Why you should never bet on the Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a bad football team. Bad, bad, bad team.
So very bad.
Some of that goes without saying, of course. They've won just five games since 2015, after all. But funnily enough, it's not the team's outright record that belies its utter awfulness. Its the team's betting record, which is, in a word, atrocious. Over the same timeframe, even when Las Vegas has been handing them ever-increasing head starts over its opposition, betting against them has been nothing short of the surest bet in football. Somehow, even facing rock-bottom expectations, they've managed to defy them.
Don't take my word for it. Look at the stats (via Team Rankings)
Since the start of the 2015 season…
1. Have covered just 28 percent of its games, the worst record against the spread in the NFL.
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2. Covered just 23 percent of its games (4-13) as home underdogs.
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3. Are 1-9 in conference games.
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4. Have never covered a game after a bye week.
5. Have never gone into a game as a home favorite.
6. Have been the favorite in just four games.
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7. Boast the worst against the spread +/- (-4.6) in the NFL
8. Lost a whopping 28 games (out of 38) as home underdogs.
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