The Detroit Lions and Miami Dolphins do battle Sunday afternoon in a week 8 NFL game from Ford Field.
The Miami Dolphins will be out to build on a 16-10 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers last time out to climb to 4-3 on the year. Tua Tagovailoa has thrown for 1,296 yards, 9 touchdowns and 3 interceptions on 67.3% passing while Raheem Mostert has a team-high 388 rushing yards this season. Tyreek Hill leads Miami’s receiving group with 57 grabs for 773 receiving yards while Jaylen Waddle has 34 catches for 621 receiving yards and a team-high 3 touchdowns. On defense, Brandon Jones has a team-high 49 total tackles while Jaelan Phillips has a team-high 3 sacks so far this season.
The Detroit Lions will come in off of their bye week, sitting at 1-5 on the year after a 4th straight loss with a 24-6 loss to Dallas last time out. Jared Goff has thrown for 1,583 yards, 11 touchdowns and 6 interceptions on 62.3% passing while Jamaal Williams leads the Lions with 411 rushing yards and 6 touchdowns and D’Andre Swift also has 231 rushing yards this season. Josh Reynolds leads the Lions in receiving with 343 receiving yards while T.J. Hockenson has 315 receiving yards with 3 TDs and Amon-Ra St. Brown has 28 catches for 275 yards and 3 TDs as well this season. On defense, DeShon Elliott leads the Lions with 49 total tackles including 38 solo tackles. Aidan Hutchinson has a team-high 4.5 sacks as well this season for Detroit.
Miami is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games overall and 0-7-1 ATS in their last 8 games in October while the under is 9-2 in their last 11 week 8 matchups. Detroit is 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games in October and 6-1 ATS in their last 7 home games while the under is 7-2 in their last 9 games following an ATS loss.
I was initially on the Lions earlier in the week, but over time, I’ve switched gears to go towards the Dolphins here. I just think this is a spot where Miami’s offense breaks out and Detroit likely has a tough time stopping guys like Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle. All in all I look for the Dolphins to win this one by at least a touchdown, so I’ll lay the points with Miami here.