Monday night's game features a battle between the Cleveland Browns and the playoff-hopeful Denver Broncos.
How will Jameis Winston do against one of the best defenses he's faced this year? Will Jerry Jeudy continue to catch many passes, as he's done in recent weeks? How will Javonte Williams fare after rushing for negative yards last week?
Here are the best PrizePicks player predictions for Monday Night Football between the Cleveland Browns and the Denver Broncos.
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Monday night's game features a battle between the Cleveland Browns and the playoff-hopeful Denver Broncos.
How will Jameis Winston do against one of the best defenses he's faced this year? Will Jerry Jeudy continue to catch many passes, as he's done in recent weeks? How will Javonte Williams fare after rushing for negative yards last week?
Here are the best PrizePicks player predictions for Monday Night Football between the Cleveland Browns and the Denver Broncos.
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Monday Night Football PrizePicks Predictions: Browns vs. Broncos
The Broncos are allowing just 199.8 passing yards per game this season, making this one of Winston’s toughest matchups all year.
However, the Broncos aren't unbeatable. They've allowed 239.7 passing yards per game over their last three, and they allowed 300 last week to the Las Vegas Raiders.
Additionally, Winston has had no trouble clearing this number this season. Last week, he only threw for 219 yards, but it was also snowing during the game. Had it not been, he would likely have topped this number. After all, he was close anyway.
Winston has thrown for over 330 yards in two of his four starts, including 235 yards against the Los Angeles Chargers’ 11th-ranked pass defense.
Despite his horrid eight-carry, -2-yard performance last week against the Raiders, Javonte Williams remains the lead back in Denver. He has 120 carries this season, which is 54 more than Jaleel McLaughlin and 82 more than Audric Estime.
While there is a legitimate concern Williams could see reduced carries, especially after netting one yard or fewer in two of his last three games, this is still a good matchup.
The Browns are allowing 130.6 rushing yards per game. That ranks 23rd in the league. Over the last three games, they're allowing 143.3 rushing yards per contest. They're also allowing 4.7 yards per carry, which ranks near the bottom of the league. They've allowed 5.1 yards per attempt over the last three weeks.
This number is simply lower than it should be because of Williams' most recent performance, so take advantage of the oddsmaker’s error.
Jerry Jeudy has been Winston's favorite target since he took over the starting role. Over the last four weeks, he has at least five catches in each game. Last week, he caught all six of his targets for 85 yards.
Because Jeudy is more of a deep threat, averaging 14.3 yards per catch this season, he fits better into Winston's game plan than other Browns receivers.
While I already discussed how good the Broncos' pass defense is, Jeudy will clear this number through volume alone. Last week's six targets were his fewest since Winston took over as the starter. Before that game, he had back-to-back 11-target games.
Jeudy caught at least six passes in each of those contests. To me, it feels that oddsmakers are overcorrecting for this matchup and not considering that Wisnton and Jeudy are just clicking right now.
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