The Cleveland Browns are slight home favorites against the Dallas Cowboys to open the season on Sunday afternoon.

With a tight line, let’s look at my favorite NFL player props for Sunday’s matchup.

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With 62 minutes gone at the Brentford Community Stadium something startling happened.

Ralf Rangnick’s Manchester United – this collection of jumbled limbs, soldered and bolted together on its gurney – sprung unexpectedly to its feet, arms raised towards the light.

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United were already 1-0 up at the time. The first half had belonged to Brentford, United producing periods of slow possession interspersed with spasms of intensity where the players seemed to be trying to execute the Rangnick press and pass, but dished up instead a flurry of disconnected energy, like a pigeon trapped in the eaves.

At which point the pl…

Manchester City have suffered a considerable blow after Pep Guardiola said Kevin De Bruyne will be “out for a few weeks” because of the hamstring injury he suffered in their 3-0 win at Burnley.

The Belgian was forced off after only 24 minutes at Turf Moor and the problem is a particular concern for City as it is a recurrence of the same one that led to his replacement in the opening half of June’s victorious Champions League final against Internazionale.

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“Unfortunately he is injured again,” said Guardiola. “A problem in the same position, he said to me, as in the final of the Champions League. It’s a pity because he had recov…

Congrats to the Atlanta Braves on winning the World Series! Congrats to Freddie Freeman! That man deserves everything. Congrats to Ozzie Albies, Mike Fiers, Jeff Mathis, Austin Riley, Will Smith, and especially congratulations to Drew Smyly! Why am I pointing out Drew Smyly specifically? He didn’t even pitch well in this series, surrendering three earned runs on seven hits in just four innings, so why am I congratulating him? Well, Smyly has been to a World Series before, as a rookie on the 2012 Detroit Tigers. In fact, Smyly made two appearances in that Series against the Giants in Games 2 and 4. Smyly remained on that Tigers team for two and a half seasons, joining the Tampa Bay Rays midway through 2014 in a trade involving former Cy Young Award winner David Price. That year, the…