Dolphins (3-0) at Bengals (1-2), Thursday, 8:15 p.m., Amazon Prime and WSFL, Paycor Stadium
Latest line: Bengals are favored by 4 factors; over/below is 42.
Dave Hyde, Sports Columnist (Season document: 2-1): Bengals 27, Dolphins 24
The Dolphins simply had a heavyweight struggle towards Buffalo, with Miami’s protection on the sphere for 90 performs. With quarterback Tua Tagovailoa nursing numerous accidents, there’s no disgrace dropping an in depth sport in Cincinnati and rising 3-1 from this robust schedule within the first month.
Chris Perkins, Dolphins Columnist (Season document: 1-2): Dolphins 24, Bengals 20
It appears a bit unlikely the Dolphins, who’re bodily crushed down after the Buffalo sport, would go on the highway on a brief week and emerge victorious. But the 3-0 begin additionally appeared unlikely. The victories haven’t been textbook from a mode standpoint, however they’re victories. That issues. Put me down for an additional upset victory.
David Furones, Dolphins Writer (Season document: 2-1): Bengals 24, Dolphins 23
Coming off a sport that simply needed to be so brutal on the our bodies of the Miami defenders, enjoying 90 snaps towards Buffalo’s high-powered offense in South Florida’s warmth and humidity, I discover the short turnaround and journey to be an excessive amount of to beat. Miami can also be coping with uncertainty round quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s availability, so it can both be Teddy Bridgewater beginning or a hobbled model of Tua.
Kathy Laughlin, Sports Editor (Season document: 2-1): Bengals 27, Dolphins 24
This can be a neater sport to choose if it was Sunday, because the quick relaxation, journey and injured quarterback will make it exhausting on the Dolphins. The Bengals haven’t been enjoying like a workforce that went to the Super Bowl earlier this 12 months, and their solely win this season was towards the Jets. That alone makes it exhausting to choose towards the Dolphins, though Miami simply barely managed to get previous the Ravens and Bills. (I imply, actually, the butt punt?) The Bengals and quarterback Joe Burrow will discover a method to benefit from residence discipline and extra relaxation to earn their second victory.
Keven Lerner, Assistant Sports Editor (Season document: 0-3): Bengals 27, Dolphins 20
Tua Tagovailoa and the instantly high-powered Dolphins offense ought to hold the sport pretty shut, however highway groups are in an unenviable spot for Thursday night time video games. It additionally doesn’t bode nicely for Miami that Dolphins defenders performed a whopping 92 snaps towards Buffalo. With Tagovailoa ailing, the Dolphins might be hard-pressed to drag off one other inconceivable win. The defending AFC champion Bengals are also determined after getting off to a 1-2 begin.
Steve Svekis, Assistant Sports Editor (Season document: 1-2): Bengals 23, Dolphins 19
The Dolphins are coming off consecutive national-narrative-changing video games, and I don’t imagine the franchise has ever seen that in a seven-day span in a daily season. If they will pull off a highway win on 4 days relaxation towards the defending AFC champion Bengals, then they head right into a a lot softer portion of the schedule on hearth. The protection by some means has to catch its breath after chasing Josh Allen and the Bills offense for 90 performs on Sunday, and the Bengals are in that uncommon place of coming off a formidable highway win and but nonetheless being a determined workforce (at 1-2). One optimistic for the gassed protection is that their run of enjoying elite-mobility quarterbacks will get snapped by dealing with lead-footed Joe Burrow. No Dolphins coach aside from Don Shula has ever had a 4-0 begin to a season.
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