Dolphins-Bills Playoff Game Set for Sunday

The Miami Dolphins will face the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the NFL playoffs

Alain Poupart | Jan 8, 2023

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The Miami Dolphins first-round playoff game against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium has been scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 15 at 1 p.m. ET.

The NFL announced its full Super Wild Card Weekend schedule after the final game of the regular season, a 20-16 victory by the Detroit Lions against the Green Bay Packers that gave the Seattle Seahawks the final playoff berth in the NFC.

The Miami-Buffalo game will be the second of the three AFC first-round games, following the Chargers-Jaguars game and before the Ravens-Bengals matchup.

Here's the full Super Wild Card Weekend schedule:

Saturday, 4:30 p.m. — Seattle at San Francisco

Saturday, 8:15 p.m. — L.A. Chargers at Jacksonville

Sunday, 1 p.m. — Miami at Buffalo

Sunday, 4:30 p.m. — N.Y. Giants at Minnesota

Sunday, 8:15 p.m. — Baltimore at Cincinnati

Monday, 8:15 p.m. — Dallas at Tampa Bay

THE DOLPHINS' X-FACTOR

To be sure, potential TV ratings factor in the scheduling of the playoff matchups, and under normal circumstances we might have expected the Dolphins-Bills game to get prime-time treatment.

The Dolphins and Bills played two regular season games that came down to the wire, with Miami winning 21-19 in Week 3 and Buffalo taking the rematch 32-29 in Week 15.

But the Dolphins have a major question mark at quarterback because Tua Tagovailoa is recovering from a second official concussion and Teddy Bridgewater is dealing with a finger injury, so it could be rookie seventh-round pick Skylar Thompson who starts against Buffalo.

The early forecast for Sunday afternoon in Orchard Park, New York, according to The Weather Channel, is for a high of 30 degrees with a 16 percent chance of rain and winds around 9 mph.

Published Jan 8, 2023

ALAIN POUPART

Alain Poupart is the publisher/editor of Miami Dolphins On SI and co-host of the All Dolphins Podcast. Alain has covered the Miami Dolphins on a full-time basis since 1989 for various publications and media outlets, including Dolphin Digest, The Associated Press and the Dolphins team website. In addition to being a credentialed member of the Miami Dolphins press corps, Alain has covered three Super Bowls (for NFL.com, Football News and the Montreal Gazette), the annual NFL draft, the Senior Bowl, and the NFL Scouting Combine. During his almost 40 years in journalism, which began at the now-defunct Miami News, Alain has covered practically every sport at one time or another, from tennis to golf, baseball, basketball and everything in between. The career also included time as a copy editor, including work on several books, such as "Still Perfect," an inside look at the Miami Dolphins' 1972 perfect season. A native of Montreal, Canada, whose first language is French, Alain grew up a huge hockey fan but soon developed a love for all sports, including NFL football. He has lived in South Florida since the 1980s.