{"id":11556,"date":"2010-12-16T02:27:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T07:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=11556"},"modified":"2010-12-16T02:27:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-16T07:27:00","slug":"free-nfl-picks-dolphins-vs-bills-betting-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/free-nfl-picks-dolphins-vs-bills-betting-preview-11556\/","title":{"rendered":"Free NFL Picks: Dolphins Vs Bills Betting Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins, Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL
\nSunday, December 19, 2010, 1:00 pm EST, TV: CBS
\nOpening Line: Dolphins -6.5
\nCurrent Line: Dolphins -5.5
\nOpening Total: 41.5
\nCurrent Total: 40
\nMoney Line: Dolphins -220 \/ Bills +180<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Chad Henne and the Dolphins are just 1-5 at home this season compared to 6-1 on the road<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Miami Dolphins (7-6) probably wish they could play all of their games on the road considering they have lost only once away from home this season.\u00a0 The Dolphins (-5.5) own a 6-1 road record compared to a 1-5 mark at home heading into this AFC East matchup with the Buffalo Bills (3-10) on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Miami is coming off a 10-6 road win against the Jets last week that involved a bit of controversy when New York strength coach Sal Alosi tripped Nolan Carroll during a punt return.\u00a0 Alosi has since been suspended for the rest of the season without pay and fined for his actions.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins were able to win the game despite producing a season-low 131 yards of offense, including 30 net passing yards.\u00a0 Quarterback Chad Henne continued to regress from his surprisingly good performance in a 33-17 win at Oakland in Week 12.\u00a0 Henne had not played in the previous game at home against Chicago due to a knee injury but started against the Raiders, throwing for 307 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.\u00a0 He has thrown for 229 yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions in two games combined since then.<\/p>\n

Miami has won four of the last five meetings with Buffalo both straight-up and against the spread but has not been able to string together consecutive wins in the team\u2019s last 11 games overall.\u00a0 The Dolphins won their first two games of the season, with both taking place on the road.<\/p>\n

The first game was a 15-10 victory at Buffalo that saw Henne complete 21 of 34 passes for 182 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions.\u00a0 Running backs Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams split carries, combining for 127 yards between them and scoring a touchdown.<\/p>\n

However, the Bills were a much different team offensively in the season opener, as Trent Edwards was their starting quarterback and Marshawn Lynch the top running back.\u00a0 Edwards was later released in favor of Ryan Fitzpatrick while Lynch was dealt to Seattle.\u00a0 Fred Jackson has assumed the role of lead back, averaging 92.4 rushing yards in the last five games.<\/p>\n

Buffalo has rebounded nicely following an 0-8 start, going 3-2 with a 4-1 mark ATS.\u00a0 The only game that the Bills were not competitive in over their last eight games was a 38-14 loss at Minnesota in Week 13.\u00a0 Every other game during that stretch was either a win or a three-point loss.\u00a0 The UNDER is 5-2 in Buffalo\u2019s last seven games.<\/p>\n

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Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins, Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL Sunday, December 19, 2010, 1:00 pm EST, TV: CBS Opening Line: Dolphins -6.5 Current Line: Dolphins -5.5 Opening Total: 41.5 Current Total: 40 Money Line: Dolphins -220 \/ Bills +180 The Miami Dolphins (7-6) probably wish they could play all of their games on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":194,"featured_media":4169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[127,2877,2539,2508,320,1930,1922],"class_list":["post-11556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-dolphins-bills-preview","tag-football-betting","tag-free-nfl-pick","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-nfl-odds","tag-nfl-picks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11557,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11556\/revisions\/11557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}