The Browns get a nice escape from 30 degree temperatures to the warmth of South Beach, but this is no vacation. At 3-5 Cleveland is three games back in the win column from Baltimore in the AFC North and they’re up against a Miami (6-3) team on a three game win streak. All that considered the offshore sportsbooks seem to have the point spread a bit too low in this Browns vs Dolphins matchup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Browns do come into this week’s game off of their bye, and they hope that down time didn’t kill the momentum following a 32-13 upset of Cincinnati in week 8. That win snapped a 4-game Cleveland losing streak as they ran for 172 yards and threw for another 268 in one of their most balanced games of the season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bright note for Cleveland in the win over the Bengals is that they held Joe Burrow<\/strong> to 25\/35 passing for 232 yards – a down game for him. That kind of play in the secondary – as well as the 5 sacks Cleveland put up<\/a> – is going to be important as the Browns prepare for a meeting with Tua Tagovailoa<\/strong> and Miami’s #2 ranked passing offense (293.6 ypg). <\/p>\n\n\n\n