DOLPHINS (8-6) vs. PACKERS (6-8)
Kickoff: 1 p.m., Sunday, Hard Rock Stadium
TV: Fox (Chs. 7 in Miami-Dade, Broward; 29 in Palm Beach); RADIO: Westwood One, WQAM (560 AM), KISS (99.9 FM), WQBA (1140 AM, Spanish)
Coaches: The Dolphins’ Mike McDaniel is 8-6 in his first season as a head coach; Matt LaFleur is 47-21, together with playoffs, in his fourth head teaching season general main the Packers.
Series: The Dolphins lead the all-time collection with the Packers, 10-5. Miami gained the primary eight conferences, and Green Bay has taken 4 of the previous 5 with the Dolphins’ final win in opposition to the Packers coming in 2010, an additional time victory at Lambeau Field. Miami’s final house win over Green Bay got here in 2000.
Weather: 54 levels, 39 p.c humidity, 10 mph winds, 8 p.c probability of precipitation.
Line: The Dolphins are 3 1/2-point favorites; the over/beneath is 49 1/2.
Injuries: Dolphins — Doubtful: WR River Cracraft (calf), OT Eric Fisher (calf); Questionable: OT Terron Armstead (pectoral/toe/knee), LB Bradley Chubb (knee), LB Jaelan Phillips (toe), RB Jeff Wilson Jr. (hip), S Eric Rowe (hamstring), RB Myles Gaskin (sickness); Reserve/PUP record: CB Byron Jones (decrease leg); Injured reserve: OL Austin Jackson (ankle), DE Emmanuel Ogbah (triceps), S Brandon Jones (knee), OL Liam Eichenberg (knee), CB Nik Needham (Achilles), DE Trey Flowers (foot), TE Cethan Carter (concussion), CB Trill Williams (knee), TE Adam Shaheen (knee), FB John Lovett; Packers — Doubtful: OT David Bakhtiari (knee/stomach); Injured reserve: OLB Rashan Gary (knee) amongst 5 gamers on IR.
Noteworthy: The Dolphins-Packers recreation is considered one of three video games performed Sunday on Christmas Day with the NFL transferring most of its Week 16 slate as much as Saturday. It marks the third consecutive week Miami is in a nationally televised recreation. …
The Dolphins can inch nearer to clinching a playoff berth. A win places them in place the place a Week 17 victory at New England seals their postseason destiny. …
Miami appears to snap a three-game shedding streak in a return house in any case three losses had been on the street. Green Bay is vying to maintain its slim playoff hopes alive. …
McDaniel and LaFleur crossed paths as NFL assistants in Washington, Atlanta and Houston earlier than they go in opposition to one another for the primary time with each the pinnacle coach of their groups. …
The Packers have South Florida connections with punter Pat O’Donnell (UM, Palm Beach Central High), defensive lineman Jonathan Ford (UM, Dillard High), linebacker Jonathan Garvin (UM, Lake Worth High), cornerback Shemar Jean-Charles (Miramar High) and defensive deal with T.J. Slaton, who was coached at American Heritage High by former Dolphins cornerback and present defensive assistant Patrick Surtain. …
Dolphins with Wisconsin roots embody three gamers out of University of Wisconsin in linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel, offensive lineman Michael Deiter and fullback Alec Ingold, who additionally grew up in Green Bay. Quarterbacks coach Darrell Bevell can also be a former Badger. Offensive coordinator Frank Smith is from Milwaukee, and working backs coach Eric Studesville is from Madison and a Wisconsin-Whitewater alum.
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