The Most Important Games for the Dolphins are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the Dolphins final playoff standings. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Dolphins fans can use this table to identify the most interesting games in the upcoming week of play.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
Game Winner |
Dolphins Resultant Playoff Probabilities | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Divisional Winners | Wildcard | No Playoffs No POs | ||||||||
| 1* First Round Bye |
2** First Round Home Field Advantage |
3** First Round Home Field Advantage |
4** First Round Home Field Advantage |
5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Dolphins (5‑7) vs Jets (3‑9) |
1 | Dolphins Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Jets Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Bengals (4‑8) vs Bills (8‑4) |
0 | Bengals Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Bills Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Eagles (8‑4) vs Chargers (8‑4) |
0 | Eagles Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Chargers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Jaguars (8‑4) vs Colts (8‑4) |
0 | Jaguars Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Colts Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Texans (7‑5) vs Chiefs (6‑6) |
0 | Texans Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Chiefs Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Titans (1‑11) vs Browns (3‑9) |
0 | Titans Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Browns Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Raiders (2‑10) vs Broncos (10‑2) |
0 | Raiders Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Broncos Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Ravens (6‑6) vs Steelers (6‑6) |
0 | Ravens Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Steelers Wins | X | X | X | X | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||