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Okay, Gambling911.com reported a few weeks back on just how big weather could play a role in upcoming games as we headed into December and now we have one of the most even matchups of the weekend - Miami Dolphins vs. Buffalo Bills - with betting odds at a pick nearly everywhere.
These two teams will be playing in Toronto, however, where it will actually be more frigid than in Buffalo - The temperature will be hovering around 18 degrees and the wind chill will make it feel like zero.
Advantage Buffalo, right?
Not exactly. These two teams will be playing indoors at the Rogers Centre and since Buffalo is 0-6 ATS against teams with a winning record, the advantage here now shifts to Miami.
One week after posting 54 points on the Chiefs, Buffalo scored just three points against the 49ers -- their lowest total since an 8-0 loss to Cleveland in Week 15 of last season. Buffalo is averaging 31 points per game in their six wins this season, but just 15 in as many losses.
Buffalo is 7-3 in this series and had won 4 in a row against Miami prior to their earlier game of this season.
The Dolphins are one game behind both New York in the AFC East, and Indianapolis and Baltimore in the wild-card race.
"We know that we control kind of our own destiny right now," Miami coach Tony Sparano said. "When you're in those kinds of situations, the best thing that I know how to do is to put your head down, eliminate the distractions and think about the now, what's in front of you right now."
While this weekend's game is another road contest for Sparano and the Dolphins, Miami probably doesn't mind the trip to the domed Rogers Centre if it means missing out on the cold, damp weather of upstate New York. The Dolphins are just 4-10 in Buffalo since 1994, and 2-7 all-time there -- including two playoff losses -- after Dec. 1.
"The game is a big enough game wherever it was," Sparano said. "I would hope that the elements wouldn't have been a factor one way or the other."
Gambling911.com expects the Dolphins to win this won considering they have a tough three games ahead of them to close out the season, including a final game against the New York Jets.
Betting on this game could be found at BetUS.com
Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher
