Friday, May 25th, 2012
The Miami Dolphins will travel north to face AFC East rival the Buffalo Bills in an NFL pro football game on Sunday afternoon.
This week 1 NFL game will kick off from Buffalo at 1PM Eastern Time and you can watch it on CBS Television.
The point spread opened up in this game with the road team Miami Dolphins coming in as a 2 point favorite with the over under lined at 38 ½.
The early money from the NFL betting public has come on the side of the favorite as the Miami Dolphins are now favored by 3 points. The total saw movement upward to 39.
Money line bettors on the side of the favored Miami Dolphins will lay -175 odds with the home dog Buffalo Bills bringing back +155 to win this game outright without the need for taking the points.
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In their two games in 2009 it was the Dolphins posting the 38-10 victory as a 1 point favorite. When they met in Buffalo it was the Bills posting the 31-14 victory as a 3 point underdog.
Starting quarterback Chad Henne returns following a 2009 where he completed 60.8% of his passes with 12 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. Henne started in both games against the Bills in 2009 and struggled hitting on 17 of 31 for 175 yards 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions.
The Dolphins sat 20th in passing and 4th in the run game.
Veteran Ricky Williams led the Dolphins run attack behind 1121 yards on 241 yards for a 4.7 yards per rush average and 11 touchdowns. Ronnie Brown suffered a season ending injury in week 10 against Tampa Bay.
The Dolphins upgraded their receiver corps with the addition of Brandon Marshall. With Denver last season Marshall had 101 catches for 1120 yards and 10 touchdowns. Second year pro Brian Hartline will line up opposite and the receiver contributed with 32 catches in 2009 with a solid 16.3 yards per catch average. Former Hawaii Warrior Davone Bess is a solid slot option and isn’t afraid to catch that chain moving catch in traffic. Bess had 76 catches last season for 758 yards.
The Dolphins sat 22nd in the league in total defense. The team struggled in their secondary allowing 234 yards passing per game. With a -8 turnover differential the Dolphins sat 26th in the league.
The game will mark the debut of head coach Chan Gailey with the Buffalo Bills.
Buffalo will go with four year veteran Trent Edwards as the starter. Edwards last season completed 60.1% of his passes last season for 1169 yards 6 touchdowns and 7 picks. Edwards relies a bit too much on short passes and needs to develop a better touch downfield.
The Bills will start first round draft pick C.J. Spiller at running back. There is experience backing up the rookie in Fred Jackson and Marshawn Lynch. Jackson led the team with 1062 yards on 237 yards and a 4.5 yards per carry average in 2009.
With Terrell Owens not resigned the team will line up veteran Lee Evans and Steve Johnson out wide. Evans had 44 catches last season with a respectable 13.9 yards per catch average and 7 touchdowns. Johnson the third year pro out of Kentucky has just 12 career catches.
The Bills ranked 19th last season in total defense. They were very good against the pass allowing just 184 yards passing per game ranking 2nd in the league.
The team was hit with the injury bug in the middle of the defense and opponents exploited Buffalo up the middle on the ground. The Bills will need to be better on run defense because Miami is a good running team. Buffalo allowed 156 yards rushing per game and ranking 30th in the NFL.
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