{"id":2312,"date":"2008-10-11T19:43:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-12T00:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/dolphins-texans-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-10-11T19:43:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-12T00:43:00","slug":"dolphins-texans-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/10\/dolphins-texans-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins-Texans Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Miami Dolphins and the Houston Texans will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Reliant Stadium. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Texans listed as 3-point favorites versus the Dolphins, while the game’s total is sitting at 45. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Dolphins upset San Diego<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 17-10 as a 6-point underdog in Week 5. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (44.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ronnie Brown rushed for 125 yards on 24 carries with a touchdown for Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Chad Pennington completed 22-of-29 passes for 228 yards with a touchdown in the win. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Texans lost to Indianapolis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 31-27 as a 4.5-point underdog in Week 5. The combined score went OVER the posted over\/under total (48.5). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Sage Rosenfels threw for 246 yards with a touchdown and an interception for Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Steve Slaton rushed for 93 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Current streak:
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has won 2 straight games.
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has lost 4 straight games.<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 2-2 SU, 2-2 ATS
Houston: 0-4 SU, 2-2 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Miami most recently:
When playing in October are 2-8
When playing on grass are 2-8
After outgaining opponent are 4-6
When playing outside the division are 2-8<\/p>\n

Houston most recently:
When playing in October are 4-6
When playing on grass are 4-6
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing outside the division are 6-4<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 6 of Miami’s last 9 games
Miami is 8-13-2 ATS in its last 23 games
Miami is 3-20 SU in its last 23 games
Miami is 1-11 SU in its last 12 games on the road
Houston is 5-0 ATS in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Houston’s last 5 games
Houston is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Houston’s last 6 games at home<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 19
Houston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to Detroit<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, October 19<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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The Miami Dolphins and the Houston Texans will both be trying to pick up a win on Sunday when they battle at Reliant Stadium. Oddsmakers currently have the Texans listed as 3-point favorites versus the Dolphins, while the game’s total is sitting at 45. The Dolphins upset San Diego 17-10 as a 6-point underdog in … Continue reading Dolphins-Texans Preview<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}