Dolphins (6-7) at Pittsburgh Steelers (7-6)
Kickoff: 8:15 p.m., Monday, Acrisure Stadium
TV: ESPN, CBS (Ch. 4 in Miami-Dade, Broward counties; Ch. 12 in Palm Beach); RADIO: Westwood One, NFL+, 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 34-32, including the playoffs, in his fourth season as a head coach; the Steelers’ Mike Tomlin is 198-124-2 in his 19th season.
Series: The Steelers lead the all-time series, 15-14, including 2-2 in the postseason. The Dolphins have won four of the past five regular-season meetings. These teams last met in the regular season in 2022, a 16-10 Miami victory at Hard Rock Stadium. Their postseason meeting after the 2016 season was Pittsburgh’s last playoff win, a 30-12 Steelers decision. Miami has lost its past two games in Pittsburgh (2016 playoffs, 2019 regular season).
Weather: 20 degrees (feels-like temperature of 12 degrees), 74 percent humidity; 0 percent chance of precipitation, 8 mph winds from the SW with gusts up to 22 mph.
Line: The Steelers are 3-point favorites; the over-under is 42 points.
Injuries: Dolphins — Doubtful: S Elijah Campbell (ankle/knee); Questionable: OL Andrew Meyer (triceps). Physically unable to perform: OL Liam Eichenberg; Injured reserve: WR Tyreek Hill (knee), RG James Daniels (pectoral), K Jason Sanders (hip), CB Storm Duck (knee), 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 …
Steelers — Out: OL Andrus Peat (concussion), CB James Pierre (calf), LB T.J. Watt (lung). Questionable: DT Derrick Harmon (knee), TE Darnell Washington (concussion). Injured reserve: S DeShon Elliott, QB Skylar Thompson are among 12 players on the list.
Noteworthy: This is another “cold-weather” game for the Dolphins with the line of delineation for this purpose being 45 degrees or colder at kickoff. The Dolphins are 1-5 in cold-weather games under McDaniel and QB Tua Tagovailoa with the most recent victory being last week’s 34-10 win at the New York Jets. Aside from that game, the Dolphins lost at Buffalo (32-29) in the 2022 regular season, at Buffalo (34-31) in the 2022 playoffs, at Kansas City (26-7) in the 2023 playoffs, at Green Bay on Thanksgiving last season (30-17), and lost at the Jets (32-20) in last season’s finale. …
A win would be the fifth consecutive for the the Dolphins, matching their longest winning streak in the McDaniel era, achieved in 2022. …
A victory would improve Miami’s record to 7-7, making the Dolphins the fifth team in NFL history to reach .500 after starting 2-7. The 2021 Dolphins also turned the trick. …
The Dolphins are 7-7 in December games under McDaniel. …
This is usually a troubling time of the season for the Dolphins, who are 8-10 in December-January games under McDaniel, including 3-7 on the road. …
The Steelers and Dolphins had a high-profile offseason trade that involved Pittsburgh sending S Minkah Fitzpatrick to Miami in exchange for CB Jalen Ramsey and TE Jonnu Smith. Each player will want to show that their former team was wrong to let them go. …
RB De’Von Achane (1,126 yard rushing, No. 3 in NFL) ranks No. 2 among RBs in the NFL for receiving TDs (four) and No. 4 in receptions (55) and receiving yards (383). …
Pittsburgh is without OLB T.J. Watt, and that will certainly hurt its defense, especially the pass rush. …
QB Aaron Rodgers is playing with a left (non-throwing) wrist injury. …
WR DK Metcalf will have to be monitored closely because he brings a combination of speed and size that’s rarely seen. …
DL Cameron Heyward, a future Hall of Famer, will have spirited matchups with C Aaron Brewer, who is having a Pro Bowl-caliber season. …
The Dolphins played the song “Renegade” by Styx on a loop during Friday’s practice. Renegade is a song played at Acrisure Stadium to get the crowd fired up. …
Former Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey, the twin brother of ex-Dolphins C Mike Pouncey, is being inducted into the Hall of Honor so both will be at Monday’s game. QB Ben Roethlisberger and S Joey Porter, another former Dolphins player, are also being inducted in the Hall of Honor.
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