DOLPHINS (1-6) vs. FALCONS (3-3)
Kickoff: 1 p.m., Sunday, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta
TV: CBS (Ch. 4 in Miami-Dade, Broward counties; Ch. 12 in Palm Beach); RADIO: 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 29-31, including playoffs, in his fourth season as a head coach; the Falcons’ Raheem Morris is 15-19 in his third season leading the Falcons and 32-50 overall in his sixth season as a head coach.
Series: The Dolphins lead the all-time series with the Falcons, 9-5.
Weather: 63 degrees, 42 percent humidity; 10 percent chance of precipitation, 9 mph winds (Mercedes-Benz Stadium has a retractable roof)
Line: The Dolphins are 7 1/2-point underdogs; the over-under is 44 1/2 points.
Injuries: Dolphins — Out: TE Julian Hill (ankle). Questionable: CB Jason Marshall Jr. (hamstring); Physically unable to perform: OL Liam Eichenberg; Injured reserve: WR Tyreek Hill (knee), TE Darren Waller (pectoral), RT Austin Jackson (toe), RG James Daniels (pectoral), K Jason Sanders (hip), OL Andrew Meyer (upper body), Marshall, CB Kader Kohou (knee), RB Alexander Mattison (neck), CB Artie Burns (knee), TE Jalin Conyers, CB Jason Maitre, OL Obinna Eze, OL Germain Ifedi, OL Yodny Cajuste …
Falcons — Out: CB Billy Bowman Jr. (hamstring), LB Divine Deablo (forearm), EDGE Jalon Walker (groin), OL Storm Norton (foot); Questionable: QB Michael Penix Jr. (knee), RB Tyler Allgeier (hip/knee), DE Zach Harrison (knee), S Jordan Fuller (knee); Injured reserve: Fuller, Norton among seven players in IR.
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Noteworthy: The Dolphins are on their second different three-game losing streak of the season, trying to bounce back from a demoralizing 31-6 loss to the lowly Cleveland Browns. …
As much as the outside noise grows for the Dolphins to move on from coach Mike McDaniel, general manager Chris Grier and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, owner Steve Ross remains patient with his football brass and the team is set to start Tagovailoa. …
Tagovailoa is coming off back-to-back three-interception games and faces the No. 1 pass defense. He does return to the site where he came off the bench as a freshman to throw the walk-off touchdown for Alabama against Georgia in the 2017 college football national championship game. …
McDaniel was an offensive assistant for the Falcons in 2015 and 2016 before rising up the assistant coaching ranks with the San Francisco 49ers from 2017 through 2021 and landing the head coaching job with the Dolphins in 2022. …
Miami’s league-worst run defense tries to find a way to contain explosive running back Bijan Robinson. …
Dolphins outside linebacker Bradley Chubb is an Atlanta-area native, from Marietta, Georgia. Wide receiver Malik Washington is from Lawrenceville, Georgia. Waller and rookie defensive tackle Zeek Biggers went to Georgia Tech. Miami senior special teams assistant Ronnie Bradford was a defensive back for Atlanta from 1997 through 2001. Falcons defensive tackle Brandon Dorlus is a Deerfield Beach High grad.
