NY Jets vs. Miami Dolphins point spread and line

NY Jets vs. Miami Dolphins point spread and line Today we are closing the NFL Week 5 line and point spread preview with the Monday night football game New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins. The last time these two NFL teams met last December, the Miami Dolphins (1-3) beat the NY Jets (3-1) by a TD, this season, however, the tables have turned and the Jets now playing without Favre are the favorite of the two to win the Monday night football game, despite rookie coach and quarterback and coming out of a loss against New Orleans last week. In Miami the rookie QB Chad Henne won his first NFL game, but this hardly helps the Dolphins, as far as the bookies are concerned.

Without further ado, let's take a look at the betting lines and point spread on this Monday night football game, as posted by the popular sports betting website Bookmaker. At the bookie the Jets are the odds-on favorite to win the match-up tonight, sitting on -145 money line, while the Dolphins will come out on Land Shark Stadium as a small underdog with +125 line to win the Monday night football game. The NY Jets vs. Miami Dolphins point spread is at -3 points chalk the Jets and the total set by the bookmaker is 36 points even. For those considering betting the spread and line, keep in mind that the NY Jets are 3-6 against the spread in their last 9 games and Miami is 0-5 against the spread in their last 5 games when playing at home against NY Jets. The Jets have also won 4 out of the last 5 games when playing on the road against the Miami Dolphins. The betting trends also show that the total has gone UNDER in 6 of the Dolphins last 9 games when playing at home against the Jets.

The injury list is one of the things working for the Dolphins for this Monday night football game - linebacker Joey Porter is the only player listed as questionable for the game against the Jets, nursing a hamstring injury, while linebacker Akin Ayodele and defensive end Philip Merling were both upgraded to probable for the game tonight. Meanwhile at the NY Jets cornerback Donald Strickland is out for Week 5 and another CB, Lito Sheppard, remains doubtful for the game against the Dolphins. Jets' safety Kerry Rhodes joins wide receivers Jerricho Cotchery and Damien Woody as questionable for Monday night football. Jets linebackers Larry Izzo and Bryan Thomas were both upgraded to probable for the game against the Miami Dolphins tonight. And don't forget that you can bet the Jets Dolphins spread and lines live at Bookmaker tonight.

Published on 10/12/2009