NFL · 2026
New England PatriotsAFC East - .000 pct vSun 10 Jan, 1:00 PM EST Miami DolphinsAFC East - .000 pct
Match resultNew England 79%Tie <1%Miami 20%
What this game means
The three ways this game can go. Pick a result to see where it leaves every race each club is in.
At projected kickoff, this game is expected to move their regular-season chances by 6% on average. The result scenarios below are conditional on today's forecast cutoff, showing where each result leads from this forecast.
The result is worth up to 19 points in the Division race.
New England Patriots
Playoffs67%
Division44%
Conferenceseason odds14%
Super Bowlseason odds7%
Byeseason odds11%
Miami Dolphins
Playoffs30%
Division13%
Byeseason odds2%
New England winDivisionNew England Patriots44%64%▲ +20Miami Dolphins13%2%▼ -11
TieDivisionNew England Patriots44%48%▲ +4Miami Dolphins13%4%▼ -9
Miami winDivisionNew England Patriots44%45%▲ +1Miami Dolphins13%8%▼ -5
The race they're in
Two races at once: their division, and the wild card behind it.
AFC East · winner qualifies direct
DivisionW-L-TPCTGB
0-0-0New EnglandDivision44%0-0-0.000-0-0-0BuffaloDivision39%0-0-0.000-0-0-0MiamiDivision13%0-0-0.000-The wild card · top 7 in the AFC qualify