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Today's picks: Why the Browns will go over 10.5 wins, plus more MLB, Gold Cup soccer and ATP Newport picks for Thursday

SportsLine's experts share their featured bets on the Early Edge podcast for Thursday, July 15

By@SportsLineUpdated: Jul 15, 2021 4:06PM UTC . 3 min read

Jonathan Coachman is joined by top sports betting experts Mike McClure and Larry Hartstein on the Early Edge podcast, powered by SportsLine. Get the best plays for NFL futures, MLB, Concacaf Gold Cup soccer and ATP Newport for Thursday, July 15.

Significant NASCAR news is on Mike's radar, as Brad Keselowski and Matt DiBenedetto are leaving their current teams. He then looks at the latest NBA Finals odds and asks the question: Could Giannis Antetokounmpo win the MVP, even if the Bucks lose in seven games? Larry then talks about how Chris Paul's "legacy is on the line." Defensive adjustments by Milwaukee have suddenly forced Paul into an alarming amount of turnovers. 

The Coach supplies the SportsLine Plays of the Day from the site models and experts, with three Concacaf Gold Cup selections. The United States needs to make a statement, so he backs the picks of the U.S. -2.5 over Martinique at 9:30 p.m. ET and for the U.S. to win both halves. In the return of MLB, he highlights the pick of the Red Sox +110 over the Yankees at 7:08 p.m. ET. Boston is undefeated against New York this season. 

Mike's featured ATP Newport pick is Alexander Bublik in straight sets over Jason Jung at -105 in the Hall of Fame Open at 12:20 p.m. ET. Bublik is much better on grass and he sees this as a "huge mistmatch."

Larry starts off the 2021 NFL Futures talk by telling us why he believes the Cleveland Browns will go over 10.5 wins this season. "in 2019, they had huge expectations, But they also had Freddie Kitchens as their head coach and it did not go well. This time it's Kevin Stefanski with these big expectations. I think they are going to handle them well," he says. "They went 11-5 last year and still have a third-place schedule because the division was so tough. The division is not as tough this year, as I believe the Steelers are on a downward trend."

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