{"id":183963,"date":"2023-01-11T21:48:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dolphins-bills-line-soars-as-tua-tagovailoa-ruled-out-a-look-at-biggest-nfl-playoff-point-spreads-in-history\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T21:48:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:48:01","slug":"dolphins-bills-line-soars-as-tua-tagovailoa-ruled-out-a-look-at-biggest-nfl-playoff-point-spreads-in-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/dolphins-bills-line-soars-as-tua-tagovailoa-ruled-out-a-look-at-biggest-nfl-playoff-point-spreads-in-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins-Bills line soars as Tua Tagovailoa ruled out: A look at biggest NFL playoff point spreads in history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Following the news of Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa being ruled out<\/span> for their Super Wild Card Weekend playoff game at the second-seeded Buffalo Bills, Miami’s chances of victory appeared to drop from slim to almost none: The Bills went from 10.5-point favorites to 13-point favorites shortly after Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel’s press conference conveying the news.<\/p>\n

The increase in point spread aligns with the Dolphins’ stark quarterback production between Tagovailoa and his backups, Teddy Bridgewater and seventh round rookie Skylar Thompson. Miami averaged 6.5 yards per play when Tagovailoa started, the highest team yards per play with a starting quarterback this season among passers with 10 or more starts. The Dolphins’ figure in that category drops to 5.2 yards per play when Bridgewater or Thompson have started in 2022.<\/p>\n

Dolphins by starting QB this season<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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WL<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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8-5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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1-3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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PPG<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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25.5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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16.3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Yards\/Play<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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6.5*<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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5.2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

* Highest by any starting QB this season (min. 10 starts)<\/em><\/p>\n

With the Dolphins currently a 13-point underdog, it would mark Miami laying the most points in a playoff game since the 1998 divisional round at the Denver Broncos (+13.5). Dan Marino’s Dolphins were pummeled by John Elway’s eventual Super Bowl champion Broncos in that contest, 38-3. If the spread climbs to 14, it would be Miami’s largest spread as an underdog in a playoff game since the 1970 AFL\/NFL merger.<\/p>\n