South Florida Sun-Sentinel Palm Beach (Sunday)

DOLPHINS VS. REDSKINS

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Kickoff: 1 p.m., Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens

TV: FOX (Ch. 7 in Miami Dade/Broward; Ch. 29 in Palm Beach); RADIO: WQAM (560 AM), KISS (99.9 FM), WQBA (1140 AM, Spanish)

Coaches: Brian Flores (0-4 in first season with Dolphins); Bill Callahan (15-17 in two seasons with the Oakland Raiders before being named Washington’s interim coach this past week)

Series: The Dolphins hold a 8-4 series lead and have won the past two regular-season meetings. The Dolphins are 5-0 all-time at home in the series dating back to their first meeting in 1981.

Line: Washington minus 3.5, with 41 as the overunder

Injuries: Dolphins — Questionab­le: CB Johnson Bademosi (ankle/foot), RB Kalen Ballage (foot), OT Jesse Davis (elbow), WR Jakeem Grant (hamstring), LB Trent Harris (foot), CB Xavien Howard (knee), SS Reshad Jones (ankle), CB Chris Lammons (toe), S Bobby McCain (hamstring/shoulder), WR Albert Wilson (calf), CB Jomal Wiltz (groin); Redskins — Out: TE Vernon Davis (concussion), S Deshazer Everett (ankle), LB Josh Harvey-Clemons (hamstring), OG Wes Martin (chest), TE Jordan Reed (concussion), Questionab­le: OT Donald Penn (hamstring)

Noteworthy: The Dolphins are 17-13 all time in games following their bye week since 1990. … Taco Charlton is the first Dolphins player since 2008 to record a full sack in each of his first two games with the team. … The Dolphins’ opponents have converted 57.8 percent of third downs this season, which ranks Miami as the worst in the NFL when it comes to getting stops on that critical down. … The Redskins are the second-worst team in the NFL when it comes to third-down conversion­s, allowing 56.5. … Case Keenum, who had been sidelined by a foot injury, returns as the Redskins starting quarterbac­k. He’s completing 68 percent of his passes, and has thrown for 970 yards with seven touchdowns and three intercepti­ons this season. … Redskins tailback Adrian Peterson, a likely future Hall of Famer, is averaging 2.7 yards on his 40 attempts this season.

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