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% | ||
| Ravens (3‑5) vs Vikings (4‑4) |
0 | Ravens Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Vikings 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% | ||
| Colts (7‑2) vs Falcons (3‑5) |
0 | Colts Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Falcons 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% | ||
| Jaguars (5‑3) vs Texans (3‑5) |
0 | Jaguars Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Texans Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Jets (1‑7) vs Browns (2‑6) |
0 | Jets Wins | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% |
| Current Probabilities | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | <1% | 99% | ||
| Browns 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% | ||