Thursday, February 9th, 2012
The Miami Dolphins will hit the highway to face in state rival the Jacksonville Jaguars in a key AFC in conference NFL pro football game on Sunday afternoon. Kick off time in Jacksonville is scheduled for 1PM Eastern Time with regional television coverage provided by CBS. The LVSC NFL odds makers have set the opening point spread in this game and the Jacksonville Jaguars opened as a 2 ½ point favorite with the over under coming in at 46. The early money from the NFL betting public has come in on the home team, as the Jacksonville Jaguars are currently a 3-point favorite. The total has seen downward early betting towards the under, as the over under is currently lined at 44 for the NFL betting public to play into. NFL money line gamblers can make a play on the favored Jacksonville Jaguars at –155 with the road underdog Miami Dolphins bringing back +135 to win this game without the point spread a factor in the bet.
The Miami Dolphins kept their playoffs hopes alive last week with a 22-21 home victory over the New England Patriots. The Dolphins despite their secondary getting absolutely torched by Tom Brady for 352 passing yards were able make key stops. The Dolphins are 6-6 on the season and have a huge game in regards to the chase for the playoffs. The Jaguars are 7-5 on the season and currently hold the final spot for a wildcard spot in the playoffs. Here is a meeting with a win the Dolphins would not only be tied for the last wildcard spot but would hold the tiebreaker over the Jaguars with a win in this game. With Ronnie Brown out for the season, first year starting quarterback Chad Henne needed to step up in the passing game. The Dolphins put the ball up in the air 52 times and Henne hit on 29 of 52 for 335 yards with two touchdowns on the Patriots last week. The second year signal caller is hitting on 57% of his passes with 9 touchdowns and 8 interceptions this season. Running back Ricky Williams had 75 yards rushing last week on 18 carries against the Patriots. The running back is averaging 5.0 yards a carry this season. The Dolphins extreme weakness is their secondary, which allows 242 yards passing per game. They give up tons of big plays as the team allows 13.4 yards per completed pass ranking 32nd and last in the NFL. The Jacksonville Jaguars are 7-5 on the season and currently hold the final playoff spot in the AFC with 4 games to play. Jacksonville has won 4of their past 5 games and coming off a 23-18 victory at home to Houston last week. The Jaguars run defense has stepped up allowing less than 100 yards rushing in 4 of their past 5 games. Starting quarterback David Garrard hit on 15 of 28 last week with 238 yards with two touchdowns and no interceptions. Garrard has passed for 10 touchdowns this season and only 6 interceptions. The big offensive weapon for the Jaguars is running back Maurice Jones-Drew who averages 4.6 yards a carry. He has not produced more than 76 yards over his past three games. The Jaguars defense has improved allowing no more than 22 points over their past 5 games.
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NFL Trend: Jacksonville Jaguars are 3-0 to the under in their past 3 games
The Wagerline consensus has 62.6% of the NFL bettors on Miami +3
The Wagerline consensus has 56.4% of the NFL bettors playing under 44
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