Paul Brown Stadium takes center stage in the Week 4 edition of Thursday Night Football when the Miami Dolphins head north to tangle with the Cincinnati Bengals. Game time for this AFC tilt has been set for 8:25 p.m. (ET) and it will be broadcast nationally on CBS.
The Dolphins lost their first two games on the road this season as underdogs against Seattle and New England by a combined nine points. In last Sunday’s home opener against Cleveland, the came away with a 30-24 victory, but failed to cover against the spread as heavy 9.5-point favorites. The total stayed UNDER 44 against the Seahawks before going OVER in their next two games.
After being held to just 10 points in its season opener, Miami has picked up the pace on the scoreboard with a combined 54 points against the Patriots and the Browns. Ryan Tannehill is off to a productive start with 892 passing yards and five touchdown throws and his favorite target has been Jarvis Landry with 24 receptions for 314 yards and a score. Tannehill is also the team’s top rusher with 54 yards while running back Arian Foster continues to be hampered with a groin injury. Rookie Kenyan Drake is expected to be the lead back for Miami this Thursday night.
Cincinnati started the season on a positive note with a tight 23-22 victory against the New York Jets as a one-point road favorite, but the Bengals are now 1-2 SU with a 0-2-1 record ATS following a 24-16 loss to Pittsburgh on the road as three-point underdogs and a 29-17 setback against Denver at home as 3.5-point favorites. The total has gone OVER in two of their first three games.
In last week’s loss to the Broncos, Jeremy Hill paced the Bengals’ running game with 97 yards and two scores on 17 carries as part of their 143 total yards on the ground. The passing game under Andy Dalton was somewhat grounded with a total of 189 yards. Through three games, Cincinnati is still ranked seventh in the NFL in passing yards per game, but it falls all the way to 25th in scoring with an average of 18.7 points. Defensively, the Bengals are allowing an average of 25 points and 356.6 yards of total offense a game.
- The Dolphins have lost six of their last seven road games SU and they are 2-5 ATS in those seven games on the road. The total has stayed UNDER in four of their last six games.<.li>
- The Bengals are 17-7-1 SU in their last 25 home games, but they fall to just 1-4-1 ATS in their last six home games. The total has stayed UNDER or ended as a PUSH in seven of their last 10 games.
- Head-to-head in this AFC matchup, Miami has won seven of its last eight road games against Cincinnati both SU and ATS with the total staying UNDER in six of their last eight games on the road against the Bengals.
