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Game time: Fast facts, odds, injury report for Dolphins at Browns

Updated Dec. 28, 2024, 11:15 a.m. by David Furones 1 min read
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Kickoff: 4:05 p.m., Sunday, Huntington Bank Field TV: CBS (Ch.

4 in Miami-Dade, Broward counties; Ch.

12 in Palm Beach); RADIO: WBGG (105.9-FM), WIOD (610-AM), WTZU (94.9-FM, Spanish), Sirius XM Ch.

160 or 380; Palm Beach: ESPN (106.3 FM); WEFL (760-AM, Spanish) Coaches: The Dolphins Mike McDaniel is 27-24, including playoffs, in his third season as a head coach; the Browns Kevin Stefanski is 41-44, including playoffs, in his fifth season leading Cleveland.

Series: The Dolphins lead the all-time series with the Browns, 12-9, including playoffs.

Cleveland once had a gap from 1986 to 2005 without a win against Miami, a run that involved six straight Dolphins wins in the series and an 11-year gap between meetings.

The Browns were inactive for three of those when the original team moved to Baltimore to become the Ravens.

Weather: 58 degrees, 76 percent humidity, 16 mph winds, 59 percent chance of precipitation.

Line: The Dolphins are 6 1/2-point favorites ; the over-under is 37 1/2.

Injuries: Dolphins Out: CB Kendall Fuller (knee) , LB Anthony Walker Jr.

(knee); Questionable: QB Tua Tagovailoa (hip), WR Tyreek Hill (wrist), WR Jaylen Waddle (knee) , T Terron Armstead (knee), S Jordan Poyer (knee/finger), WR Dee Eskridge (knee); Reserve/Non-Football Illness: LS Blake Ferguson (illness); Reserve/PUP: OLB Bradley Chubb (knee) ; Injured reserve: OL Austin Jackson (knee), OLB Jaelan Phillips (knee), OLB Tyus Bowser (knee/calf), CB Cam Smith (shoulder),WR Braxton Berrios (knee), TE Tanner Conner (knee), WR Grant DuBose (concussion) , OT Kion Smith (knee), OLB Cam Brown, OLB Grayson Murphy, WR Anthony Schwartz (knee), WR Tahj Washington; Browns Out: TE David Njoku (knee), DE Ogbo Okoronkwo (knee), WR Cedric Tillman (concussion); Questionable: QB Jameis Winston (right shoulder); Injured reserve: QB Deshaun Watson (Achilles), RB Nick Chubb (foot) among 18 players on IR.

Noteworthy: The Dolphins will be fighting to stay in playoff contention as long as either the Los Angeles Chargers (at New England) or Denver Broncos (at Cincinnati) lose Saturday.

If both win, Miami is eliminated before Sundays game in Cleveland.

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The Dolphins can return to .500 for the first time since Week 2.

Since falling to a losing record the following week in Seattle, Miami has had three chances to pull back to an even record, all on the road (at Indianapolis, at Green Bay, at Houston) and lost each time.

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Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel and defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver spent one season together as assistant coaches on the Browns staff in 2014.

McDaniel was wide receivers coach and Weaver defensive line coach, while Poyer was a player on the roster for the 7-9 team led by ex-coach Mike Pettine.

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Miami quarterback Tua Tagovailoa bounced back from a career-high four turnovers two weeks ago at Houston to go without a turnover or take a sack in last Sundays home victory against San Francisco.

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Assuming Winston doesnt play for Cleveland, its Dorian Thompson-Robinson behind center for the Browns.

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The Dolphins exploded for 166 rushing yards last Sunday against the 49ers after they hadnt had a 100-yard rushing output in the previous six games.

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The Browns have a number of South Florida connections: Offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey (Miami Hurricanes quarterback), tight end David Njoku (UM), wide receivers Jerry Jeudy (Deerfield Beach High) and Elijah Moore (St.

Thomas Aquinas), linebackers Devin Bush Jr.

(Flanagan High) and James Houston IV (American Heritage), cornerback Myles Harden (Miramar) and safeties coach Ephraim Banda (UM).

Dolphins offensive lineman Liam Eichenberg is a Cleveland native.

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Although neither is active for Sundays game, Dolphins outside linebacker Bradley Chubb is the cousin of Browns running back Nick Chubb..

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