Dolphins-Bills line soars with Tua Tagovailoa out Miami makes NFL history as largest wild-card round underdog

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Following the news of quarterback for their Super Wild Card Weekend Wil Myers Jersey playoff game at the second-seeded , Miami's chances of victory appeared to drop from slim to almost none. The Bills are now 14-point favorites, making the Dolphins the biggest underdogs in NFL wild-card round history, since the round began in 1978.SeasonFavoriteSpreadOpponent2022Bills-14Dolphins2021Chiefs-12*Steelers2020Saints-11*Bears2016Steelers-11*Dolphins2012Packers-10.5*Vikings2011Saints-10.5*Lions2007Chargers-10.5*Titans199649ers-10.5*EaglesThe increase in point spread aligns with the Dolphins' stark quarterback production between Tagovailoa and his backups, and seventh-round rookie . Miami averaged 6.5 yards per play when Tagovailoa started, the highest Matt Strahm Jersey team yards per play with a starting quarterback this season among pa sers 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.Tua TagovailoaBridgewater/ThompsonW-L8-51-3PPG25.516.3Yards/Play6.5*5.2With the Dolphins being a 14-point underdog, it means Miami is laying the most points in a playoff game since the 1998 divisional round at the (+13.5). Dan Marino's Dolphins were pummeled by John Elway's eventual Super Bowl champion Broncos in that contest, 38-3. Sunday also marks Miami's largest spread as an underdog in a playoff game since the 1970 AFL/NFL merger. On the other side of this matchup, the Bills are the first team to be favored by 13 or more points in a playoff game since the 2017 . The eventual AFC champions, were 13.5-point favorites in the divisional round against the , a team Joe Musgrove Jersey they ended up beating 35-14. Buffalo additionally stands as the first teamto be favored by 13 or more points in a playoff game since the 2001 against the Patriots in the Super Bowl. That upset win ended up being New England's first of six Super Bowl wins with quarterback and head coach Bill Belichick.SeasonFavoriteLine vs. Opponent2001Rams-14 vs Patriots2007Patriots-13.5 vs 2007Patriots-14 vs 2011Patriots Luis Perdomo Jersey -13.5 vs Broncos2016Patriots-16 vs 2017Patriots-13.5 vs TitansHowever, in order for the Bills to have cracked the top five largest playoff point spreads since at least 1952, they needed to see their line increase at least 1.5 more points. The two biggest spreads were both Super Bowls: -19 vs. Chargers in Super Bowl XXIX (49-26 win), and -18 vs. in Super Bowl III (16-7 lo s).SeasonFavoriteLine vs Opponent199449ers-19 vs Chargers1968Colts-18 vs Jets1998-16.5 vs 2016Patriots-16 vs Texans199449ers-15.5 vs If the Dolphins somehow come away with a victory up in Buffalo on Sunday afternoon, CBS Sports play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz will have to come up with his equivalent to Al Michaels' "" call during Team USA hockey's run to the gold medal in the 1980 Winter Olympics, because Miami winning would be tied for the second-biggest upset in a playoff Cory Spangenberg Jersey game during the Super Bowl Era. GameUnderdogSpreadOpponentSuper Bowl IIIJets+18ColtsSuper Bowl XXXVIPatriots+14Rams1996 Divisional RoundJaguars+14at BroncosSuper Bowl XLII+12.5Patriots