DOLPHINS (9-8) at BILLS (13-3)
Kickoff: 1 p.m., Sunday, Highmark Stadium
TV: CBS (Chs. 4 in Miami-Dade, Broward; 12 in Palm Beach); RADIO: Westwood One, WQAM (560 AM), KISS (99.9 FM), WQBA (1140 AM, Spanish)
Coaches: The Dolphins’ Mike McDaniel is 9-8 in his first season as a head coach; Sean McDermott is 65-39, including playoffs, in his sixth head coaching season leading the Bills and overall.
Series: The Dolphins lead the all-time series with the Bills, 62-55-1, including playoffs. The two teams split the home-and-home regular-season series.
Weather: 26 degrees, 63 percent humidity, 4 mph winds, 2 percent chance of precipitation.
Line: The Dolphins are 13 1/2-point underdogs; the over/under is 43 1/2.
Injuries: Dolphins — Out: QB Tua Tagovailoa (concussion), RB Raheem Mostert (thumb), Liam Eichenberg (hand); Doubtful: OL; Questionable: OT Terron Armstead (pectoral/toe/knee/hip), OT Brandon Shell (knee/ankle), QB Teddy Bridgewater (right finger/knee), OLB Bradley Chubb (ankle/hand), FB Alec Ingold (thumb), OT Kendall Lamm (ankle), WR/PR Cedrick Wilson Jr. (hip); Reserve/PUP list: CB Byron Jones (lower leg); Injured reserve: OT Eric Fisher (calf), DT Justin Zimmer, RB Myles Gaskin (shoulder), OL Austin Jackson (ankle), DE Emmanuel Ogbah (triceps), S Brandon Jones (knee), CB Nik Needham (Achilles), DE Trey Flowers (foot), TE Cethan Carter (concussion), CB Trill Williams (knee), TE Adam Shaheen (knee), FB John Lovett; Bills — Questionable: WR Isaiah McKenzie (hamstring), DT Jordan Phillips (shoulder); Injured reserve: DE Von Miller (knee), S Micah Hyde (neck), S Damar Hamlin (heart) among six players on IR.
Noteworthy: The Dolphins will make their first playoff appearance in six years, second in 14 years and third in 21 years. They last won a postseason game in the 2000 playoffs, a wild-card round overtime victory over the Indianapolis Colts. …
Miami again is set to start rookie third-string quarterback Skylar Thompson with Tua Tagovailoa still in concussion protocol and Teddy Bridgewater only expected to be available as a backup due to a dislocated pinky finger on his throwing hand. …
Bills quarterback Josh Allen is 8-2 in his career against the Dolphins. He has thrown 27 touchdowns compared to five interceptions and completed 63.7 percent of passes for 2,684 yards while running for 554 yards and four more scores. …
The Dolphins found success on the ground the last time they faced the Bills, rushing for 188 yards, their second-highest total this season. They didn’t have Jeff Wilson Jr. that game, who is set to start, but now they’re down Raheem Mostert due to a broken thumb. …
Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard is the only player remaining from the Dolphins’ last playoff team in 2016. Bills defensive tackle Jordan Phillips was also on that Miami roster. …
Between Buffalo’s active roster and practice squad, the Bills have 10 South Florida products: Running backs Devin Singletary (American Heritage-Delray High, FAU), James Cook (Miami Central High) and Duke Johnson (Miami Norland High, UM), wide receivers Isaiah McKenzie (American Heritage) and John Brown (Homestead High), offensive lineman Bobby Hart (St. Thomas Aquinas High), defensive end Greg Rousseau (Champagnat Catholic High, UM), defensive backs Jaquan Johnson (Miami Killian High, UM) and Kaiir Elam (Benjamin High) and defensive tackle Brandin Bryant (FAU). …
The teams’ long snappers, Blake and Reid Ferguson, are brothers. They are the first pair of brothers to meet in a playoff game since Chris Long (Philadelphia Eagles) and Kyle Long (Chicago Bears) in a 2018 wild-card game on Jan. 6, 2019.
