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Bengals RB Joe Mixon gets a big push for his first rushing TD of the season

Cincinnati Bengals RB Joe Mixon finally got his first rushing touchdown of the season, aided by a bit push from his offensive line.

If you’ve been watching the Cincinnati Bengals’ offense this season, one thing is entirely familiar — Joe Burrow has been pressured and sacked a lot, despite the team’s re-structured offensive line. Not that all those sacks and pressures are the line’s fault.

There’s something else about this offense that has been quite unfamiliar — Joe Mixon, one of the best backs in the NFL today, has been just about invisible in a big-play sense. In Cincinnati’s first three games, Mixon had run 58 times for 163 yards, 2.8 yards per carry, and no touchdowns. He’s had just two runs of 10 or more yards, and just one run of 15 or more yards.

As this is the same guy who carried the rock 359 times for 1.467 yards, 4.1 yards per carry, and 14 touchdowns in the regular season through the Super Bowl, this lack of production has been unusual — especially as Mixon was running last season behind a line that was allegedly worse.

With 10:19 left in the first quarter of Thursday night’s game against the Miami Dolphins’ outstanding defense, Mixon finally got in the end zone, and he did it with the help of just about his entire line.

Hopefully, this is the beginning of bigger and better things for Mixon this season — the 1-2 Bengals could really use it.

Cincinnati Bengals vs Miami Dolphins Prediction, Game Preview

Cincinnati Bengals vs Miami Dolphins prediction, game preview, and fantasy player to watch.

Cincinnati Bengals vs Miami Dolphins prediction, game preview, and fantasy player to watch.

Cincinnati Bengals vs Miami Dolphins Broadcast

Date: Sunday, December 6
Game Time: 1:00 ET
Venue: CBS
Network: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL

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Cincinnati Bengals (2-8-1) vs Miami Dolphins (7-4) Game Preview

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Why Cincinnati Bengals Will Win

The Bengals has to slow down the game and take advantage of every scoring opportunity.

There’s no Miami running game to worry about – the lousy Cincinnati run defense will get a bit of a break. As long as the secondary can keep Ryan Fitzpatrick – if Tua Tagovailoa can’t go – from getting into a groove and jump on the interception opportunities that will be there – he’ll give the Bengals a few key chances – they can slow down an offense that hasn’t done a whole lot over the last few weeks.

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Why Miami Dolphins Will Win

The Cincinnati offense isn’t going to do much of anything.

With Joe Mixon injured, there’s no running game over the last few games, the passing attack went nowhere with no Joe Burrow last week, and the turnovers have been a killer with two or more in four of the last five games.

The Dolphins have allowed the second-fewest touchdown passes this year, Fitzpatrick and the passing game should be efficient against a shaky secondary, and as long as there aren’t a lot of giveaways, this can be a methodical win – Cincinnati will struggle to get 300 yards of total offense.

Fantasy Football Player To Watch

TE Mike Gesicki, Miami 
There aren’t a ton of targets his way, but they’re steady, and he’s got a better rapport with Ryan Fitzpatrick – however, Tagovailoa is active. He caught two touchdown passes earlier in the year, and last week, he made just two grabs for 35 yards with a touchdown. Gesicki is a sneaky-good low-end play for a team without goal line running back to rely on.

What’s Going To Happen

The Miami defense will own this.

Cincinnati simply doesn’t have the offensive pop, it’ll be a struggle to get to 200 yards, and the Dolphins will come up with a conservative game with a few early scores to put this away relatively quickly.

Cincinnati Bengals vs Miami Dolphins Prediction, Line

Miami 27, Cincinnati 16
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Miami -10.5, o/u: 42.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5

Must See Rating: 2

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