Ahead of Thursday’s 8:15 PM ET Game airing live on Amazon Prime Video, oddsmakers have posted player props for Tua Tagovailoa. AFC East foes square off in Week 2 when Tagovailoa’s Miami Dolphins (1-0) play the Buffalo Bills (1-0) at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Tua Tagovailoa’s player props vs. Bills
- Matchup: Miami Dolphins vs. Buffalo Bills
- Time: 8:15 PM ET
- Date: September 12, 2024
- Passing yards prop: Over 268.5 (-113)
- Rushing yards prop: Over 4.5 (-113)
National Football League odds courtesy of BetMGM. Odds updated Thursday at 1:44 AM ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
Tagovailoa passing stats and insights
- Tagovailoa put up 272.0 passing yards per game last season, 3.5 yards more than Thursday’s passing yards prop total.
- Last year, in 17 games played, he exceeded 268.5 passing yards eight times.
- Tagovailoa’s 272.0 passing yards per game last season were 4.3 yards higher than his average prop bet (267.7).
- In eight of 17 opportunities last year (47.1%), he went over on passing yards prop bets.
- Tagovailoa had a passing touchdown in 16 of 17 games last year, with multiple passing TDs in eight of them.
- In terms of interceptions, he threw at least one pick in 10 of 17 games last year, including multiple INTs four times.
Dolphins vs. Bills stats and trends
- The 196.6 passing yards the Bills yielded per game last season made them the NFL’s seventh-ranked pass defense.
- Tagovailoa will go up against a Bills squad that allowed 110.6 rushing yards per game last year and was the NFL’s 15th-ranked rush defense.
- On the offensive side of the ball, the Dolphins were a top-five unit in terms of passing yards last season, ranking best in the NFL by compiling 265.5 passing yards per game. They ranked 15th on defense (221.2 passing yards allowed per game).
- The Dolphins put up 135.8 rushing yards per game on offense last season, which ranked them sixth in the NFL. On the other side of the ball, they ranked seventh, allowing 97.1 rushing yards per contest.
- The Dolphins ranked 12th in yards per play allowed last year (5.5), but they played really well on offense, ranking second-best in the NFL with 6.7 yards per play.