2026 · Week 17 · Division

Scheduled

Bills

Buffalo

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Hard Rock Stadium · outdoors · grass

Closing spread

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Total

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Model margin

-1.1est.

MIA perspective

Push chance

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Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Billsedge mapDolphins
  • +0.210EPA / play-0.049
  • 49.2%Success rate39.8%
  • +0.338EPA / dropback-0.005
  • +0.031EPA / rush-0.107
  • 13.6%Explosive rate8.5%
  • +4.89CPOE-6.93
  • 48.3%Third-down rate40.9%
  • 70.0%Red-zone TD rate58.0%
  • 3.19Points / drive1.79
  • 2.4%Turnover rate2.3%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

BUF lead 35–20 since 1999

Meetings average 43.2 points. MIA are 25-29-1 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2025 · W10BUF @ MIA13–30MIA
2025 · W3MIA @ BUF21–31BUF
2024 · W9MIA @ BUF27–30BUF
2024 · W2BUF @ MIA31–10BUF
2023 · W18BUF @ MIA21–14BUF
2023 · W4MIA @ BUF20–48BUF
2022 · playoffsMIA @ BUF31–34BUF
2022 · W15MIA @ BUF29–32BUF

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-3.15
  • Home-field advantage+2.22
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential-0.16
  • Expected margin-1.09