South Florida Sun-Sentinel Palm Beach (Sunday)

DOLPHINS (11-5) vs. BILLS (10-6)

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Kickoff: 8:20 p.m., Sunday, Hard Rock Stadium

TV: NBC (Chs. 6 in Miami-Dade, Broward; 5 in Palm Beach); Radio: Westwood One, WBGG (105.9-FM), WINZ (940-AM), WTZU (94.9-FM, Spanish); Palm Beach: ESPN (106.3 FM), WEFL (760-AM, Spanish)

Coaches: The Dolphins’ Mike McDaniel is 20-14, including playoffs, in his second season as a head coach; Sean McDermott is 76-46, including playoffs, in his seventh season leading the Bills and overall.

Series: The Dolphins lead the all-time series with the Bills, 62-57-1, including playoffs. Buffalo has won 10 of the past 11 meetings and the last three — all in Orchard Park. Miami won the last installmen­t of the rivalry at Hard Rock Stadium, Week 3 of the season in 2022.

Weather: 65 degrees, 71 percent humidity, 8 mph winds, 14 percent chance of precipitat­ion

Line: The Bills are 2 ½-point favorites; the over/under is 48 ½.

Injuries: Dolphins — Out: OLB Bradley Chubb (knee), CB Xavien Howard (foot); Questionab­le: WR Jaylen Waddle (ankle), RB Raheem Mostert (knee/ankle), LB Jerome Baker (knee); Reserve/Non-Football Injury: WR Erik Ezukanma (neck); Injured reserve: C Connor Williams (knee), LB Jerome Baker (knee), OLB Jaelan Phillips (Achilles), OL Isaiah Wynn (quadriceps), RB Salvon Ahmed (foot), CB Keion Crossen (knee), DE Zeke Vandenburg­h … Bills — Questionab­le: C Mitch Morse (illness); Injured reserve: CB Tre’Davious White (Achilles), LB Matt Milano (leg), DT Jordan Phillips (wrist) among seven players on IR.

Noteworthy: The Dolphins, already with a playoff berth clinched, need a win Sunday night to seal the AFC East and No. 2 seed in the conference’s playoff picture. It would be Miami’s first division title since the 2008 season and first time earning a top-two seed since 1992. … If the Dolphins lose, the Bills take the division and the No. 2 seed and Miami drops to No. 6, meaning a trip to Kansas City to face the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs in the wildcard round of the playoffs. … A Dolphins win, without any ties across the NFL’s Week 18 slate, would give them either the Steelers, Jaguars or a rematch right back at Hard Rock Stadium with the Bills in the postseason’s first round.

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