Dolphins survey rep in finale at Bills to clinch playoff web site
MIAMI (10-5) at BUFFALO (12-3)
Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS
OPENING LINE – Bills by 5 1/2
RECORD VS. SPREAD – Dolphins 11-4; Bills 10-5
SERIES RECORD – Dolphins lead 61-51-1
LAST MEETING – Bills beat Dolphins 31-28 on Sept. 20 at Miami
LAST WEEK – Dolphins beat Raiders 26-25; Bills beat Patriots 38-9
AP PRO32 RANKING – Dolphins No. 11, Bills No. 3
DOLPHINS OFFENSE – OVERALL (23), RUSH (22), PASS (25).
DOLPHINS DEFENSE – OVERALL (20), RUSH (17), PASS (19).
BILLS OFFENSE – OVERALL (4), RUSH (19), PASS (2).
BILLS DEFENSE – OVERALL (10), RUSH (20), PASS (8).
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — The Bills dangle gained the previous four conferences to test their longest rep trot over the Dolphins since a team of workers-very finest six-game rush spanning the 1987-89 seasons. … With a victory, Miami would clinch very finest its third postseason berth since 2001. … The Dolphins will play at Buffalo in January for the first time since 1991. In December, they’ve lost three in a row there by a blended procure of 85-33. … The Dolphins dangle gained 9 of their previous 11 video games. … The Dolphins dangle allowed the fewest aspects in the NFL at 18.8 per game, and could well per chance quit the season leading that class for the first time since 1998. … They additionally lead in third-down defense at 31% and are tied for first with 27 takeaways. … Tua Tagovailoa is 6-2 as Miami’s starting quarterback nevertheless for the second time this season used to be benched in the fourth quarter remaining week. … Tagovailoa’s longest completion all 12 months has been 35 yards. Some 52 gamers dangle thrown a longer completion, alongside side three receivers. … Tagovailoa has the NFL’s lowest charge of interceptions, with two in 232 inch makes an strive. … Ryan Fitzpatrick came off the bench remaining week at Las Vegas to throw for 182 yards and a procure in the final 10 minutes as Miami rallied for an improbable remaining-second rep. … Final week LB Andrew Van Ginkel grew to change into the fifth Miami participant to dangle a multi-sack game this season. … CB Xavien Howard leads the league with 9 interceptions and 19 passes defended. … Final week, RB Myles Gaskin had 169 yards from scrimmage, primarily the most by a Dolphins participant since 2017. … Mike Gesicki’s 656 yards receiving are primarily the most by a Dolphins TE since Randy McMichael in 2004. … Buffalo has already clinched its third playoff berth in four seasons and first AFC East title since 1995. … The Bills can plunge no lower than the AFC’s No. 3 playoff seed, and would clinch the No. 2 web site with a rep or a Steelers loss. … Buffalo’s 12 wins are one brief of matching a single-season team of workers anecdote web site in 1990 and 1991, both AFC title seasons. … Buffalo’s 445 aspects scored are 13 brief of matching the one-season team of workers anecdote web site in 1991. … With four TDs passing on Monday, QB Josh Allen upped his whole to 34 to smash the one-season team of workers anecdote web site by Hall of Famer Jim Kelly in 1991. … With 4,320 yards passing, Allen wants 30 to smash the team of workers impress by Drew Bledsoe in 2002. … The Bills gave up 78 yards passing to Unique England, marking the fewest since allowing 69 in a 13-7 time previous regulation rep over Indianapolis on Dec. 10, 2017, in a game played in a blizzard. … Fantasy tip: With Bills coach Sean McDermott declining to show whether or not he’ll relaxation some or most of his starters, the suitable guess for production would be Miami’s Gaskin going by a defense which has allowed 140 or extra yards rushing in every of the previous two weeks, and six cases this season.
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