NFL Week 2 Preview & Free Pick- Miami at New England - Handicappers Hideaway

The Miami Dolphins open play in the AFC East this season as 6-point road
underdogs against the New England Patriots according to the early
betting line at BetAnySports.
The total line is still at 42 for one of the featured matchups on CBS
for this Sunday’s Week 2 action in the NFL and game time from Gillette
Stadium is slated for 1 p.m. (ET). The Line opened as the Patriots as
4.5-point favorites and it has moved to the current number.



The Dolphins were in excellent position to pull off a huge upset against
Seattle on opening day as heavy 10.5-point road underdogs.
Unfortunately for Miami fans they blew a four-point lead with less than a
minute to play in a tough 12-10 loss. The total stayed well UNDER
BetAnySports’ closing 44-point line and it has now stayed UNDER in four
of their last six road games. Miami comes into this division tilt with a
4-7-1 record against the spread in its last 12 games against New
England.



To buck this losing trend, the Dolphins are going to need to find a way
to score some points behind Ryan Tannehill throwing the ball and Arian
Foster running it. Tannehill was limited to 186 yards passing against
Seattle and Foster racked-up just 38 yards rushing on 13 carries.
Miami’s defense deserves most of the credit for keeping last Sunday’s
game so close as a heavy road underdog.



The next man up in New England just so happens to be third-year vet
Jimmy Garoppolo in a relief role for Tom Brady as the team’s starting
quarterback serves out a four-game suspension by the league. The
Patriots were also without Rob Gronkowski for Sunday’s season opener
against Arizona which helped explain why the betting line ballooned to
9.5-points in favor of the Cardinals at home. Bill Belichick had his
team ready and the result was an impressive 23-21 victory against one of
the top teams in the NFC. The total in this game ended as a PUSH.



Garoppolo threw for 264 yards and a score in his first NFL start while
completing 24-of-33 attempts. Julian Edelman proved to be his favorite
receiver with seven catches for 66 yards, but he did a great job of
spreading the ball around to five other players. LeGarrette Blount added
70 yards rushing and a score on 22 carries. Even more impressive was a
New England defense that held the high-powered Cardinals to 344 yards of
total offense.



Give Miami credit for playing Seattle so tough, but I am sticking with the Patriots minus the 4.5-points with BetAnySports. This team is geared up to beat anyone it faces no matter which players are in or out of the lineup.

NFL Week 2 Preview & Free Pick- Miami at New England - Handicappers Hideaway