The Miami Dolphins come out of their Week 6 bye still looking for that first win, and their next shot comes against a familiar AFC East opponent. Miami hosts the New York Jets on Sunday in the first division rivalry game on the Dolphins’ schedule this season, with the Dolphins sitting at 0-5 and the Jets at 2-4.
CBS has the broadcast, with Spero Dedes and Adam Archuleta on the call. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. Eastern.
The coverage footprint is tight and heavily regionalized, which has become standard for Miami this year. In Florida, the game will air in the Miami, West Palm Beach, and Fort Myers markets. Outside the state, viewers in New York City, most of New Jersey and Connecticut, and the Albany, New York market will also get Dolphins-Jets.
CBS’s map for the weekend is spread around the country, with the Cincinnati Bengals at Baltimore Ravens game in the top spot. That said, the Dolphins-Jets matchup is not set for a wide national reach.
If you’re in Florida and looking for the rest of the Sunday slate, the day starts with the NFL’s international game in France. The Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints will be in Paris at 9:30 a.m. Eastern on NFL Network.
At 1 p.m. Eastern on FOX, Florida is split three ways.
South Florida, including Miami and West Palm Beach, will see the New York Giants at Houston Texans. From Fort Myers north through Tampa and Orlando, FOX will carry the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers.
The rest of the state, from Jacksonville through the Panhandle, will get the San Francisco 49ers at the Atlanta Falcons.
On CBS outside the Miami, Fort Myers, and West Palm Beach markets, most of Florida will get Bengals-Ravens. The lone exception is Tampa, where there will be no early-game broadcast so it does not go against the Buccaneers on FOX.
For the FOX doubleheader, the Green Bay Packers at Detroit Lions will be the featured game across most of the country, including all of Florida.
CBS will also carry the Denver Broncos at Arizona Cardinals game around Tampa.
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Jeff Hafley has already acknowledged the problem, and the next stretch of practice figures to be about more than just rest. The defense has given up a high passer rating and too many third-down conversions, so the staff is looking for ways to create more disruption and make quarterbacks feel it earlier in the down. How Miami chooses to attack that issue coming out of the break could say plenty about whether this group can turn a weakness into something more manageable. [Read more 🡒]
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Defensive coordinator Sean Duggan has liked what he has seen from McGraws effort and physicality, but the next step is turning that profile into dependable game-day production. McGraw has logged 53 snaps this season, and with the Dolphins in need of bodies and pass-rush help, his chances to carve out a larger role are suddenly much better than they were a week ago. [Read more 🡒]
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Miami, though, could change the temperature fast. Connor Hughes suggested the Jets would likely start reassessing Glenns job security if they lose to the Dolphins and slip to 2-5, which would turn an already restless situation into a far more urgent one. For the Dolphins, that makes this matchup about more than their own record - it could push a division rivals coaching drama to another level. [Read more 🡒]