The Miami Dolphins and Los Angeles Chargers will wrap up Sunday’s Week 14 action when these AFC contenders square off at SoFi Stadium in prime time.
Miami comes into this matchup at 8-4 after seeing its five-game winning streak snapped by the 49ers last week. Meanwhile, L.A. is coming off a Week 13 loss to the Raiders where it was outscored by 10 in the second half to fall to 6-6. The Chargers are currently on the outside looking in of the AFC playoff picture, but a win against a conference foe would do wonders for their chances going forward.
Here, we’ll specifically be looking at the different betting angles that this game has to offer. Along with the spread and total, we’ll also take a look at several player props and hand in our picks for how we see this showdown unfolding.
All NFL odds via Caesars Sportsbook.
How to watch
Date: Sunday, Dec. 11 | Time: 8:20 p.m. ET
Location: SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, California)
TV: NBC | Stream: fuboTV (try for free)
Follow: CBS Sports App
Odds: Dolphins -3, O/U 53.5
Line movement
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The lookahead on this matchup had the Dolphins as a slim 1-point favorite. However, that saw noticeable movement following Week 13 and this spread leaped up to the full field goal advantage for Miami at -3 by Monday morning and has largely held since. There was a brief moment on Thursday where it bumped to Dolphins -3.5 at plus money, but it has since settled back down at Dolphins -3.
The pick: Dolphins -3. It’s easy to say that Miami laid an egg against Brock Prudy last week, but the 49ers defense is no joke and is arguably the best unit in the NFL. With that in mind, it’s not totally surprising that the Dolphins offense struggled to find its footing. That said, Tua Tagovailoa and company should find much easier sledding in this matchup against the Chargers. L.A.’s defense is averaging 6.1 yards per play allowed this season, which ranks 31st in the league. Meanwhile, the Dolphins’ 6.3 yards per play on offense ranks…
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