Browns vs Buccaneers Picks Week 1: Vegas NFL Odds

The fans at Raymond James Stadium will be treated to a season opener between the Cleveland Browns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when they take their seats on Sunday at 1:00pm EST. Online sportsbooks have the Buccaneers listed as 3-point favorites in NFL picks for week vs the Browns while the game's over/under betting total is listed at 37 for the game that can be seen nationally on CBS. Heading into week 1 of the 2010 regular season, the Browns finished last year a miserable 5-11 straight up but went a surprising 10-6 against the spread in Vegas NFL odds while the Buccaneers went 3-13 straight up and 6-10 against the spread. The Browns went 3-7 last season when playing in September, 4-6 when playing on grass and 4-6 when playing outside their division.

Cleveland managed to pull off victories vs the Green Bay Packers in week 1 and Chicago Bears in week 4 of the preseason but lost to the St. Louis Rams and Detroit Lions to finish 2-2. Jake Delhomme will lead the Browns this year and threw 38-48 for 345-yards and two touchdowns during the preseason while James Davis carried the ball 26-times for 103-yards. Looking forward to NFL betting stats for Sunday's opener, Cleveland went 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games heading into week 1, 5-17 straight up in their last 22 games overall and 2-9 straight up in their last 11 games on the road while the over/under betting total has gone UNDER in 6 of the Browns last 9 games on the road.

Tampa Bay also split their preseason games defeating the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans but fell to the Miami Dolphins and Jacksonville Jaguars. Rudy Carpenter and Josh Johnson both threw for over 300-yards and a total of 5 touchdowns but also each had an interception. Heading into Vegas NFL odds, the Buccaneers went 6-4 last season when playing in September, 1-9 when playing on grass and 2-8 when playing outside their division. Tampa Bay went 6-12 against the spread last season for their last 18 games and 3-17 straight up for their last 20 games overall while the over/under total has gone UNDER in 5 of the Buccaneers last 5 games and UNDER in 4 of Tampa Bay's last 5 games at home.