Dolphins need win over Jets, some help to make AFC playoffs

Field Level Media

Despite losing their past five games and their starting and backup quarterbacks to injuries, the Miami Dolphins still have a reasonable chance of making the playoffs.

The Dolphins will host the New York Jets on Sunday in Miami Gardens, Fla., needing a victory coupled with a loss by the New England Patriots at Buffalo in order to secure the AFC's final postseason berth.

Only if both happen would Miami (8-8) earn its first trip to the playoffs since 2016 and second in the past 15 seasons.

The Jets (7-9), who have also lost five in a row amid their own quarterback instability, have already been eliminated from the playoffs. And the Patriots have to play at Buffalo, a team which…