SEATTLE — The first game of the Adam Gase era. The first game in a Miami Dolphins uniform for Arian Foster, Mario Williams and Byron Maxwell. The first game for rookie starters Laremy Tunsil and Xavien Howard. Huge underdogs at Seattle. Here are some things to get you ready for game day, including links to many of this week’s top Dolphins stories:
Miami Dolphins at Seattle Seahawks, Sunday at 4 p.m. ET on CBS
Weather: 63 degrees and mostly sunny
Line: Seattle -10
Game notes:
• Today will be Adam Gase’s first game as a head coach at any level
• The last new Miami Dolphins head coach to open the season with a win was Nick Saban (2005)
• Miami will travel more air miles this year than any other in franchise history
• The Dolphins have the highest-paid defensive line in the NFL; the Seahawks have the lowest-paid offensive line
•Former Seahawk Byron Maxwell, a Dolphin, has 9 INT’s since 2013, tied for 8th among CBs
Key Injuries:
• Miami: C Mike Pouncey (hip) out; WR DeVante Parker (hamstring) questionable; LB Jelani Jenkins (knee) questionable; Isaiah Pead (hamstring) questionable
•Seattle: G Germaine Ifedi (ankle) questionable; TE Jimmy Graham (knee) questionable; TE Nick Vannett (ankle) out
Game day reads:
Miami Dolphins’ Adam Gase: Ryan Tannehill’s comfort, not my ego, dictates play-calling
Dolphins rookie CB Xavien Howard on Seahawks, QB Russell Wilson: ‘I just have to make them pay’