Dolphins (6-8) vs. Bengals (4-10)
Kickoff: 1 p.m., Sunday, Hard Rock Stadium
TV: CBS (Ch. 4 in Miami-Dade, Broward counties; Ch. 12 in Palm Beach), Paramount+; 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 34-33, including the playoffs, in his fourth season as a head coach; the Bengals’ Zac Taylor is 55-64-1 in his seventh season.
Series: The Dolphins lead the all-time series, 18-8, including 1-0 in the postseason. The home team has won the last six.
Weather: 79 degrees, 66 percent humidity; 15 percent chance of precipitation, 5 mph winds.

Line: The Bengals are 4-point favorites; the over-under is 48 points.
Injuries: Dolphins — Out: S Minkah Fitzpatrick (calf); Questionable: LB Jordyn Brooks (foot/knee), S Elijah Campbell (ankle/knee), CB Isaiah Johnson (knee), OL Andrew Meyer (triceps), K Jason Sanders (right hip); Physically unable to perform: OL Liam Eichenberg; Injured reserve: WR Tyreek Hill (knee), RG James Daniels (pectoral), Sanders, Meyer, CB Storm Duck (knee), CB JuJu Brents (ankle), DB Jordan Colbert (neck), LB Caleb Johnson (shoulder), 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 …
Bengals — Out: TE Noah Fant (ankle), WR Charlies Jones (ankle), DE Joseph Ossai (ankle) Questionable: WR Tee Higgins (concussion), DT B.J. Hill (ankle), S PJ Jules (ankle); Injured reserve: DE Trey Hendrickson (core) among six players on IR.
Noteworthy: The Dolphins had their four-game winning streak snapped in Monday night’s loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The fallout was Miami’s postseason elimination and a change at quarterback with Tua Tagovailoa benched in favor of previous third-stringer and rookie seventh-round pick Quinn Ewers. …
Ewers makes his first NFL start and becomes the 27th different starting quarterback for the Dolphins since Dan Marino retired. …
Miami can key in on using the run game, which has been effective during the team’s run of five wins in six games before the loss to the Steelers. The Bengals have the NFL’s worst run defense. …
RB De’Von Achane, with three games remaining, enters with the Dolphins’ fifth-highest single-season rushing total (1,186). He has No. 4 (Delvin Williams, 1978, 1,258), No. 3 (Jay Ajayi, 2016, 1,272) and No. 2 (Ricky Williams, 2003, 1,372) within reach before season’s end. Williams’ record is 1,853 in 2002. …
LB Jordyn Brooks has his league lead in tackles (155) on the line. He is six ahead of the Raiders’ Devin White (149) with three weeks remaining. …
Cincinnati’s defensive coordinator is former Miami Hurricanes coach Al Golden. It’s his fourth trip back since he was fired by UM, also making trips to Hard Rock Stadium as Lions linebackers coach in 2018, Bengals linebackers coach in 2020 and Notre Dame defensive coordinator in last year’s Orange Bowl. …
The Bengals also have TE Mike Gesicki and C Ted Karras among former Dolphins on the roster. They have South Florida products in S Jordan Battle (St. Thomas Aquinas), DT T.J. Slaton (American Heritage), CB DJ Ivey (South Dade High, UM), G Jalen Rivers (UM).