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 (2‑7) vs Bills (6‑2) |
1 | Dolphins Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Bills Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Texans (3‑5) vs Jaguars (5‑3) |
0 | Texans Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Jaguars Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Steelers (5‑3) vs Chargers (6‑3) |
0 | Steelers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Chargers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Vikings (4‑4) vs Ravens (3‑5) |
0 | Vikings Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Ravens Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Buccaneers (6‑2) vs Patriots (7‑2) |
0 | Buccaneers Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Patriots Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Raiders (2‑6) vs Broncos (7‑2) |
0 | Raiders Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Broncos Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||
| Browns (2‑6) vs Jets (1‑7) |
0 | Browns Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Jets Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Falcons (3‑5) vs Colts (7‑2) |
0 | Falcons Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Colts Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | >99% | ||