DOLPHINS (11-5) vs. BILLS (10-6)
Kickoff: 8:20 p.m., Sunday, Hard Rock Stadium
TV: NBC (Chs. 6 in Miami-Dade, Broward; 5 in Palm Beach); RADIO: Westwood One, WBGG (105.9-FM), WINZ (940-AM), WTZU (94.9-FM, Spanish); Palm Beach: ESPN (106.3 FM), WEFL (760-AM, Spanish)
Coaches: The Dolphins’ Mike McDaniel is 20-14, including playoffs, in his second season as a head coach; Sean McDermott is 76-46, including playoffs, in his seventh season leading the Bills and overall.
Series: The Dolphins lead the all-time series with the Bills, 62-57-1, including playoffs. Buffalo has won 10 of the past 11 meetings and the last three — all in Orchard Park. Miami won the last installment of the rivalry at Hard Rock Stadium, Week 3 of the season in 2022.
Weather: 65 degrees, 71 percent humidity, 8 mph winds, 14 percent chance of precipitation
Line: The Bills are 2 1/2-point favorites; the over/under is 48 1/2.
Injuries: Dolphins — Out: OLB Bradley Chubb (knee), CB Xavien Howard (foot); Questionable: WR Jaylen Waddle (ankle), RB Raheem Mostert (knee/ankle), LB Jerome Baker (knee); Reserve/Non-Football Injury: WR Erik Ezukanma (neck); Injured reserve: C Connor Williams (knee), LB Jerome Baker (knee), OLB Jaelan Phillips (Achilles), OL Isaiah Wynn (quadriceps), RB Salvon Ahmed (foot), CB Keion Crossen (knee), DE Zeke Vandenburgh …
Bills — Questionable: C Mitch Morse (illness); Injured reserve: CB Tre’Davious White (Achilles), LB Matt Milano (leg), DT Jordan Phillips (wrist) among seven players on IR.
Noteworthy: The Dolphins, already with a playoff berth clinched, need a win Sunday night to seal the AFC East and No. 2 seed in the conference’s playoff picture. It would be Miami’s first division title since the 2008 season and first time earning a top-two seed since 1992. …
If the Dolphins lose, the Bills take the division and the No. 2 seed and Miami drops to No. 6, meaning a trip to Kansas City to face the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs in the wild-card round of the playoffs. …
A Dolphins win, without any ties across the NFL’s Week 18 slate, would give them either the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jacksonville Jaguars or a rematch right back at Hard Rock Stadium with the Bills in the postseason’s first round. …
If the Steelers beat the Baltimore Ravens, who are resting many of their regulars, on Saturday and the Jaguars beat the Tennessee Titans, it’s Pittsburgh at No. 7 and the Bills are out. It can also be the Steelers if they lose to Baltimore, Jacksonville loses to Tennessee and the Denver Broncos beat the Las Vegas Raiders, as the Broncos then factor into a multi-team tiebreaker at 9-8. The Bills then would finish sixth. …
It’s a rematch with Buffalo if the Ravens and Jaguars both win or Steelers and Titans both win before a Sunday night Miami win. …
The Dolphins would get the Jaguars in the event Jacksonville loses to the Titans, Pittsburgh loses to Baltimore and the Raiders beat the Broncos. …
A Miami tie clinches the division the same as a win. There are ways the Dolphins could even get the winner of Saturday night’s game between the Indianapolis Colts and Houston Texans if they tie against Buffalo, which would also clinch the No. 6 seed for the Bills.
