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Miami Dolphins vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Real survivor-pool comparison built on the same validated tables the team pages use — de-vigged market win probability and equity, spreads and totals, ELO ranks, defense vs position, charted scheme tendencies, recent form and current injuries. Green marks the better league rank.

Week 1 verdict

Dolphins is the better survivor pick this week

Dolphins score 0.324 equity (39.8% win probability) against Buccaneers at 0.310 — a real gap of 0.014.

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This week

2026 week 1 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores

@ LVOpponent@ CIN

39.8%Win prob35.6%

0.324Equity score0.310

+3.0Spread11/11 books+3.5

40.5Game total50.5

▼ 0.002Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▼ 0.004

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

These two teams are not scheduled to meet this season.

All-time series: 7 meetings · MIA 2 — TB 5. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1475.1ELO rating1487.8

#21ELO rank#18

7-10Record8-9

AFC EastDivisionNFC South

#3Division rank#2

L 28 · W +3 · L 24 · L 13 · W +24Last 5newest firstW +2 · L 3 · L 3 · L 1 · L 4

Defense vs position

ppr allowed per game · 2025 through week 18 · lower rank = tougher

18.2 · #23vs QB19.5 · #29

25.5 · #26vs RB22.2 · #18

29.9 · #14vs WR31.5 · #19

16.2 · #28vs TE15.8 · #26

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market

2.29 (2025)Sacks / game2.18 (2025)

7.65Pressures / game7.82

7-13Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows10-14

Both of these are context, not edge. Our own tests found DL strength (finding #10) and primetime risk (finding #11) statistically flat once the market price is accounted for.

Scheme tendencies — offense

ftn charting · 2025 season · rank 1 = highest rate

55.9% · #1Pre-snap motion50.2% · #5

12.9% · #6Play action8.4% · #31

4.4% · #16RPO6.4% · #11

5.2% · #4Screen pass5.1% · #5

3.1% · #28No huddle5.5% · #19

57.9% · #13Shotgun54.2% · #18

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

28.4% · #21Man coverage30.3% · #18

33.1% · #5Blitz (5+ rushers)34.1% · #3

27.2% · #28Pressure34.1% · #3

MIA scheme profile →TB scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

Miami Dolphins

A.J. GreenCornerbackOut
AJ HenningWide ReceiverQuestionable
Alec IngoldFullbackQuestionable
Alexander MattisonRunning BackInjured Reserve
Andre Carter IILinebackerOut
Ashtyn DavisSafetyOut
Austin JacksonGuardOut
Benito JonesDefensive TackleQuestionable
Caleb JohnsonLinebackerQuestionable
Cedrick Wilson Jr.Wide ReceiverOut
Chop RobinsonLinebackerOut
Cornell ArmstrongCornerbackQuestionable

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Anthony NelsonLinebackerOut
Anthony Walker Jr.LinebackerQuestionable
Antoine Winfield Jr.SafetyQuestionable
Ben BredesonGuardQuestionable
Benjamin MorrisonCornerbackOut
Billy SchrauthGFull Participation in Practice
Bucky IrvingRunning BackOut
Calijah KanceyDefensive TackleQuestionable
Chris GodwinWide ReceiverOut
Christian IzienSafetyOut
Christian RozeboomLBLimited Participation in Practice
Connor BazelakQuarterbackOut

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