South Florida Sun-Sentinel Palm Beach (Sunday)
DOLPHINS (8-8) vs. JETS (7-9)
Kickoff: 1 p.m., Sunday, Hard Rock Stadium
TV: Fox (Chs. 7 in Miami-Dade, Broward; 29 in Palm Beach); RADIO: Compass USA, WQAM (560 AM), KISS (99.9 FM), WQBA (1140 AM, Spanish)
Coaches: The Dolphins’ Mike McDaniel is 8-8 in his first season as a head coach; Robert Saleh is 11-22 in his second head coaching season leading the Jets and overall.
Series: The Dolphins lead the all-time series with the Jets, 57-56-1, including playoffs, and had a four-game winning streak in the rivalry snapped with the Oct. 9 loss at MetLife Stadium. Weather: 79 degrees, 54 percent humidity, 10 mph winds, 4 percent chance of precipitation. Line: The Dolphins are 3-point favorites; the over/under is 37.
Injuries: Dolphins — Out: QB Tua Tagovailoa (concussion); Doubtful: OT Terron Armstead (pectoral/toe/knee/hip), OT Kendall Lamm (ankle), WR/PR Cedrick Wilson Jr. (hip); Questionable: QB Teddy Bridgewater (right finger/knee), CB Xavien Howard (knee) LB Bradley Chubb (ankle/hand), FB Alec Ingold (thumb), S Eric Rowe (quadriceps); 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; Jets — Out: T Duane Brown (shoulder), T George Fant (knee), G
Nate Herbig (calf), S Lamarcus Joyner (hip), CB Brandon Echols (quadriceps); Questionable: QB Mike White (rib), G Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (knee), S Ashtyn Davis (ankle), TE C.J. Uzomah (ankle), S Jordan Whitehead (hamstring); Injured reserve: RB Breece Hall (knee), OG Alijah VeraTucker (triceps), OT Mekhi Becton (knee) among five players on IR.
Noteworthy: The Dolphins need a win on
Sunday against the Jets and to have the New England Patriots lose against the Buffalo Bills in order to secure the AFC’s No. 7 seed and final playoff spot. ... Both Miami and New York enter on five-game losing streaks. The Jets have already been eliminated from playoff contention entering Week 18. ... The Dolphins turn to rookie thirdstring quarterback Skylar Thompson to make his second career start with the hope Bridgewater can be available as a backup after his right pinky finger dislocation in last week’s loss to the Patriots. ... The Jets turn to 37-year-old Joe Flacco at quarterback after South Florida product Mike White hurt his ribs in a Thursday practice. ... McDaniel and Saleh are former 49ers assistants. Saleh got the best of McDaniel in the first meeting, but McDaniel has a chance to avenge it and earn a playoff spot with a split in the season series.