South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)
DOLPHINS (1-5) vs. FALCONS (2-3) Kickoff: TV:
1 p.m., Hard Rock Stadium
FOX (Chs: 7 in Miami-Dade/Broward and 29 in Palm Beach); RADIO: WQAM (560 AM), KISS (99.9 FM), WQBA (1140 AM, Spanish)
Coaches: Brian Flores is 16-22 in his third season with Dolphins; Arthur Smith is 2-3 in his first season leading the Falcons.
Series: The Dolphins lead the Falcons, 9-4, in the alltime series, and Miami has won the past two meetings.
Line: The Dolphins are a 2 ½-point underdog; the over/ under is 47 ½.
Injuries: Dolphins — Questionable: CB Xavien Howard
(shoulder/groin), WR DeVante Parker (shoulder/ hamstring), CB Byron Jones (Achilles/groin), LB Jaelan Phillips (ankle), C Greg Mancz (groin), WR Preston Williams (groin), CB Noah Igbinoghene (knee); Injured reserve: WR Will Fuller (finger), C Michael Deiter (foot/ quad), WR Lynn Bowden (hamstring), WR Allen Hurns (wrist), T Larnel Coleman (knee); Falcons — Doubtful: CB Avery Williams (hamstring); Injured reserve: OLB Dante
Fowler Jr. (knee), CB Isaiah Oliver (knee), P Cameron Nizialek (hamstring) among eight players on IR. Noteworthy: The Dolphins enter on a five-game losing streak. A team with playoff aspirations when the season started, Miami at 1-5 now has a 6 percent chance to make the playoffs, according to FiveThirtyEight. Only the Giants, Jets, Texans, Jaguars and Lions have lower odds . ... Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa makes his second start since returning from three weeks on injured reserve for fractured ribs. In last week’s 23-20 loss to the Jaguars in London, Tagovailoa was 33 of 47 for 329 yards, two touchdowns and an interception . ... The Dolphins and Falcons met this preseason and held two joint practices in Miami. With the Falcons resting their starters in the exhibition, the Dolphins won, 37-17 . ... It’s a homecoming for Falcons star wide receiver Calvin Ridley, a former five-star recruit out of Monarch High that played collegiately at Alabama. Cornerback Fabian Moreau (Western High) and wide receiver Christian Blake (Cardinal Gibbons High) are other former Broward County standouts on Atlanta’s active roster.