South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sunday)

DOLPHINS (7-3) vs TEXANS (1-8-1) Kickoff: TV:

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1 p.m., Sunday, Hard Rock Stadium

CBS (Chs. 4 in Miami-Dade, Broward; 12 in Palm Beach); RADIO: WQAM (560 AM), KISS (99.9 FM), WQBA (1140 AM, Spanish)

Coaches: The Dolphins’ Mike McDaniel is 7-3 in his first season as a head coach; Lovie Smith is 93-98-1, including playoffs, in his 12th head coaching season overall and 1-8-1 in his first season as Texans coach. Series: The Dolphins trail the all-time series with the Texans, 8-2, but have won two of the past three meetings.

Weather: 85 degrees, 65 percent humidity, 10 mph winds, 23 percent chance of precipitat­ion.

Line: The Dolphins are an 14-point favorite; the over/ under is 47.

Injuries: Dolphins — Doubtful: RB Raheem Mostert (knee); Questionab­le: QB Teddy Bridgewate­r (knee); Reserve/PUP list: CB Byron Jones (lower leg); Injured reserve: DE Emmanuel Ogbah (triceps), S Brandon Jones (knee), OL Liam Eichenberg (knee), CB Nik Needham (Achilles), DE Trey Flowers (foot), TE Cethan Carter (concussion), CB Trill Williams (knee), TE Adam Shaheen (knee), FB John Lovett; Texans — Out: CB Derek Stingley Jr. (hamstring); Injured reserve: DE Jonathan Greenard among four players on IR.

Noteworthy: The Dolphins, coming off their bye week, seek a fifth consecutiv­e win, which would give them an

8-3 start for the first time since 2001 . ... The Texans have the NFL’s worst record and are making a quarterbac­k switch this week, going from Davis Mills to Kyle Allen. ...Miami started its series with the 2002 expansion team 0-7. Since, the Dolphins won a 2015 meeting, lost in 2018 at Houston on a Thursday night and defeated the Texans last year at Hard Rock Stadium, sparking a seven-game winning streak that followed a sevengame losing streak . ... A visit from the Texans means a return to Miami Gardens for tackle Laremy Tunsil, whom the Dolphins traded to Houston ahead of the

2019 season. Subsequent moves with the draft picks acquired from the Texans in that deal have played a part in Miami’s acquisitio­ns of players like Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, Bradley Chubb, Jevon Holland and others.

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