NFL picks: Experts predict Dolphins vs. Saints in Week 13

The Miami Dolphins earned their first pair of back-to-back wins prior to a Week 12 bye and return to action Sunday relatively healthy. Even more encouraging for the Dolphins is that they'll return to action with a matchup against a 2-9 New Orleans Saints squad with rookie Tyler Shough leading the way.

While a run at the postseason still looks highly unlikely, improvement to 5-7 looks like a real possibility.

Here's how pundits predict the Week 13 matchup will go:

USA Today

USA Today’s Week 13 picks

• Jarrett Bell: Dolphins, 23-16

• Nick Brinkerhoff: Dolphins, 21-13

• Chris Bumbaca: Dolphins, 23-18

• Nate Davis: Dolphins, 27-17

• Tyler Dragon: Dolphins, 26-21

• Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz: Dolphins, 28-19

NFL.com

NFL.com’s Week 13 picks

• Ali Bhanpuri: Dolphins, 26-18

• Brooke Cersosimo: Dolphins, 28-20

• Dan Parr: Dolphins, 23-16

• Gennaro Filice: Dolphins, 24-14

• Tom Blair: Dolphins, 24-17

ESPN

ESPN’s Week 9 picks

• Stephania Bell: Dolphins

• Matt Bowen: Dolphins

• Mike Clay: Dolphins

• Jeremy Fowler: Dolphins

• Dan Graziano: Dolphins

• Kalyn Kahler: Dolphins

• Pamela Maldonado: Dolphins

• Eric Moody: Dolphins

• Jason Reid: Dolphins

• Lindsey Thiry: Dolphins

• Sam Wickersham: Dolphins

CBS Sports

CBS Sports’ Week 13 picks

• Pete Prisco: Dolphins

• Cody Benjamin: Dolphins

• Jared Dubin: Dolphins

• Ryan Wilson: Dolphins

• John Breech: Dolphins

• Tyler Sullivan: Dolphins

• Dave Richard: Dolphins

• Jamey Eisenberg: Dolphins

Bottom line

It's a clean sweep of experts taking Miami to beat the Saints. The Dolphins were on the other side of a unanimous prediction twice this season, with experts all taking the Falcons and Bills to win against Miami. Neither managed to do so. Here's the final tally:

• Dolphins: 30

• Saints: 0

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