{"id":32129,"date":"2013-12-29T09:32:31","date_gmt":"2013-12-29T14:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32129"},"modified":"2013-12-29T09:32:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-29T14:32:31","slug":"nfl-week-17-picks-new-york-jets-vs-miami-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/nfl-week-17-picks-new-york-jets-vs-miami-dolphins-32129\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Week 17 Picks: New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins
\nSunday, 12\/29\/13, 1:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -6.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -6.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 41
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 41.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Rex Ryan might be coaching his final game with the New York Jets Sunday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New York has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it comes off a 24-13 victory over the Cleveland Browns as 2.5-point home favorites in Week 16, while winning the statistical battle for the first time in eight contests.\u00a0 The Jets may start preparing for a future without current head coach Rex Ryan, which is important to consider when making your NFL betting predictions.\u00a0 New York is 1-5 SUATS as road underdogs of 3.5 to 7 points the last two-plus seasons, with no clear edge in terms of the betting total (3-3 Over\/Under).<\/p>\n

The Jets need a huge performance out of rookie signal-caller Geno Smith, who will be playing near his hometown of Miramar, FL, when he suits up at Sun Life Stadium, which is hard to ignore when looking over the NFL betting lines.\u00a0 Smith has thrown for 21 interceptions and has a 55.3 completion percentage, but he has set a franchise record with 2,856 passing yards.\u00a0 The team has dropped six of the last nine meetings in this AFC East rivalry, while the last six games at this venue have been decided by a combined 23 points.<\/p>\n

Miami had its three-game winning streak snapped last time out, as it suffered a 19-0 defeat to the Buffalo Bills as one-point road underdogs, while getting out-gained by 287 yards.\u00a0 The Dolphins need to get their running game going to create balance in the offense, as they\u2019ve rushed for 52 or fewer yards in five games\u2014resulting in a 1-4 record in that situation.\u00a0 \u201cWhen you are one-dimensional, it becomes very hard to win in this league,\u201d commented offensive coordinator Mike Sherman.\u00a0 Miami is 4-2 SU and 3-3 ATS as favorites of 3.5 to 9.5 points the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 5-0-1 in those six opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins allowed a season-high 203 yards on the ground last week, while they rank 25th in the league in that particular category.\u00a0 Offensively, Miami must do a better job of protecting second-year quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who has been sacked a league-high 58 times.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Jets due to the road team being 10-3-1 ATS in the last 14 meetings.<\/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":"

New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins Sunday, 12\/29\/13, 1:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Miami -6.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Miami -6.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 41 Current Total:\u00a0 41.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker New York has alternated wins and losses over its last four games, as it comes off a 24-13 victory over the Cleveland Browns as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1444,132],"tags":[540,5400,320,356,31,631,3711,2023],"class_list":["post-32129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-nfl-handicapping","tag-afc-east","tag-geno-smith","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-new-york-jets","tag-nfl","tag-rex-ryan","tag-ryan-tannehill","tag-sun-life-stadium"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32129","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=32129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32130,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32129\/revisions\/32130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}