DOLPHINS (8-7) at PATRIOTS (7-8)
Kickoff: 1 p.m., Sunday, Gillette Stadium
TV: CBS (Chs. 4 in Miami-Dade, Broward; 12 in Palm Beach); RADIO: Sports USA, WQAM (560 AM), KISS (99.9 FM), WQBA (1140 AM, Spanish)
Coaches: The Dolphins’ Mike McDaniel is 8-7 in his first season as a head coach; Bill Belichick is 328-164, together with playoffs, in his twenty eighth head teaching season total and 291-119 in his twenty third season main the Patriots.
Series: The Dolphins lead the all-time sequence with the Patriots, 60-54, together with playoffs, and have gained 4 video games in a row within the rivalry.
Weather: 52 levels, 57 p.c humidity, 12 mph winds, 2 p.c likelihood of precipitation.
Line: The Dolphins are 2 1/2-point underdogs; the over/beneath is 41.
Injuries: Dolphins — Out: QB Tua Tagovailoa (concussion); Doubtful: OT Eric Fisher (calf); Questionable: OT Terron Armstead (pectoral/toe/knee/hip), CB Xavien Howard (knee) LB Bradley Chubb (ankle/hand), FB Alec Ingold (thumb), WR River Cracraft (calf), OT Greg Little (foot); Reserve/PUP record: CB Byron Jones (decrease leg); Injured reserve: RB Myles Gaskin (shoulder), OL Austin Jackson (ankle), DE Emmanuel Ogbah (triceps), S Brandon Jones (knee), CB Nik Needham (Achilles), DE Trey Flowers (foot), TE Cethan Carter (concussion), CB Trill Williams (knee), TE Adam Shaheen (knee), FB John Lovett; Patriots — Out: WR DeVante Parker (concussion), CB Jack Jones (knee), DB Marcus Jones (concussion), TE Jonnu Smith (concussion); Questionable: TE Hunter Henry (knee), CB Jonathan Jones (chest), CB Jalen Mills (groin), RB Rhamondre Stevenson (ankle), WR Tyquan Thornton (knee); Injured reserve: OT Isaiah Wynn (foot), QB Brian Hoyer (concussion), WR Ty Montgomery (knee) amongst 11 gamers on IR.
Noteworthy: The Dolphins, seeking to snap a four-game dropping streak, can clinch a playoff berth Sunday in the event that they win and the New York Jets lose on the Seattle Seahawks. If each the Dolphins and Jets win in Week 17, they create a winner-take-all Week 18 regular-season finale for the ultimate AFC wild-card spot. If Miami loses in New England, the Dolphins have to beat the Jets subsequent week and have the Patriots lose on the Buffalo Bills of their finale. …
Miami should go into Foxborough with backup quarterback Teddy Bridgewater main the way in which after Tagovailoa suffered one other concussion in final Sunday’s loss to the Green Bay Packers. Bridgewater, a Miami native with 64 profession NFL begins to his credit score, will probably be relied upon to take his hometown group into the playoffs. …
The Dolphins’ sport at Gillette Stadium will truly be performed in a hotter temperature than final Sunday’s house loss to the Packers, when it was 46 levels at kickoff, marking the franchise’s second-coldest house sport. …
Playing in New England is a homecoming for Massachusetts native in Dolphins defensive deal with Christian Wilkins, in addition to tight finish Hunter Long, who’s from New Hampshire, and nostril deal with John Jenkins, a Connecticut native.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com