Dolphins (7-3) at Jets (4-6)
Friday, 3 p.m. ET, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
TV: Amazon Prime Video Spread (BetMGM):
Dolphins by 10
Dolphins’ keys to victory: With the Jets’ inability to find the end zone, Miami probably needs only to find the end zone a few times to feel good about its chances. The defense also looks fully healthy again and can get after the Jets offense, which is banged up on the line and made a change at quarterback in Week 11, benching Zach Wilson for Tim Boyle. This could be a day-afterThanksgiving feast for guys like LB Jaelan Phillips and DT Christian Wilkins.
Jets’ keys to victory: Every week, it falls on the defense to play the game of its lives because the offense is not getting the job done. And every week, the defense ends up playing a great game and it still isn’t enough because the offense is really struggling. The defense needs to slow down the excellent Miami offense in order for the Jets to have some kind of chance to pull the upset.
Matchup to watch: Jets CB Sauce Gardner vs. Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill. This will always be the matchup now when the Jets and Dolphins play. Hill (1,222 receiving yards) is on pace to break the single-season receiving yards record and could be the first player ever with 2,000 receiving yards in a season. But Gardner tends to do very well against opposing No. 1 wide receivers.
Who wins? No one has faith in the Jets at this point. The offense is putrid, the offensive line is becoming Swiss cheese and the play-calling isn’t getting it done week-toweek. Miami is easily going to score a Black Friday win.
Dolphins, 30-10