NFL Preview: Miami Dolphins vs New England Patriots
Written By David Hess (Follow me on Twitter @DavidHess311)
When: 8:30 PM ET, Thursday, October 19, 2015
Where: Gillette Stadium In Foxboro, Massachusetts
Televised: CBS
Odds: The line opened with New England being 7.5 point favorites and hey are now 9 point favorites in most spots. The OU line has come down from 51.5 to 50.5.
Miami started the year slow and Joe Philbin was let go as head coach and all they have done since the change is go 2-0, while outscoring Tennessee and Houston by a combined 82-36. Yikes. Miami was supposed to have an improved offense this year, but they did fail to score more than 20 points in each of their first four games. Now they are playing a bit more like they were expected to, but New England does have a bit tougher defense that the two that Miami faced recently, so it will be interesting to see how they do in this game. On Defense Miami has not been great, ranking 21st overall, 30th vs the run and 15th in points allowed (22.8 ppg). Miami is clearly playing better than they were with Philbin, but this is a much tougher test than they faced in their last two games.
Ya have to wonder how much the Pats have left as they took out Indy two weeks ago and the Jets last week. Both games were highly emotional for the Pats, but still New England did win both to stay undefeated this year. The Patriots have done it this year with what else but a high powered offensive attack that comes in ranked 2nd in the league in total yards and 1st in scoring, putting up 35.5 ppg so far. I’d say Brady is a little pissed over the whole Deflatgate issues and will now take it out on opposing defenses. The New England defense has been very average this year as they come in ranked 15th in total yards allowed and 12th in points allowed, giving up just 21 ppg so far. So Far this year it is clear that New England is the best team in the AFC.
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[101] Miami/ New England Over 51
There will be some wind during the game, but still I feel that both teams will be able to score here.The Patriots have been awesome on offense all year so far and at home they have put up 36.3 ppg. The Miami offense started slow, but they have now come on to score 82 points in their last two games and they have averaged 25.3 ppg on the road. Miami will have to throw to keep pace with New England and Tannehill has been hot of late, so I feel he will be up t the task here. Hey the Jets and Pats put up 53 points on this field last week, so why can’t the Dolphins and Pats. I look for a Thursday night shootout here.
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