Our Miami Dolphins play their second game of the 2024 season tonight against their division rivals, the Buffalo Bills. While this is a short week for the Phins, it should be to Miami’s advantage that they haven’t traveled yet and will be hosting tonight’s game. While Miami is fresh off a 20-17 home win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Bills are also coming off a 34-28 home win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday.

The Dolphins have been more or less owned by the Bills for the past few years. A win tonight would go a long way toward winning the division this year and making a point to the rest of the world that Miami is no longer an afterthought, but the team to beat in the AFC East. The Dolphins have lost 13 of their last 15 games against the Bills and some of the injuries, most notably to Raheem Mostert and Devon Achane, won’t help the effort, but the Phins need a win tonight to flip the script going forward.

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Buffalo Bills (1-0) 1st (tie) AFC East @ Miami Dolphins (1-0) 1st (tie) AFC East

Week 2

• Kick-off: 8:15pm EST, Thursday, September 12
• Location: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, Florida
• TV: Local broadcast only, CBS in Miami/Ft. Lauderdale will simulcast the game
• Streaming: Amazon Prime Video; NFL+ (replay after the match)
• TV broadcast team: Al Michaels, Kirk Herstreit, Kaylee Hartung
• Local radio reporting: WIOD 610 AM/WBGG 105.9 FM Miami/Ft. Lauderdale; iHeart Radio WTZU 94.9 FM Mami/Ft. Lauderdale (Spanish Broadcast) WUUB 106.3 FM West Palm Beach; WEFL 760 AM West Palm Beach (Spanish Broadcast); WAVK 97.7 FM Key West; WCZR 101.7 FM/WAVW 92.7 FM Port St. Lucie
• Dolphins Radio Broadcast Team: Jimmy Cefalo, Joe Rose; Spanish broadcast: Roly Martin, Eduardo Martell
• National radio broadcast: Westwood One
• SiriusXM Channels: 88 (national broadcast); 225 (Bills broadcast); 226 (Dolphins broadcast)
• Referees: Bill Vinovich (referee), Scott Walker (referee), Dale Keller (side judge), Tripp Sutter (line judge), Aaron Santi (field judge), Jimmy Buchanan (side judge), Todd Prukop (back judge), Deinse Crudup (referee), Chad Wakefield (replay assistant)
• Weather: 84°F, scattered thunderstorms
• Head-to-Head (regular season): Miami Dolphins lead 61-54-1
• Most recent competition results: 2023 Week 18 (January 7, 2024) – Buffalo Bills won 21-14
• Most recent competition results on the site: 2023 Week 18 (January 7, 2024) – Buffalo Bills won 21-14
• Buffalo Bills SBNation site: Buffalo rumbling
• Buffalo Rumblings @BuffRumblings
• FANDUEL Sports Betting Betting Odds: Dolphins -2.5; Points: 48.5; Moneyline: Bills +120 | Dolphins -142

—My choice: Miami Dolphins to cover. Miami comes with an offense that struggled in Week 1 but seemed to find its groove in the second half, as did its defense. The Bills, who also won at home last Sunday, gave up 28 points to an Arizona Cardinals team and an offense that most don’t think is very good. Buffalo will also be without its slot corner, a weakness that Tua and the Dolphins will be eager to exploit tonight.