Raiders-Browns line swings again; sharp bettors back Monday totals

In a Raiders-Browns crippled that has seen aggregate enactment moves, the favourite flip-flopped again Monday greeting erstwhile Cleveland starting backmost Baker Mayfield and backup Case Keenum were each ruled retired successful COVID-19 protocol.

With third-string QB Nick Mullens slated to commencement for the Browns — who person 22 players connected the reserve/COVID-19 list, including 10 starters — the Raiders moved from 3-point underdogs to statement 3-point favorites astatine Las Vegas sportsbooks.

The Raiders are inactive -2½ astatine the South Point, BetMGM and Circa Sports.

“The bettors are each implicit the Raiders wealth enactment and dispersed and the over,” Caesars Sportsbook vice president of trading Craig Mucklow said.

The full is 40½ aft dropping to arsenic debased arsenic 38.

The Vikings are -6½ implicit the Bears connected “Monday Night Football” and the full is 45½.

Mucklow said Caesars took crisp enactment connected the implicit successful some Monday games.

“From an relationship we highly respect,” helium said.

At Station Casinos, 62 percent of tickets connected the crippled are connected the Raiders.

“We intelligibly request the Browns,” Red Rock Resort sportsbook manager Chuck Esposito said.

Cleveland opened -6½ and dropped to -3 connected Tuesday erstwhile it placed 8 players, including wide receiver Jarvis Landry and choky extremity Austin Hooper, connected the COVID list. The enactment flipped to Raiders -1½ connected Wednesday aft Mayfield tested affirmative for the microorganism and it climbed to -3½ connected Thursday erstwhile Keenum tested affirmative for the virus.

On Friday, erstwhile the crippled was postponed from Saturday to Monday and Cleveland was expected to get immoderate cardinal players back, the enactment dropped to pick’em. The Browns climbed to 3-point favorites implicit the weekend.

The Raiders (6-7) are coming disconnected of a 48-9 nonaccomplishment astatine Kansas City and person mislaid 5 of their past six games portion going 1-5 ATS.

The Browns (7-6) are coming disconnected of a 24-22 triumph implicit the Ravens and are connected an 0-4 dispersed slide.

Each squad went implicit successful its past crippled and has a 7-6 over-under record.

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