Miami Dolphins at Detroit Lions Fast Facts, Odds, Injury Report and Key Info – Reading Eagle

DOLPHINS (4-3) and LIONS (1-5)

Reset: 1 p.m., Sunday, Hard Rock Stadium

TV: CBS (see 4 in Miami-Dade, Broward; 12 in Palm Beach); RADIO: WQAM (560 AM), KISS (99.9 FM), WQBA (1140 AM, Spanish), Westwood One

Trainers: Dolphins’ Mike McDaniel is 4-3 in his first season as head coach; Dan Campbell is 4-18-1 in his second season as the Lions’ coach and went 5-7 in 2015 as the Dolphins’ interim coach.

series: The Dolphins lead the all-time series with the Lions, 7-5, but Detroit has won the last three games against Miami.

Weather: Cupola.

String: The Dolphins are a 3 1/2-point favorite; over/under is 51 1/2.

Injuries: Dolphins — Questionable: CB Xavien Howard (groin), DE Emmanuel Ogbah (back), TE Durham Smythe (hamstring), P Thomas Morstead (illness), S Clayton Fejedelem (groin), TE Tanner Conner (knee); Reserve/PUP: CB Byron Jones (lower leg); Injured reserve: S Brandon Jones (knee), OT Austin Jackson (ankle), QB Nick Needham (Achilles), DE Trey Flowers (foot), TE Keaton Carter (concussion), K B Trill Williams (knee), TE Adam Shaheen (knee), FB John Lovett; Lviv — Out: S DeSean Elliott (finger), DE Charles Harris (groin), SB Mike Hughes (knee), SB Chase Lucas (ankle), S Ifeatu Melifonwa (ankle). , T. Matt Nelson (shin); DOUBTFUL: WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (concussion protocol), G Jonah Jackson (neck); Injured reserve: WR DJ Chark (ankle) among eight players on IR.

Worth noting: The Dolphins will play the first of back-to-back road games against NFC North opponents, looking to get their first win over the Lions since quarterback Joey Harrington’s Thanksgiving revenge game in 2006. This is their first trip to Ford Field since 2014. …

Miami will face Dan Campbell for the first time as an NFL head coach. Campbell was the Dolphins’ interim coach when Joe Philbin was fired early in the 2015 season. He was Miami’s tight ends coach from 2011 to 2015 and became the tight end coach in 2010, his first year after retiring as a player. …

The Dolphins are looking to start a winning streak after snapping a three-game losing streak last Sunday night against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Miami’s first six opponents enter Sunday at 27-14 overall. The Lions are the second opponent in the five-game series, 9-23-1 overall, entering Sunday. …

Dolphins linebacker Tua Tagavailoa is looking to shake off the rust in his second game after missing two and a half with a concussion. He was 21 of 35 for 261 yards and a touchdown. Despite not being intercepted, he had some close calls and missed open tackles a few times. …

Along with Campbell, the Lions have former Dolphins in defensive end Charles Harris, linebacker Benito Jones and center Evan Brown. Kicker Michael Badgley played for the University of Miami. Defensive lineman Demetrius Taylor played high school football at Miami Northwestern, receiver and kick returner Maurice Alexander at Miami Booker T. Washington and FIU, and linebacker James Houston is a product of American heritage, where he was coached by current Dolphins quarterbacks assistant Patrick Surtain. …

Dolphins owner Stephen Ross and general manager Tom Garfinkel are Michigan graduates.

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