Miami Looking to Stop Slide at Jets
In the NFL football odds battle for the AFC East the Dolphins have little hope retaining its crown. But any defense it hopes to mount must begin with a road win over the hated New York Jets this Sunday.
The Jets have been up and down the past few weeks but after a massive beating handed out to the Raiders in Week 7 it looks like the team might have righted the ship.
The NFL football odds list the Jets as 3½ point favorites at home.
The first time these two teams met the Dolphins got the better of the match up. They shut down rookie QB Mark Sanchez and played ball control offense keeping the ball out of the Jets hands and pounding them to death with a steady diet of Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams in the NFL odds victory.
Since that meeting several weeks ago neither team has been all that impressive with Sanchez plumbing the depths of passing incompetency and getting an ugly welcome to professional football odds competition (8 INTs in three games).
The Jets will look to run the ball against the Dolphins but will find it tough going against one of the best run defenses in the league. Sanchez will need a good throwing to get a Jets win, and against a porous Miami secondary he should have some success.
The Dolphins have little to no passing game and you can be sure Rex Ryan will be looking to put the onus on first-year starting QB Chad Henne.
Familiarity breeds contempt and there’s little doubt these teams hate each other. Animosity aside, it looks the Jets win this one in their backyard.
