{"id":638647,"date":"2025-12-29T21:02:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/638647\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T21:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:02:16","slug":"cleveland-browns-open-as-underdogs-against-cincinnati-bengals-to-finish-off-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/638647\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns open as underdogs against Cincinnati Bengals to finish off season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cleveland Browns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cleveland Browns<\/a> opened as 7.5-point underdogs on the road against the Cincinnati Bengals ahead of their Week 18 match-up, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nfl?tab=games\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FanDuel Sportsbook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a>. The over\/under on the game is 44.5.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/8257b814facd81d5b0a2f18035286b38.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Browns (4-12) are coming off of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-scores-results\/113648\/cleveland-browns-vs-pittsburgh-steelers-final-score-defensive-battle-changes-draft-position-playoff-picture\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:13-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">13-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>. It was a game that the Steelers desperately needed to clinch the AFC North, but the Browns\u2019 defense played tough, not allowing a touchdown to Aaron Rodgers and company, even in the final moments as CB Denzel Ward came up big. QB Shedeur Sanders is 1-0 against the Steelers, although DE Myles Garrett just missed breaking the sack record.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Bengals (6-10) blew out the Arizona Cardinals 37-14, their second strong offensive showing in as many weeks. The game doesn\u2019t mean anything for either team, but they\u2019re both still ready to fight to finish the season strong.<\/p>\n<p>The over\/under for the game is 44.5. All eyes from a national standpoint will be on whether Myles Garrett will break the sack record \u2014 he\u2019s had big games against the Bengals before, so we\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n<p>What odds would you take if you were placing a bet?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Browns opened as 7.5-point underdogs on the road against the Cincinnati Bengals ahead of their Week&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351297,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[1586,390,228,227,256,2296,54,7345,18799,7,1304,6,57,17,582],"class_list":{"0":"post-638647","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnati","12":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","13":"tag-cincinnatibengals","14":"tag-cleveland-browns","15":"tag-denzel-ward","16":"tag-fanduel-sportsbook","17":"tag-football","18":"tag-myles-garrett","19":"tag-nfl","20":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","21":"tag-shedeur-sanders","22":"tag-the-browns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115804880897297641","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}