Miami Dolphins at Oakland Raiders 2010 NFL Predictions, Odds, and Picks Week 12: Head football coach Tony Sparano will lead the Miami Dolphins on the road to the Oakland Coliseum to take on an Oakland Raider team that head football coach Tom Cable has had playing old school Raider football on Sunday at 4:05 PM ET on CBS. Miami is 5-5 3rd in the AFC East while Oakland is also at 5-5 and third in the AFC West and both need wins to keep playoffs hopes alive after anemic performances in their last outings. Miami managed just 187 passing yards against the Chicago bears and needs to get their running game going to help quarterback Tyler Thigpen who is scheduled to start due to injuries to the 2 Chads. “The bottom line is in the first 11 plays we ran the ball five times and we had minus-8 yards,” Sparano said. “So that’s not very good and we got to do a better job of that.”
Oakland is coming off a drubbing by the Steelers where they managed just 182 pass yards. “The biggest thing you’ve got to do is get it behind us,” Cable said. “We all feel mad as hell about what happened (Sunday). I don’t think we feel sorry for ourselves or anything like that, which is good. So it’s time to move on. We’ve got Miami coming in here. There’s a lot that we’re playing for in these last six weeks.” The odds makers at BetUS have the Oakland Raiders -2 1/2 point favorites at home against the Miami Dolphins.
The Dolphins are coming off a shutout loss 16-0 against the Chicago Bears at home moving them to 6-4 ATS for the Season. Quarterback Tyler Thigpen completed just 17 of 29 passes for 187 yards and an interception hitting Brian Hartline 5 times for 70 yards. Thigpen lead the way rushing with 6 runs for 27 yards while Ricky Williams and Ronnie Brown had only 6 carries combined for 11 yards. Leading receiver Brandon Marshall is out with a hamstring injury and Chad Henne is a game time decision. Miami is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing Oakland. Vegas odds makers have the Miami Dolphins as +15000 odds to win the 2011 Super Bowl.
The Raiders were routed 35-3 at the Pittsburgh Steelers moving them to an even 5-5 ATS for the season. Quarterback Jason Campbell completed just 7 of 19 passes for 70 yards and a pick before being pulled for ineffectiveness but is scheduled to start this week. The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Oakland’s last 7 games when playing Miami. Vegas odds makers have the over/under for the total score at 38 1/2 points combined of the Miami Dolphins and Oakland Raiders.
I predict another Miami victory on the road. Go Fins!