Corridor of Fame Sport prediction: Zach Wilson will tear it up in Jets vs. Browns Thursday

Tread flippantly when betting on NFL Preseason video games. These are exhibition matches performed between second- and third-stringers.

Profitable these video games is just not the precedence.

That mentioned, you possibly can typically strike gold in these rubbish video games. 

Jets vs. Browns prediction

(8 p.m. ET., NBC)

The Jets are 5-1 towards the unfold (ATS) and 5-1 to the Over in preseason video games underneath Robert Saleh. 

Why? As a result of they’ve backup quarterbacks that tear up exhibition defenses. 

Zach Wilson, who turned 24 Thursday, might be dying to tear up something after spending the offseason as a welcome mat for Aaron Rodgers.

Wilson has averaged 8.6 yards per try in three preseason appearances. He will get the beginning Thursday, so look out for an enormous sport. 

Wilson’s preseason backup is Chris Streveler and he’ll see many of the motion.

Streveler completed the 2022 preseason with 277 yards and 5 touchdowns (and just one interception) on 8.4 yards per try. The Jets went 3-0 straight up and ATS in these video games. 

If historical past is any indication, the Jets ought to simply transfer the ball behind their All-World pre-season play-callers. 

However I wouldn’t overlook Cleveland right here. 

One of the best preseason quarterback is usually the one which makes use of his legs. Many of those guys aren’t mature sufficient to learn NFL defenses, so they should push the ball downfield in different methods.

Kevin Stefanski’s Browns have two of these. 

Texas A&M product Kellen Mond will begin underneath heart. He rushed for greater than 2,100 yards and 20 touchdowns in his 4 seasons as an Aggie.

When Mond is finished, the Browns will deploy UCLA product and fifth-round draft choose Dorian Thompson-Robinson. He was a five-year starter at UCLA, speeding for greater than 1,200 yards and 21 scores spanning his closing two seasons.

UCLA was an electrical dual-action offense with DTR underneath heart. He’s a spotlight ready to occur.

These are two new quarterbacks for Stefanski, nevertheless it’s price noting that his Browns went 3-0 to the Over in final yr’s closing three preseason video games.

I feel we’ll see a really free-flowing fashion of soccer. Whereas pre-season totals are at all times low, factors may not be at such a premium right here.

Truly, uber-low-scoring preseason video games may be a fantasy. 

Preseason video games with a complete under 37 are 221-163-6 to the Over since 2007, good for a 58 p.c hit price. 

Betting on the NFL?

So, let’s money the Over once more. Take me to the promised land, Chris Streveler/Kellen Mond/Dorian Thompson-Robinson. 

Jets vs. Browns choose

The play: Over 33.5 (-110, BetMGM)