Miami faces Bucs: can they halt Tampa’s playoff run?
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Miami Dolphins will compete on Sunday at 1 p.m. on FOX. Tampa Bay holds a 7‑8 record, while the Dolphins are 6‑9. The teams are slated to face each other for the first time in the 2025 regular season after a week‑long stretch of games that saw both franchises finish with sub‑sized records.
Betting odds list the Buccaneers as 5½‑point favorites. This line reflects the one‑game advantage the Bucs hold over the Dolphins in the current standings.
For Tampa Bay, the game carries potential playoff implications; a victory would keep the Buccaneers in contention for a division title. Miami, by contrast, remains outside the postseason picture and views the game as an opportunity to improve its standing in the group.
No postseason series has pitted the teams against each other since the 2018 season, and the matchup is the first of its kind for the two franchises in the 2025 regular season.