Dolphins at Bengals Thursday Night - NFL betting odds, picks, tips

Week 4 of the NFL season kicks off Thursday night with a showdown between the undefeated Miami Dolphins, fresh off hanging on for a 21-19 win over the previously unbeaten Buffalo Bills, and the reigning AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals, who finally got their first win last week, 27-12, against the New York Jets. With the season now in full swing, there are plenty of opportunities to wager on the game if you so choose. So what plays do our analysts like for this matchup?

Betting analysts Doug Kezirian, Tyler Fulghum, Joe Fortenbaugh, Anita Marks and Erin Dolan; fantasy and sports betting analysts Eric Moody and Andre Snellings; and ESPN Stats & Information'sSeth Walder, ESPN analystJason Fitz and Football Outsiders'Aaron Schatz provide their top plays for Thursday's tilt.

Note: Lines from Caesars Sportsbook unless otherwise indicated.

Miami Dolphins at Cincinnati Bengals (-4, 47)Thursday, 8:15 p.m. ET, Paycor Stadium, Cincinnati

Fortenbaugh: Miami is good but not as good as its record indicates. The Dolphins made up a 21-point fourth-quarter deficit in Week 2 against the Ravens and somehow got past Buffalo despite holding the ball for just 19 minutes while getting outgained by 285 total yards. It's easy to imagine a world in which the Dolphins are 1-2 after three weeks, in which case we aren't even having this conversation. Again, this team is good. And the Dolphins are really fun to watch. But they aren't as good as their record indicates.

Kezirian: It all depends how you evaluate a 3-0 record. Are the Dolphins a legitimate playoff contender and capable of a Super Bowl run, if certain things broke their way? Yes, I do believe they are. Ironically, they kind of remind me of last year's Bengals. By no means do they have a