In the back half of the year, Miami has won five of its last seven games, but it may be too little, too late. One of the AFC’s three wild card berths is already out of reach and the Broncos and Chargers are on the verge of securing the other two. Tagovailoa says players shouldn’t need playoff stakes to show up and play hard, though.

MIAMI GARDENS — If Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is a razor-sharp 26 of 30 passing in each of his next two games, he’ll finish the season completing 74.7 percent of his passes and narrowly surpass Drew Brees’ all-time single season completion record of 74.4 percent, established in 2018.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is 0-7 in his career when the temperature is 46 degrees or colder at kickoff, and 1-8 when it's 50 degrees or colder. It will be around 43 degrees in Cleveland for Sunday's 4:05 p.

At the beginning of the season, a late meeting between the Miami Dolphins and Cleveland Browns could have been a fight for a wild card playoff berth. Now, it’s a game

The 3-12 Browns are currently on a four-game losing streak. They have dealt with numerous injuries to key players this season, losing starting quarterback Deshaun Watson and star running back Nick Chubb for the season. They have also been involved in trades that sent receiver Amari Cooper and pass rusher Za’Darius Smith elsewhere.

The Cleveland Browns have a plethora of former players who have spread their wings and found success elsewhere after leaving Northeast Ohio, and the Miami Dolphins are one of those teams with plenty of them.