Sun, Oct 1, 2023, 1:00 PM EDTWeek 4 · at Buffalo Bills · Division game
Weather at kickoff73°F5 mphgusts 14DryWeather watch ›
3-0 · Power #7
20
final
Final
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2-1 · Power #4
48
▲ winner
Closing spread
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Total
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Model before kickoff
MIA 34–34 BUF
✓ BUF (56%) won
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Market

Open → close
Spread
Opening line not available
Total
 

Signals

The data signal, and 1 trend and market move behind it
No clear signal on the spread
No clear signal on the total

None of these signals has beaten the market in our backtest, so this describes why the matchup is interesting — it isn’t a pick.

Small sample warning
Miami Dolphins have 0 games with a line this season; trends this early are mostly noise.
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Matchup stats

Season to date before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
Power rating this season
pts vs an average team · #rank · tap a dot
MIA+2.1 →+10.6▲ 8.5#2
BUF−1.0 →+10.1▲ 11.1#3
Predashed line = average team · hover or tap a dotW3

MIA
Longer bar = better
BUF
#1
Offense
◀ MIA better
#4
#21
Defense
BUF better ▶
#8
+0.7 #14
Turnovers
BUF better ▶
+1.3 #6
66 plays #17
Pace
BUF faster ▶
69 plays #8
Unit by unitEach offense against the other's defense
When MIA has the ball
Advantage: MIA offense
MIA offBUF defEdge
Points / game 43.3 #1 11.7 #2 Even
Yards / play 8.38 #1 5.31 #18 MIA
EPA / play +0.40 #1 −0.31 #2 Even
Success rate 56% #1 40% #8 MIA
When BUF has the ball
Advantage: BUF offense
BUF offMIA defEdge
Points / game 30.3 #2 23.7 #21 BUF
Yards / play 5.56 #9 5.26 #16 BUF
EPA / play +0.15 #3 −0.05 #16 BUF
Success rate 51% #3 49% #31 BUF

Points by quarter and half

Per game this season before kickoff · ranks among 32 teams
MIA scoring against the BUF defense
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MIA scored
8.0
#3
16.0
#1
24.0
#1
7.0
#4
12.3
#1
19.3
#1
BUF allowed
2.3
#6
2.0
#2
4.3
#2
1.0
#2
4.3
#8
5.3
#4
BUF scoring against the MIA defense
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BUF scored
6.7
#8
10.0
#7
16.7
#6
2.3
#24
11.3
#2
13.7
#7
MIA allowed
4.7
#21
6.3
#12
11.0
#15
2.3
#8
10.3
#28
12.7
#20

Game conditions

At kickoff
Home field
BUF +1.8
home-field points in the model
Weather
73° · 5 mph
gusts 14 mph · at kickoff
Rest
MIA7d
BUF7d
Even
Tempo
Fast 135 plays
slowavg 128fast

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