Wednesday

Miami -3 @ Buffalo

o/u 40

Miami @ Buffalo; 1pm (CBS) Line: Dolphins by 3 Over/Under: 40

Another week, another tough test for the Buffalo defense. Then again, when you have the worst rushing defense in the league, every week is a challenge. The Bills catch a break as the Dolphins come into town without their Wildcat frontman RB Ronnie Brown, who is out for the season with a foot injury. But the Dolphins have barely missed him as Ricky Williams has stepped up huge in his absence, finishing with 102 yards in the game against Tampa Bay during which Brown was injured, and rushing for 119 yards and two touchdowns (plus catching a third TD) in last week’s Thursday nighter against Carolina. That output made the 32-year-old the oldest Miami RB to run for 100 yards in consecutive games, and he’ll be looking to make it three in a row against the porous Bills. The first meeting between these two was the first step for Miami in turning around its season. The Dolphins were at 0-3 when they met in Week 4, and Brown and Williams gouged the Bills for 250 yards for a 38-10 victory, propelling them to win five of their next seven games to become a factor in the wild-card race, and sit two games behind New England, which they play next week. In his debut last week as Bills interim head coach Perry Fewell inserted Ryan Fitzpatrick as QB, and he had an instant chemistry with WR Terrell Owens, who had nine receptions for 197 yards, including a 98-yard TD. The Bills’ defense did manage to hold Jacksonville RB Maurice Jones-Drew to just 66 yards last week, but such an effort two weeks in a row seems unlikely. The Dolphins are 6-0 ATS in their last six against the AFC East, are 5-2 in their last seven overall, and are 9-3 in their last 12 road games. Buffalo is 0-5 ATS in its last five as a home underdog, and an ugly 1-8 ATS in its last nine at home. Neither team is strong in the end, as the Bills have allowed 109 points in the fourth quarter, second only to Miami, which has allowed 110. But that stat should cancel itself out, long after the Dolphins have already run away with this game. Dolphins -3