{"id":25333,"date":"2012-10-05T10:38:28","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T15:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=25333"},"modified":"2012-10-05T10:38:28","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T15:38:28","slug":"nfl-week-5-picks-miami-dolphins-vs-cincinnati-bengals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-5-picks-miami-dolphins-vs-cincinnati-bengals-25333\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 5 Picks: Miami Dolphins vs. Cincinnati Bengals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Miami Dolphins at Cincinnati Bengals
\nSunday, 10\/7\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -5.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -3
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 44
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 45.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Cincinnati Bengals have one of the better QB-WR combos in the NFL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Miami has suffered back-to-back overtime losses to the New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals, while both games went OVER the posted total.\u00a0 The Dolphins really killed themselves in last week\u2019s 24-21 setback to the Cardinals despite winning the statistical battle by 183 yards, as they committed three turnovers in the final nine minutes.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s not a good recipe to win games,\u201d commented Dolphins head coach Joe Philbin.\u00a0 The franchise owns a 14-5 series lead over Cincinnati, including a 22-14 victory as one-point road favorites on Oct. 31, 2010.\u00a0 Miami is 9-2 ATS after losing two of its previous three games.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins have leaned heavily on running back Reggie Bush offensively, gaining 369 yards on the ground, but rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill is starting to show signs of becoming a quality player in the National Football League.\u00a0 On the defensive side of the ball, Miami has limited opposing signal-callers to a 77.9 passer rating, which should provide more victories.\u00a0 The seven teams that rank ahead of them in that category are a combined 22-6 entering this week\u2019s action.<\/p>\n

Cincinnati is 3-1 for the first time in franchise history when three of the first four games have been played on the road.\u00a0 The Bengals face a major challenge in playing the Dolphins inside Paul Brown Stadium, as their opponent is allowing just 56.8 yards per game on the ground.\u00a0 Defensively, the team entered last week\u2019s 27-10 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars with one of the league\u2019s worst units, but allowed only 212 yards.\u00a0 Cincinnati is 1-4 ATS versus AFC East competition the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Browns continue to be led by their second-year combo offensively, with quarterback Andy Dalton and wide receiver A.J. Green putting up great numbers.\u00a0 They connected six times for 117 yards and a touchdown against the Jaguars.\u00a0 Dalton has been incredible in the fourth quarter this season, compiling a 151.7 passer rating, throwing for 313 yards and four touchdowns with no interceptions.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that this club currently leads the NFL with 17 sacks entering another round of action.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Bengals due to their 4-0 ATS mark in October, while the Dolphins are just 4-4 ATS after suffering two or more consecutive losses.<\/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 Cincinnati Bengals Sunday, 10\/7\/12, 1:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 CBS Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Cincinnati -5.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Cincinnati -3 Opening Total:\u00a0 44 Current Total:\u00a0 45.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Miami has suffered back-to-back overtime losses to the New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals, while both games went OVER the posted total.\u00a0 The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":17254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[5197,3386,302,320,2857,1047,3711],"class_list":["post-25333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-a-j-green","tag-andy-dalton","tag-cincinnati-bengals","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-national-football-league","tag-reggie-bush","tag-ryan-tannehill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25333","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=25333"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25335,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25333\/revisions\/25335"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}