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Trace Adams
Contender or pretender? That is the question that will need to be answered this 90-degree afternoon at Hard Rock Stadium where first place will be on the line when the 2-0 Buffalo Bills visit the 2-0 Miami Dolphins.
Buffalo has looked every bit the part of the preseason favorite to win the Super Bowl as they have absolutely trashed the defending Super Bowl champion Rams, 31-10 in Los Angeles, and followed that win with a Monday night hammer-to-fall-job on the Tennessee Titans, 41-7 in a game the Bills scored 34 unanswered.
Yes, this is a short week for Sean McDermott's team, and yes, the Dolphins are also 2-0 after somehow rallying from 21 points down after 3 quarters last Sunday in their comeback win at Baltimore, as Tua Tagovailoa threw 6 touchdown passes on the day to complete the 42-38 miracle win in Charm City!
Buffalo has plenty of defensive injuries that concern me, so that is why I am only making this a free pick today.
While the points look tempting with this home dog, and this is first-year coach Mike McDaniel's first crack at Buffalo in his coaching career, the track record in this Miami-Buffalo series does NOT look promising.
The Bills have won 7 in a row over the Dolphins dating back to 2018, and that includes ALL 5 (3-1-1 against the spread) with Josh Allen under center. Tua is 0-3 in this "rivalry", and has been outscored 117-37 in those 3 - Tua got knocked out of last year's meeting at home with a rib injury in the first quarter.
While I don't feel Miami is a "pretender", this team is on the right track and going places under McDaniel, I am not sure their offensive line is going to hold up against this tenacious Buffalo defense that has been every bit as impressive as the Buffalo offense has been through 2 games this year.
Let's lay the road wood with the Bills.
2* BUFFALO
Contender or pretender? That is the question that will need to be answered this 90-degree afternoon at Hard Rock Stadium where first place will be on the line when the 2-0 Buffalo Bills visit the 2-0 Miami Dolphins.
Buffalo has looked every bit the part of the preseason favorite to win the Super Bowl as they have absolutely trashed the defending Super Bowl champion Rams, 31-10 in Los Angeles, and followed that win with a Monday night hammer-to-fall-job on the Tennessee Titans, 41-7 in a game the Bills scored 34 unanswered.
Yes, this is a short week for Sean McDermott's team, and yes, the Dolphins are also 2-0 after somehow rallying from 21 points down after 3 quarters last Sunday in their comeback win at Baltimore, as Tua Tagovailoa threw 6 touchdown passes on the day to complete the 42-38 miracle win in Charm City!
Buffalo has plenty of defensive injuries that concern me, so that is why I am only making this a free pick today.
While the points look tempting with this home dog, and this is first-year coach Mike McDaniel's first crack at Buffalo in his coaching career, the track record in this Miami-Buffalo series does NOT look promising.
The Bills have won 7 in a row over the Dolphins dating back to 2018, and that includes ALL 5 (3-1-1 against the spread) with Josh Allen under center. Tua is 0-3 in this "rivalry", and has been outscored 117-37 in those 3 - Tua got knocked out of last year's meeting at home with a rib injury in the first quarter.
While I don't feel Miami is a "pretender", this team is on the right track and going places under McDaniel, I am not sure their offensive line is going to hold up against this tenacious Buffalo defense that has been every bit as impressive as the Buffalo offense has been through 2 games this year.
Let's lay the road wood with the Bills.
2* BUFFALO
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