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Miami Dolphins @ New England Patriots Built from free public data (nflverse schedules + Pro-Football-Reference season stats) · not paid data

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MIAMI DOLPHINS
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NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS
100 0 100 50 72 VERDICT GRIDEDGE™ SCORES
MIA's offense (5th in rushing) draws NE's #14 rush defense. NE rates the 22-point edge.
Using 2026 season-end stats until 2026 has enough games played.

Rushing Matchup

Offense (Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
MIA #5  |  NE #14
Def
Def
MIA #18  |  NE #14
Off

Passing Matchup

Offense (Net Yds/Att) vs. Defense (Net Yds/Att Allowed)
Off
MIA #19  |  NE #10
Def
Def
MIA #27  |  NE #3
Off

O-Line Proxy (Free-Data)

O-Line Score (Rush Y/A + Net Pass Y/A rank blend)
MIA 66  |  NE 77

Last 3 Meetings

2026-01-04
MIA 10–NE 38
2025-09-14
NE 33–MIA 27
2024-11-24
NE 15–MIA 34
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Data sources: team schedules, results & closing spreads from the nflverse nfldata project; season splits and league ranks from Pro-Football-Reference — all free, no paid odds API required.
O-Line Score is a proxy: it blends each team's league rank in Rush Yds/Att and Net Pass Yds/Att, rescaled to 0–100. Offense Edge blends each team's rush + pass ranks against the opponent's matching defensive ranks into one 0–100 favorability score, where 50 is neutral.