. They allowed teams to run for an average of 4.2 yards per rush and 112.4 rushing yards per contest last season. In total, they gave up 1,910 yards via the running game in 17 games. Regarding yards through the air, the Cowboys conceded 3,185 yards which ranked them 5th in the league. In their 17 games played last season, they gave up 187.4 yards per game via the pass as well as relinquishing a completion percentage of 60.5%. They yielded 299.7 yards/game ranking them 5th in the league.

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The Browns finished the season with a 11-6 record. In their last game, the Browns took a loss by a score of 45-14 when they faced the Texans. Kareem Hunt ran the football 8 times for 26 yards, finishing the contest with 3.3 yds per carry for Cleveland. David Njoku was featured in the passing game for the Browns, snagging 7 balls for 93 yards (13.3 yards per catch). Joe Flacco (1 TD) walked away from the game with 307 yards on 34/46 passing while his quarterback rate was 80.6. He threw 2 picks and his average yds per pass attempt was 6.7 yards. Cleveland relinquished 22 rushing attempts for 76 yds (3.5 yds per rush). The Browns secondary conceded a completion percentage of 77.3%, surrendering 280 yds on 17 for 22 through the air. The Browns finished the game with 324 yds while running 70 plays (4.6 yds per play). Cleveland rushed the football for 2.8 yds per carry, finishing the game with 56 yards on 20 attempts.

The Cleveland Browns averaged 335.9 yards/contest ranking them 16th in football. They averaged 118.6 run yards per game and ran for 2,017 yards in total. They tossed 23 picks while allowing opponents to recover 14 fumbles and they earned 173 1st downs. The Cleveland offense accrued 897 penalty yds on 115 infractions, which was good for 3rd in football in terms of making mistakes. Throughout last year, the Browns compiled 3,693 yards via the pass together with an average of 217.2 throwing yards per outing, ranking them 19th in the NFL. Concerning their ability to score points, the Browns sat 11th in the league by scoring 23.3 PPG.

The Browns relinquished 21.3 points per game, ranking them 14th in the NFL. They surrendered 23 touchdowns via the pass in addition to 164.7 yards/outing, which had them ranked 1st in the NFL. Cleveland conceded a total of 1,793 yards rushing (105.5 yards/game) and 15 touchdowns rushing last year. The Browns defense took part in 1,004 plays, which was good for 1st in the NFL. They totaled 28 takeaways (10 fumbles recovered and 18 interceptions) for the prior year. Over the course of the season, they surrendered 362 total points.

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

Tony's Pick: Take the Cowboys +2.5

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