{"id":3218,"date":"2009-01-03T22:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T03:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/ravens-dolphins-preview-2\/"},"modified":"2009-01-03T22:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-04T03:57:00","slug":"ravens-dolphins-preview-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/ravens-dolphins-preview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens-Dolphins Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Dolphin Stadium will be the unlikely site of a Wild-Card Round matchup on Sunday, as the resurgent Miami Dolphins play host to the Baltimore Ravens. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Ravens listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Dolphins, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 38. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Ravens defeated <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City><st1:place>Jacksonville<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> 27-7 as a 10-point favorite on Sunday. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (37.5). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Le&#8217;Ron McClain rushed for 70 yards and a pair of touchdowns on 25 carries for <st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>, while Joe Flacco passed for 297 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Dolphins defeated the Jets 24-17 as a 2.5-point underdog in Week 17. The combined score fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (43). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Chad Pennington passed for 200 yards with two touchdowns for the Dolphins and Ted Ginn Jr. caught two passes for 71 yards with a touchdown in the win. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>: 11-5 SU, 12-4 ATS <br \/>Miami: 11-5 SU, 8-8 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><st1:City><st1:place>Baltimore<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing in January are 6-4<br \/>When playing on grass are 5-5<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 6-4<br \/>When playing outside the division are 7-3<\/p>\n<p><st1:City><st1:place>Miami<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> most recently:<br \/>When playing in January are 4-6<br \/>When playing on grass are 7-3<br \/>After being outgained are 5-5<br \/>When playing outside the division are 7-3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>Baltimore is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games <br \/>Baltimore is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games <br \/>Baltimore is 5-1 SU in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Baltimore is 5-1 ATS in its last 6 games on the road<br \/>Miami is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami&#8217;s last 5 games <br \/>The total has gone UNDER in 4 of Miami&#8217;s last 5 games at home<br \/>Miami is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><span style=\"TEXT-TRANSFORM: uppercase\"><o:p><font size=3 face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dolphin Stadium will be the unlikely site of a Wild-Card Round matchup on Sunday, as the resurgent Miami Dolphins play host to the Baltimore Ravens. Oddsmakers currently have the Ravens listed as 3\u00bd-point favorites versus the Dolphins, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 38. The Ravens defeated Jacksonville 27-7 as a 10-point favorite on &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/ravens-dolphins-preview-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ravens-Dolphins Preview<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-3218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3218","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=3218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}