{"id":18880,"date":"2011-10-25T13:11:20","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T18:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=18880"},"modified":"2011-10-25T13:11:20","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T18:11:20","slug":"nfl-picks-week-8-miami-dolphins-vs-new-york-giants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-picks-week-8-miami-dolphins-vs-new-york-giants-18880\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Picks Week 8: Miami Dolphins vs. New York Giants"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Dolphins at New York Giants
\nSunday, 10\/30\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -10
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 42
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 43
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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New York Giants QB Eli Manning will look to air it out against the Miami Dolphins Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami dropped to 0-6 SU on the season and 1-5 ATS with last week\u2019s 18-15 overtime loss to the Denver Broncos as one-point home underdogs.\u00a0 The Dolphins are in a downward spiral that will likely lead to head coach Tony Sparano being fired, while also putting themselves in the running to potentially acquire Stanford Cardinal quarterback Andrew Luck with next year\u2019s No. 1 pick.\u00a0 It was a disappointing result considering that the defense held Denver to just six passing yards in the first half.\u00a0 Miami is 0-3 ATS as an underdog of 3.5 to 9.5 points this season, while the \u2018under\u2019 has cashed in two of the three contests.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins blew a 15-point lead in the final three minutes Sunday, causing many sports media members to grill Sparano in the post-game news conference.\u00a0 \u201cI have not talked to Stephen Ross,\u201d he commented about any discussions with the team\u2019s owner after the game.\u00a0 Offensively, quarterback Matt Moore didn\u2019t play badly, completing 22-of-33 passes for 197 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0 He recorded a 92.6 quarterback rating, which was the eighth time he has rated 90 or higher in a game during his NFL career.<\/p>\n

New York is coming off its bye week and likely learned a critical lesson in taking an opponent lightly when dropping a 36-25 contest to the Seattle Seahawks as 10-point home favorites on Oct. 9.\u00a0 The Giants bounced back from that effort in capturing a 27-24 win over the Buffalo Bills before getting some rest.\u00a0 Injuries have ravaged this team from the beginning of the season, so fans should be excited in having key players return to the field.\u00a0 \u201cIt is something that we have been looking for,\u201d stated head coach Tom Coughlin about getting players back.\u00a0 \u201cHopefully we will have the consistency of all these guys practicing.\u201d\u00a0 New York is 9-9 ATS as a favorite of 3.5 to 9.5 points and the \u2018over\u2019 holds a slight 9-8 edge in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Giants must get their running game going to compliment quarterback Eli Manning, averaging just 90.2 yards per game, which ranks 30th in the league.\u00a0 New York features one of the more vertical passing games in averaging 9.07 yards per pass attempt.\u00a0 On the other side of the field, the team still possess one of the best pass rushes in all of football, tallying 21 sacks.\u00a0 The secondary is a definitive weakness despite the pressure placed on opposing quarterbacks, allowing 24 pass plays of 20-or-more yards.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Giants due to their 22-8-2 ATS mark in October, while the Dolphins are 1-9-1 ATS in their last 11 games overall.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the NFL handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Miami Dolphins at New York Giants Sunday, 10\/30\/11, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 New York -10 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 New York -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 42 Current Total:\u00a0 43 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami dropped to 0-6 SU on the season and 1-5 ATS with last week\u2019s 18-15 overtime loss to the Denver […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[598,3006,320,401,553,3722],"class_list":["post-18880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-eli-manning","tag-matt-moore","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-new-york-giants","tag-tom-coughlin","tag-tony-sparano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18880","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\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18881,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18880\/revisions\/18881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}