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The New England Patriots<\/a> wrap up the 2025 regular season against the rival Miami Dolphins<\/a> on Sunday. Mike Vrabel’s squad clinched the AFC East last week, but their work is not complete. The Patriots can clinch the No. 1 seed in the AFC and the invaluable first-round bye with a win on Sunday paired with a Denver Broncos<\/a> loss to the Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Patriots are coming off a dominant 42-10 win over the New York Jets<\/a> last week. New England scored touchdowns on six straight drives to begin the game, while Drake Maye<\/a> became the first player to ever complete 90% of his passes and throw for 250 yards and five touchdowns. As for the Dolphins, they upset Baker Mayfield<\/a> and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> in Week 17, 20-17. Rookie quarterback Quinn Ewers<\/a> earned his first NFL<\/a> victory, and flashed some of his potential as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n Let’s break down this divisional matchup. But first, here’s how you can watch the game<\/p>\n Where to watch Dolphins vs. Patriots liveDate: Sunday, Jan. 4\u00a0|\u00a0Time: 4:25 p.m. ETLocation: Gillette Stadium – Foxborough, MassachusettsTV:\u00a0Fox |\u00a0Stream:\u00a0Fubo<\/a>\u00a0(Try for free)Follow:\u00a0CBS Sports App<\/a>Odds: Patriots -10.5; O\/U 45.5 (via DraftKings<\/a>)Dolphins vs. Patriots: Need to knowStefon Diggs<\/a> situation:\u00a0The Patriots were in the headlines for the wrong reasons this week. Wide receiver Stefon Diggs faces charges<\/a> of felony strangulation or suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery following an incident in his home earlier this month,\u00a0according to CBS Boston’s<\/a>\u00a0review of paperwork filed in Dedham District Court. While the NFL is looking into the matter, Diggs is expected to play Sunday.\u00a0Drake Maye’s MVP case:\u00a0The Patriots’ second-year signal-caller registered just four incompletions compared to three total touchdowns last week against the Jets, and is now a relatively heavy favorite to win NFL MVP. He is listed at -295 at DraftKings, while Los Angeles Rams<\/a> quarterback Matthew Stafford<\/a> is now +225 following his three-interception performance in Week 17. Maye leads the NFL in completion percentage (71.7%), yards per attempt (8.9) and passer rating (112.9).Containing De’Von Achane<\/a>:\u00a0A key to victory for New England is containing the explosive Dolphins running back. De’Von Achane ranks fifth in the NFL in scrimmage yards (1,838) and leads the league with 40 rushes for 10 or more yards. He’s crossed 100 scrimmage yards in 10 games this season, including a 225-yard explosion against the Buffalo Bills<\/a> in Week 10.\u00a0Quinn Ewers gets another start:\u00a0The Dolphins ended the Tua Tagovailoa<\/a> era in Week 16, and gave the keys to the offense to the rookie Ewers. In two starts, he’s thrown for 432 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. The former Texas star would really turn some heads if he were able to upset the Patriots on Sunday.\u00a0Dolphins vs. Patriots prediction, pick<\/p>\n The Patriots are 13-3 against the spread in their last 16 games when favored by double digits, and are an impressive 11-5 against the spread this season. While the Patriots destroyed the Jets by 32 points last week, I don’t see this game being as lopsided. Miami has won five of its last seven games after starting the season 2-7, and is 9-1 against the spread in its last 10 games against the Patriots. New England wins this game, but the Dolphins cover the big number.\u00a0Pick: Dolphins +10.5, Under 45.5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Imagn Images The New England Patriots wrap up the 2025 regular season against the rival Miami Dolphins on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":653319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2050],"tags":[17047,94824,833,7,251,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208,94820,64916,94821,94823,64917,64918,64919,94822,1849,531,3452],"class_list":{"0":"post-653318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-devon-achane","9":"tag-dra","10":"tag-drake-maye","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-miami-dolphins","13":"tag-new-england","14":"tag-new-england-patriots","15":"tag-newengland","16":"tag-newenglandpatriots","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-patriots","19":"tag-patriots-dolphins","20":"tag-patriots-vs-dolphins","21":"tag-patriots-vs-dolphins-kickoff-time","22":"tag-patriots-vs-dolphins-live-stream","23":"tag-patriots-vs-dolphins-odds","24":"tag-patriots-vs-dolphins-pick","25":"tag-patriots-vs-dolphins-prediction","26":"tag-patriots-vs-dolphins-tv-channel","27":"tag-quinn-ewers","28":"tag-stefon-diggs","29":"tag-tua-tagovailoa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115837045690860931","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=653318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/653318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/653319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=653318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=653318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=653318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}