South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)

DOLPHINS (1-5) vs. FALCONS (2-3) Kickoff: TV:

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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.

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