Washington to cover on strength of its defense

In his Week 3 picks, Neil Greenberg likes Washington (+7) to cover in Cleveland on the strength of its defense:

“Defense can win games, and it should at least keep Washington in the mix when it faces Cleveland on Sunday.

Opponents are scoring more than eight fewer points per game than expected against Washington through two games, after accounting for the down, distance and field position of each play against them, per data from TruMedia. By that metric, Washington has had the third-best defensive performance of 2020 thus far.”

Full article: The Washington Post