NFL Week 2 preview: Buffalo Bills vs. Miami Dolphins | Chris Simms Unbuttoned | NFL on NBC

Thursday Night Football a big one right out of the gates Amazon can't complain about the quality of the Slate here come the Buffalo Bills into Miami they have to be happy it's not the middle of a day in September when they get melted on that sideline Sun sits and bakes them and the Dolphins are in shade everybody's going to be in shade it's going to be under the lights tonight dolphins favorite now two t is one and six against the bills all time dolphins are favored by two and a half over under a 48.5 the Tyreek kill stuff from Sunday seem to Galvanize the team I Omar Kelly of the Miami Herold was on with me earlier he said that they were going to arrest those guys Tyreek kill and Clay Campbell they weren't going to play until the Dolphins intervened and they were released that would have been something on Sunday but as it stands the Dolphins trying to make it 2 and 0 trying to beat the Buffalo Bills and take over first place in the AFC East who do you like and why yeah I I I I do think it brought that team together right it's one of those like ined consequen of a a very weird and odd odd situation that'll rally a locker room together Mike the first thing I think of is the first thing you said sha mcder and Company have Mike McDaniel and the Miami Dolphins number there's no doubt about that he's one of the first people that kind of let's say crack the code to a degree on the you know Mike McDaniel awesome highflying offense and has found ways to slow that down has done really good right I think I saw a stat that something like in the last three games they've played the Dolphins I think they've only scored like 37 35 points against the bills something like that three three games combined maybe I'm maybe I'm wrong about that but either way it's a very real aspect that mcder has good feel for it right the other side of the ball you look at listen I think the Dolphins have more Talent on their team it goes back to what we always say and what we always talk about I like the bills you know that but I still think they miss difference makers maybe Gregory rouso and Von Miller can really be that on the defensive side of the ball they look good last week right I just want to see if that can continue I've seen rouso look good early in the season before and then kind of fall off so with all that and what I'm saying I'm going to pick the Miami Dolphins I am and I'm picking them strictly because hey I think the whole tough thing win tough games is truly going to be a mantra for them yeah the bringing together of the incident last week right the fact that they've lost all these games the bills I think it's going to you know put a little chip on their shoulder to prove them wrong there and I don't think the bills have enough Playmakers when it's all said and done to hang with the Miami Dolphins that's what worries me but of course Josh Allen and his greatness is the great equalizer and that scares me on the other side I'm going to go Dolphins 2420 here on the Thursday night game I actually decided to go with the bills on this 2723 I'm influenced by two his struggles against Buffalo the one win came two years ago the day he had the back injury right remember that that was the day Ken dorsy went boncos in the Press Box and threw stuff everywhere he's no longer the offensive coordinator in Buffalo it's now Joe Brady who took over last year and did a good job for me what happened on Sunday what was the difference for you what happened on Sunday I think it's the kind of thing and we've seen this before you have an emotional day an emotional win but it takes something out of you yeah I hear that there's there's a price to be paid on the back end and it has been a distraction you've got Tyreek Hill talking about it at length at press conferences doing CNN interviews NBC night news interviews Mike McDaniel emotional about it there's just a lot of stuff that everyone's had to unpack and process on a short week and that becomes a very real distraction you didn't self-inflicted it happened it landed in your laps you're dealing with it and I think that makes it harder for the Dolphins to muster the same magic and the magic almost didn't show up last week I give them credit starting with Holland punching the ball out of Travis atn's hands that is what turned it around for the Dolphins and the bills had to do the same kind of thing a little bit of a magic trick the Cardinals were up then the bills were up then the bills tried to blow it but I just think the traditional Mastery of the Dolphins by the bills in recent years right and you throw that that incident on there yes it was fuel on Sunday by Thursday the tank might be a little empty I think it's too much to ask for the Dolphins to be as focused and driven and together they'll be together but something's going to be missing and I think the Bills take advantage of that 2723 all right it's going to be good either way I think we get a great game tonight we know that and there is some studs on the field and I I hear you there I'm going to the angle of just McDaniels is going to be sick of getting beat by mcder and they're going to have something for them different tonight to maybe crack the code we'll see where it goes but I think your points are very real and things that I thought about certainly to go over to the Buffalo side this one's a to me is a tossup it definitely won't be my best bet and with the two and a half point spread that's the the clear sign the The Shining signal that not even Vegas is quite sure about this game that that's what they always do with that one there and this game is critical for the Miami Dolphins Omar Kelly made that point earlier because if you lose this one at home to the bills you have to go there November 3rd who knows what the weather will be that day we nine and if you get swept you have to make up three games elsewhere to overcome the bills because you're down two and they hold the head-to-head tiebreaker if you're tied at top the Vision when it's all said and done yo yo homies thanks for watching yeah it's time the NFL season is here on Chris Sims unbutton you can hit subscribe to get all the weekly picks plus our Sunday Recaps as the games are happening oh you know it nobody does that better than us thanks again for watching Remember to subscribe peace out we'll see you next time on on button