Betting 'MNF': Should you take the Dolphins and the points at Pittsburgh? - ESPN

Week 15's slate of wraps up with the Miami Dolphins visiting the Pittsburgh Steelers on «Monday Night Football.»

The Steelers (+105) are right there with the Baltimore Ravens (-125) as the AFC North favorites after upsetting the Ravens last week.

The Dolphins, seemingly out of the hunt a month ago, have run off four straight wins but are still long shots to make the playoffs at 300-1.

Pittsburgh is a 3-point favorite at home Monday night.

Matt Bowen, Liz Loza, Pamela Maldonado and Ben Solak offer their picks, prop bets, DFS plays and analysis to help you bet the game.

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Dolphins +3

Bowen: The automatic assumption is Tua Tagovailoa in cold weather… go with the Steelers. Easy. Miami has already preemptively solved the cold problem by removing Tua from the equation. The Dolphins have gone full run-first, low-variance, shortened-the-game mode, and have won four straight doing exactly that. Fewer passes, more Achane and Wright, bleed the clock, limit mistakes. Cold and wind only reinforces that plan. Pittsburgh needs pressure and early disruption to create separation and that's harder in a compressed game.

Dolphins ML (+160)

Solak: The renaissance of the Dolphins' running game down the back half of this season has been a joy to watch. Tua has attempted 23 or fewer passes in four consecutive games for the first time ever in Mike McDaniel's tenure as the Dolphins have morphed into a run-first offensive approach that creates explosives behind an improved offensive line and with a gamut of talented ball-carriers. The Steelers' run defense isn't a particularly impressive unit (27th in EPA per rush faced) and is particular weak at