2026 Week 8 · Hard Rock Stadium
ScheduledPatriotsNew England
Sunday 1 November4:25PMlocal kickoff
DolphinsMiami
New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins — 2026 Week 8. Kickoff Sun, Nov 1, 2026.
Patriots−8.5
Total44.5
The market read · numbers on file today, not the close
The kickoff ledger
Both clubs over the first 7 weeks of the 2026 regular season
NEMIA
37.0%Drives that scored29.8%
+7.2%
37.3%Drives allowed to score50.0%
fewer is better+12.7%
25.6%Fourth downs, went for it21.9%
+3.7%
35.2%Blitz sent on defense27.4%
+7.8%
The read
Patriots leads the widest measured gap here: drives allowed to score, 37.3% against 50.0%, a 12.7-point difference.
Pass rate over expected: Patriots called it almost exactly to script; Dolphins ran 11.4 points more than the script asked.
The market read · numbers on file today, not the close
What the market is saying
Patriots are laid −8.5, and the book has the two of them scoring 44.5 points between them.
