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NFL Sunday Evening Betting – Raiders against Dolphins
In Week 12 of the 2010 Football season, the Miami Dolphins travel to Oakland to face the Raiders over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The victor of this AFC matchup will get back again into the playoff race while the loser might wind up in a hole that is too huge to dig from.
The Oakland Raiders haven’t won a match since Week 9. But there is no qb debate in Oakland, for the time being. Raiders quarterback Bruce Gradkowski, who came off the sidelines to replace Raiders starter Jason Campbell in the Raiders 35-2 loss to the Steelers, will continue to be the backup, based on the San Francisco Chronicle.
Bruce Gradkowski was stated as the likely starter at qb for this game in what would be the second time this year that Jason Campbell has lost the position. Neither Quarterback has stood out this year and both are ranked lower than 75.0 on the Quarterback rating charts.
Darren McFadden has been the top offensive weapon with 771 yards and a 5.2 yards per carry average. Oakland rates 12th in offensive scoring and also 18th for points granted.
As for the Dolphins, they’re questioning Jake Long’s well being. Jake Long tried to play through a shoulder injury Thursday night, but he struggled mightily, uncharacteristically giving up 3 sacks. That has headed the Miami Dolphins to consider shutting down their Pro Bowl left tackle for the season, a team source explained to the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Friday.
The Miami Dolphins defense has formidable against the pass and average vs the run this season. The defense is allowing an average of 315 yards of total offense per game nevertheless their pass defense has been the top factor of their game in sports gambling.
On the edges the Dolphins have been outstanding by keeping opposing offenses from cashing in on big plays and just allowing 200 yards passing per match. Their run defense is giving up an average of 110 yards per match and the addition of Karlos Dansby has built up their middle pass defense and he has helped out against the run too at the sportsbook.
Jason Campbell and the Oakland raiders offense have competed well in jolts this year, however against the Pittsburgh steelers defense they went down like lambs. The Raiders running game has been their bread and butter and their running game is number 1 in football averaging 160 yards plus per match. The Pittsburgh steelers shut down Darren McFadden and company in their competition and the passing match folded together with it. The Oakland raiders offense has the advantage over the Dolphins defense.
No one understands for certain who will be under center for the Dolphins however the presumption is that Tyler Thigpen will have one more shot to assume the role. Thigpen had an dreadful match against one of the best defenses in pro football, the Bears.
Thigpen will have 10 days of practice with the first team offense and this should help him boost for this match. He has weapons on this team such as Ronnie Brown and Brandon Marshall, it will just be a matter of handing the ball to him.
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