{"id":239821,"date":"2025-10-25T12:11:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T12:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/239821\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T12:11:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T12:11:08","slug":"browns-vs-patriots-picks-drake-maye-among-best-nfl-player-props-for-week-8-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/239821\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns vs. Patriots picks: Drake Maye among best NFL player props for Week 8 matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"drake-maye-new-england-patriots.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/drake-maye-new-england-patriots.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/NE\/new-england-patriots\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New England Patriots<\/a> have won four straight with a surging <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/26695757\/drake-maye\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Drake Maye<\/a> under center, but the young quarterback will have a much sterner test on Sunday when the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/CLE\/cleveland-browns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Browns<\/a> bring one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/nfl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL&#8217;s<\/a> best defenses to Foxborough. The Browns have allowed the fewest yards per game this season and come off a 31-6 thrashing of the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/MIA\/miami-dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>. Which NFL player props should you target for this game? We&#8217;ve identified three best bets for Patriots vs. Browns, including an anytime touchdown scorer pick.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be using odds from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/fanduel-promo-code\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a> to look at top NFL player props for this game. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsline.com\/nfl\/game-forecast\/NFL_20251026_CLE@NE\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Check out the SportsLine Projection Model&#8217;s forecast for the entire Browns-Patriots game, including more player props.<\/a>\u00a0For those new to NFL betting, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/betting\/news\/nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NFL betting guide<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/martech.cbssports.com\/bt\/redirect\/prod?b=fanduel&amp;c=sport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"mtech-link\">Click here to bet on Browns vs. Patriots and more at FanDuel:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Top Browns at Patriots props:Drake Maye Under 222.5 passing yards (-114)<a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2741201\/jerry-jeudy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jerry Jeudy<\/a> Over 45.5 receiving yards (-114)<a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2079848\/hunter-henry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hunter Henry<\/a> anytime touchdown scorer (+180)Drake Maye Under 222.5 passing yards (-114)<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland is a tough nut to crack, and Maye will have to fight through some serious resistance to win this game. It&#8217;s going to be a tough slog for the emerging star. The Browns have allowed just 173.7 passing yards per game, the third fewest in the league. The SportsLine model has Maye projected for 180.4 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Jerry Jeudy Over 45.5 receiving yards<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, the Patriots have allowed 235.7 yards per game, the ninth worst rate in the league. <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/3121534\/dillon-gabriel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dillon Gabriel<\/a> hasn&#8217;t looked like the most convincing passer in the world, but he should be able to cook a little in New England. Jeudy is his top receiver, and the model forecasts 62.3 yards for the former Bronco.<\/p>\n<p>Hunter Henry anytime touchdown scorer<\/p>\n<p>Yes, the Cleveland defense is a beast. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/fantasy\/football\/stats\/posvsdef\/TE\/all\/avg\/standard?&amp;_3:col_1=11&amp;_3:col_2=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">But tight ends have had a surprising level of scoring success against the Browns this year<\/a>. It&#8217;s not like it&#8217;s a glaring weakness, but we&#8217;d certainly rather run with that kernel of information than feed a runner to <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2139869\/myles-garrett\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Myles Garrett<\/a>. With that in mind, we&#8217;re going to back Henry to find the end zone and properly celebrate National Tight Ends Day. It&#8217;s his day, after all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Imagn Images The New England Patriots have won four straight with a surging Drake Maye under center, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,615,143352,143351,143354,143353,143355,1238,1266,5374,121273,19985,28666,143357,1233,16820,1231,593,32042,32044,142236,143356,85],"class_list":["post-239821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-betting","tag-browns-patriots-best-bets","tag-browns-patriots-odds","tag-browns-patriots-prediction","tag-browns-patriots-props","tag-browns-props","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-dillon-gabriel","tag-drake-maye","tag-drake-maye-props","tag-hunter-henry","tag-jerry-jeudy","tag-jerry-jeudy-props","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-myles-garrett","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-betting","tag-nfl-gambling","tag-nfl-week-8-odds","tag-patriots-props","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}