DOLPHINS (8-3) at 49ERS (7-4)
Kickoff: 4:05 p.m., Sunday, Levi’s Stadium
TV: Fox (Chs. 7 in Miami-Dade, Broward; 29 in Palm Beach); RADIO: WQAM (560 AM), KISS (99.9 FM), WQBA (1140 AM, Spanish)
Coaches: The Dolphins’ Mike McDaniel is 8-3 in his first season as a head coach; Kyle Shanahan is 50-48, together with playoffs, in his sixth head teaching season general and with the 49ers.
Series: The Dolphins lead the all-time sequence with the 49ers, 8-6, together with Super Bowl 19, and have gained 4 of the final 5 conferences.
Weather: 59 levels, 68 p.c humidity, 7 mph winds, 18 p.c probability of precipitation.
Line: The Dolphins are an 4-point underdogs; the over/underneath is 46 1/2.
Injuries: Dolphins — Out: OL Austin Jackson (ankle); Doubtful: OT Terron Armstead (pectoral/toe); Questionable: QB Teddy Bridgewater (knee), RB Myles Gaskin (shoulder/ankle); Reserve/PUP listing: CB Byron Jones (decrease leg); Injured reserve: 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; 49ers — Out: RB Elijah Mitchell (knee); Questionable: OT Trent Williams (again), WR Deebo Samuel (quadriceps), OL Spencer Buford (ankle), DL Charles Omenihu (knee); Injured reserve: QB Trey Lance (ankle) amongst six gamers on IR.
Noteworthy: The Dolphins put their five-game profitable streak on the road in opposition to a 49ers workforce that has gained 4 straight. …
McDaniel goes in opposition to Shanahan, his longtime mentor. The two have been on the identical teaching staffs for 14 seasons, together with the final 5 with Shanahan as head coach in San Francisco and McDaniel his offensive coordinator final season and run-game coordinator earlier than that. …
The Dolphins will seemingly play with out each beginning tackles as they face the 49ers’ top-ranked run protection, top-ranked whole protection and St. Thomas Aquinas High product Nick Bosa and his 11 1/2 sacks. …
San Francisco additionally has damage issues of its personal with deal with Trent Williams and vast receiver Trent Williams questionable — Williams after leaving Friday’s follow with again spasms. …
Miami will keep out west following the sport for per week of follow in California forward of the next Sunday evening recreation on the Los Angeles Chargers.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com