The Worksheet, a fantasy football overview by Rich Hribar, breaking down everything you need to know for the Week 8 Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills Sunday afternoon game.
| Miami | Rank | @ | Buffalo | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.5 | Spread | -13.5 | ||
| 17.3 | Implied Total | 30.8 | ||
| 18.1 | 29 | Points/Gm | 33.8 | 2 |
| 29.6 | 31 | Points All./Gm | 16.3 | 2 |
| 62.6 | 18 | Plays/Gm | 69.8 | 2 |
| 68.3 | 28 | Opp. Plays/Gm | 57.8 | 1 |
| 4.9 | 28 | Off. Yards/Play | 5.9 | 11 |
| 6.1 | 26 | Def. Yards/Play | 4.7 | 1 |
| 32.88% | 32 | Rush% | 42.72% | 12 |
| 67.12% | 1 | Pass% | 57.28% | 21 |
| 40.59% | 14 | Opp. Rush % | 37.18% | 7 |
| 59.41% | 19 | Opp. Pass % | 62.82% | 26 |
- Buffalo has scored 69.2% of the points in their games at home this season, the highest rate in the league.
- Buffalo leads the league in the differential of 20-yard plays on offense versus allowed defensively at 15.
- Miami is dead last in the same category at -20.
- Buffalo has scored 69.2% of the points in their games at home this season, the highest rate in the league.
- 46.9% of Josh Allen’s pass attempts have come in first downs, the highest rate in the league.
- Allen is averaging 8.9 yards per pass attempt on first down as opposed to 6.3 Y/A on all other downs. That 2.6 Y/A difference is the largest in the league.
- 36.4% of Tua Tagovailoa’s pass attempts have resulted in a first down or touchdown (16th) compared to 29.3% for Jacoby Brissett (35th).
Trust = spike production for that player
Bust = down-week production for that player’s standards
Quarterback
Josh Allen (TRUST): Allen has scored 20 or more fantasy points in each of his past four games played since these teams met in Week 2 when he posted his lowest-scoring game of the season (16.7 points). In that game, Allen completed a season-low 51.5% of his passes. We know Miami is going to keep blitzing. They rank fourth in the league in blitz rate at 28.0%, and blitzed Allen on 33.3% of his dropbacks in Week 2, in which Allen struggled, completing 4-of-12 passes for 56 yards (4.7 yards per pass attempt).
Since that game, Allen has completed 22-of-33 passes (66.7%) for 284 yards (8.6 Y/A) against the blitz as he has handled pressure much better than early in the season. Miami has been dreadful defensively, ranking 31st in passing points allowed per game (20.2).
