DOLPHINS (3-2) vs. VIKINGS (4-1)
Kickoff: 1 p.m., Sunday, Hard Rock 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 3-2 in his first season as a head coach; Kevin O’Connell, additionally in his first season as a head coach, is 4-1.
Series: The Dolphins lead the all-time collection with the Vikings, 8-5, together with a 24-7 win in Super Bowl 8 to cap the 1973 season.
Weather: 85 levels, 63 p.c humidity, 13 mph winds, 6 p.c likelihood of precipitation.
Line: The Dolphins are a 3-point underdog; the over/below is 45 1/2.
Injuries: Dolphins — Out: QB Tua Tagovailoa (concussion/ankle); Doubtful: CB Kader Kohou (indirect); Questionable: OT Terron Armstead (toe), RB Raheem Mostert (knee), TE Durham Smythe (hamstring), QB Teddy Bridgewater (concussion protocol/proper pectoral), DB Elijah Campbell (foot); Reserve/PUP: CB Byron Jones (decrease leg); Injured reserve: OT Austin Jackson (ankle), TE Cethan Carter (concussion), CB Trill Williams (knee), TE Adam Shaheen (knee), LB Calvin Munson, FB John Lovett; Vikings — Questionable: OLB D.J. Wonnum (sickness), RB Alexander Mattison (shoulder); Injured reserve: DB Lewis Cine (leg) amongst six gamers on IR.
Noteworthy: The Dolphins search a bounce-back effort at dwelling after dropping two straight on the highway (Bengals, Jets) following their 3-0 begin. …
Miami must do it with third-string quarterback Skylar Thompson beginning. Quarterbacks No. 1 and a pair of, Tua Tagovailoa and Teddy Bridgewater, stay in concussion protocol by Friday. McDaniel will begin Thompson no matter clearance. Tagovailoa received’t play, and Bridgewater shall be Thompson’s backup after the rookie out of Kansas State obtained the observe reps all through the week. …
McDaniel will get his first assembly with a fellow first-year head coach in O’Connell. …
Vikings star operating again Dalvin Cook, a former Miami Central High standout, performs his first skilled recreation at Hard Rock Stadium. At Florida State, Cook torched the Miami Hurricanes twice in that constructing, in addition to Michigan within the 2016 Orange Bowl, Cook’s remaining faculty recreation. …
Cornerback Patrick Peterson (Blanche Ely High), security Josh Metellus (Flanagan High), large receiver Ok.J. Osborn (University of Miami) and kicker Greg Joseph (FAU) are different Vikings gamers with South Florida ties.
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