ORCHARD PARK - Thursday night, two longtime AFC East rivals will renew their hostilities, both sporting 1-0 records, and for the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins , they should feel pretty fortunate that they aren’t 0-1.
Both teams rallied from double-digit first-half deficits to pull out their Week 1 victories. The Bills were down 17-3 to Arizona before scoring touchdowns on three consecutive possessions on both sides of halftime to get on track.
The Dolphins’ turnaround was even more dramatic. They were behind 14-0 early to Jacksonville and then 17-7 late in the third quarter and the Jaguars were on their way to making it 24-7, but Travis Etienne fumbled into the end zone where Miami recovered. On the very next play, Tua Tagovailoa hit Tyreek Hill with an 80-yard touchdown pass and in the final 4:22 of the fourth quarter, Jason Sanders tied the game with a 37-yard field goal and then won it with a walk off 52-yarder for a 20-17 Miami victory.
With Chicago rallying from down 17-0 to beat Tennessee, this was the first time since 1979 that three teams trailed by at least 14 points in Week 1 and came back to win.
“Don’t blink. Don’t blink,” Bills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins said regarding the team’s mindset when it was down 14 points. “We know who we are. We have been in situations like this and just let’s keep going. If we would’ve blinked, it would’ve been a different outcome.”
They didn’t blink, neither did the Dolphins, and now the teams will meet in a game where the winner will continue to sit in first place in the AFC East and will also own a key victory against a division opponent.
Here’s the broadcast and betting information for Bills vs. Dolphins:
What time is the Bills vs Dolphins game?
- Date : Thursday, Sept. 12
- Time : 8:15 p.m.
- Place : Hard Rock Stadium
Who is favored to win Bills vs. Dolphins game
- Betting line: Bills +1.5
- Over-under: 50.5
- Money line: Bills plus-125 (bet $100 to win $125) and Dolphins minus-120 (bet $120 to win $100).
Who is announcing the Bills vs. Dolphins game
- Play-by-play: Al Michaels
- Analyst : Kirk Herbstreit
- Sideline reporter : Kaylee Hartung
How to watch Buffalo Bills vs Miami Dolphins game on TV, streaming
∎ TV streaming: This is an Amazon Prime only broadcast , with the exception of the local Buffalo market (which does not include Rochester). In Buffalo, the game can be seen on the ABC affiliate, WKBW, channel 7.
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∎ Online streaming services: You can also watch on NFL.com and the NFL mobile app, and if you have a subscription to NFL+, the league’s own streaming service, but in that case you can’t cast the games to your TV so you must watch on your phone or tablet.
On the radio: How to listen to the Bills vs Dolphins game
You can listen on SiriusXM satellite radio on SiriusXM channel 225 (Bills feed) and channel 226 (Dolphins feed), and on traditional radio, the Bills Radio Network has stations all across the state. Chris Brown has the play-by-play, Eric Wood is the analyst, and Sal Capaccio is the sideline reporter. The network includes:
- Rochester (WCMF 96.5 and WROC 950 AM)
- Buffalo (WGR550, 550 AM)
- Syracuse (WTKW 99.5/WTKV 105.5)
- Binghamton (WDRE 100.5FM)
- Ithaca (WIII 99.9/100.3 FM)
- Bath (WVIN 98.3 FM)
- Newark (WACK 1420 AM)
- Dansville (WDNY 93.9 FM)
- Elmira (WNGZ 1490 AM)
- Auburn (WAUB 98.1 FM/1590 AM)
- Geneva (WGVA 95.9 FM, 1240 AM)
Sal Maiorana has covered the Buffalo Bills for four decades including 35 years as the full-time beat writer for the D&C, and he has written numerous books about the history of the team. He can be reached at maiorana@gannett.com, and you can follow him on Twitter @salmaiorana. https://profile.democratandchronicle.com/newsletters/bills-blast
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