DOLPHINS (7-3) vs TEXANS (1-8-1)
Kickoff: 1 p.m., Sunday, Hard Rock Stadium
TV: CBS (Chs. 4 in Miami-Dade, Broward; 12 in Palm Beach); RADIO: WQAM (560 AM), KISS (99.9 FM), WQBA (1140 AM, Spanish)
Coaches: The Dolphins’ Mike McDaniel is 7-3 in his first season as a head coach; Lovie Smith is 93-98-1, together with playoffs, in his twelfth head teaching season general and 1-8-1 in his first season as Texans coach.
Series: The Dolphins path the all-time sequence with the Texans, 8-2, however have gained two of the previous three conferences.
Weather: 85 levels, 65 % humidity, 10 mph winds, 23 % likelihood of precipitation.
Line: The Dolphins are an 14-point favourite; the over/beneath is 47.
Injuries: Dolphins — Doubtful: RB Raheem Mostert (knee); Questionable: QB Teddy Bridgewater (knee); Reserve/PUP: 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; Texans — Out: CB Derek Stingley Jr. (hamstring); Injured reserve: DE Jonathan Greenard amongst 4 gamers on IR.
Noteworthy: The Dolphins, coming off their bye week, search a fifth consecutive win, which might give them an 8-3 begin for the primary time since 2001. …
The Texans have the NFL’s worst report and are making a quarterback swap this week, going from Davis Mills to Kyle Allen. …
Miami began its sequence with the 2002 enlargement group 0-7. Since, the Dolphins gained a 2015 assembly, misplaced in 2018 at Houston on a Thursday night time and defeated the Texans final yr at Hard Rock Stadium, sparking a seven-game profitable streak that adopted a seven-game dropping streak. …
A go to from the Texans means a return to Miami Gardens for sort out Laremy Tunsil, whom the Dolphins traded to Houston forward of the 2019 season. Subsequent strikes with the draft picks acquired from the Texans in that deal have performed a component in Miami’s acquisitions of gamers like Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, Bradley Chubb, Jevon Holland and others. …
Several Dolphins gamers have Houston ties: Defensive backs Xavien Howard, Eric Rowe and Jamal Perry, large receiver Jaylen Waddle, linebackers Elandon Roberts and Cameron Goode and punter Thomas Morstead. The Texans have former University of Miami gamers in tight finish Brevin Jordan, large receiver Phillip Dorsett and observe squad offensive lineman Kc McDermott.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com