DOLPHINS (1-6) vs. FALCONS (3-3)
Kickoff: 1 p.m., Sunday, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
TV: CBS (Ch. 4 in Miami-Dade, Broward counties; Ch. 12 in Palm Seashore); RADIO: WBGG (105.9-FM), WINZ (940-AM), WTZU (94.9-FM, Spanish); Palm Seashore: ESPN (106.3 FM); WEFL (760-AM, Spanish)
Coaches: The Dolphins’ Mike McDaniel is 29-31, together with playoffs, in his fourth season as a head coach; the Falcons’ Raheem Morris is 15-19 in his third season main the Falcons and 32-50 total in his sixth season as a head coach.
Sequence: The Dolphins lead the all-time sequence with the Falcons, 9-5.Â
Climate: 63 levels, 42 % humidity; 10 % likelihood of precipitation, 9 mph winds (Mercedes-Benz Stadium has a retractable roof)
Line: The Dolphins are 7 1/2-point underdogs; the over-under is 44 1/2 factors.
Accidents: Dolphins — Out: TE Julian Hill (ankle). Questionable: CB Jason Marshall Jr. (hamstring); Bodily unable to carry out: OL Liam Eichenberg; Injured reserve: WR Tyreek Hill (knee), TE Darren Waller (pectoral), RT Austin Jackson (toe), RG James Daniels (pectoral), Okay Jason Sanders (hip), OL Andrew Meyer (higher physique), Marshall, CB Kader Kohou (knee), RB Alexander Mattison (neck), CB Artie Burns (knee), TE Jalin Conyers, CB Jason Maitre, OL Obinna Eze, OL Germain Ifedi, OL Yodny Cajuste …
Falcons — Out: CB Billy Bowman Jr. (hamstring), LB Divine Deablo (forearm), EDGE Jalon Walker (groin), OL Storm Norton (foot); Questionable: QB Michael Penix Jr. (knee), RB Tyler Allgeier (hip/knee), DE Zach Harrison (knee), S Jordan Fuller (knee); Injured reserve: Fuller, Norton amongst seven gamers in IR.
Noteworthy: The Dolphins are on their second totally different three-game shedding streak of the season, attempting to bounce again from a demoralizing 31-6 loss to the lowly Cleveland Browns. …
As a lot as the surface noise grows for the Dolphins to maneuver on from coach Mike McDaniel, normal supervisor Chris Grier and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, proprietor Steve Ross stays affected person along with his soccer brass and the group is ready to begin Tagovailoa. …
Tagovailoa is coming off back-to-back three-interception video games and faces the No. 1 cross protection. He does return to the positioning the place he got here off the bench as a freshman to throw the walk-off landing for Alabama towards Georgia within the 2017 school soccer nationwide championship recreation. …
McDaniel was an offensive assistant for the Falcons in 2015 and 2016 earlier than rising up the assistant teaching ranks with the San Francisco 49ers from 2017 by 2021 and touchdown the pinnacle teaching job with the Dolphins in 2022. …
Miami’s league-worst run protection tries to discover a solution to include explosive operating again Bijan Robinson. …
Dolphins exterior linebacker Bradley Chubb is an Atlanta-area native, from Marietta, Georgia. Extensive receiver Malik Washington is from Lawrenceville, Georgia. Waller and rookie defensive deal with Zeek Biggers went to Georgia Tech. Miami senior particular groups assistant Ronnie Bradford was a defensive again for Atlanta from 1997 by 2001. Falcons defensive deal with Brandon Dorlus is a Deerfield Seashore Excessive grad.
