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Miami at New York

September 18, 2005
img4:15 PM Eastern
Premium Pick
1 unit on Miami +6.5 (-110) (risk 1 to return 1.91)
Result:
LOSS

Maybe the Dolphins got lucky last week. Maybe the Jets loss was strictly due to their fumbles and turnovers. Then again, maybe not. This is not last year's Dolphins team. Nick Saban has brought a new approach, attitude and offensive game plan. Gus Frerrotte is not horrible. Last week they put up more yards than they had gained since December of 2002 - against what is supposed to be one of the league's best defenses! The public is ALL OVER the Jets here. They see a big bounce back as Herm Edwards berates his team into a getting a big win. The Jets were supposed to challenge the Patriots for the AFC East this season and this is the Dolphins for goodness sake, or so the thinking goes. But, the Jets just looked bad. They couldn't get anything going against what was one of the league's absolute worst defenses last season (ranked 30th). Consider that over the past 12 years, Miami is 10-2 ATS on the road while the Jets are 1-10 ATS at home in the first two weeks of the season. Everyone's talking about Herm Edwards' ability to motivate his team after a loss but the Jets are only 21-39 after a road loss, 19-34 off a loss by 10+ points and 2-12 in home games off a blowout road loss since 1992. The Jets should win this one but something is telling me it won't be by much. One star on the Fins plus the points which may reach 7 by game time.

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