{"id":2947,"date":"2008-12-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-07T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/dolphins-bills-preview\/"},"modified":"2008-12-07T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-07T15:00:00","slug":"dolphins-bills-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/12\/dolphins-bills-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins-Bills Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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The Miami Dolphins and the Buffalo Bills will meet on the gridiron at Rogers Centre in Toronto<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> on Sunday in a battle of division rivals. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Oddsmakers currently have the Dolphins listed as 1-point favorites versus the Bills, while the game’s total is sitting at 42\u00bd. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Dolphins defeated St. Louis<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 16-12 as a 9-point favorite last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (44). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Ronnie Brown rushed for 48 yards with a touchdown on 15 carries for Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Chad Pennington passed for 166 yards with no touchdowns. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
The Bills defeated San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 10-3 as a 7-point favorite last week. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (42). <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Trent Edwards passed for 112 yards with no touchdowns for Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Marshawn Lynch rushed for 134 yards on 16 carries. <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Team records:
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 7-5 SU, 5-7 ATS
Buffalo: 6-6 SU, 5-7 ATS <\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in December are 2-8
When playing on turf are 3-7
After outgaining opponent are 5-5
When playing within the division are 2-8<\/p>\n

Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:
When playing in December are 4-6
When playing on turf are 5-5
After outgaining opponent are 7-3
When playing within the division are 5-5<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

A few trends to consider:
Miami is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Miami’s last 6 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami’s last 5 games when playing Buffalo
Miami is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games on the road
Buffalo is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games when playing Miami
Buffalo is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Miami
Buffalo is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games when playing at home against Miami
Buffalo is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Miami<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
Next up:
Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> home to San Francisco<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, Sunday, December 14
Buffalo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> at NY Jets, Sunday, December 14<\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n

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The Miami Dolphins and the Buffalo Bills will meet on the gridiron at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Sunday in a battle of division rivals. Oddsmakers currently have the Dolphins listed as 1-point favorites versus the Bills, while the game’s total is sitting at 42\u00bd. The Dolphins defeated St. Louis 16-12 as a 9-point favorite … Continue reading Dolphins-Bills 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-2947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947","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=2947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2947\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}