Will the Carolina Panthers get off to a winning start here in 2022? Well, the current odds are in their favor.
As of Tuesday morning, five days before kickoff, our friends over at Tipico Sportsbook have quarterback Baker Mayfield and his Panthers as the favorite against the visiting Cleveland Browns. The spread for the Week 1 matchup is, however, sitting at a snug 2.5 points.
Between the two teams, Cleveland comes in as the superior product from the 2021 campaign—a roller coaster of a year in which they went 8-9. They won’t, however, be heading into Bank of America Stadium on Sunday at full force, as Jacoby Brissett is set to take the start under center for a suspended Deshaun Watson.
Carolina, on the other hand, enters play off a 5-12 mark from a season ago while riding a seven-game losing streak. Mayfield, the franchise’s third different Week 1 quarterback in as many years, will try to snap that skid in facing the team that just dumped him off two months ago.
Tipico, additionally, has set the moneyline at -135 for the Panthers and +115 for the Browns with an over/under of 41.5 total points.
