ORCHARD PARK - For the first time in Buffalo Bills history, they will be playing a third game in the same season during the NFL’s premier television window, NBC’s Sunday Night Football.

Buffalo originally had two games - home against the Giants in Week 6 and at Cincinnati in Week 9 - but because the showdown in Miami is for the AFC East division title, the NFL put it into this spot when it finalized the Week 18 schedule last Sunday.

Technically, this is the fourth time the Bills are playing in front of the NBC cameras and broadcast crew led by Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth. Two weeks ago they were in a standalone window for a Peacock-only Saturday night game in Los Angeles.

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It has been quite a year for the Bills in terms of visibility as this will be their eighth island game meaning it’s the only one being broadcast at that time. This is the seventh prime-time start and they also had the 9:30 a.m. kickoff when they played the Jaguars in London.

This is the most such games in one season in Bills history, surpassing their seven island games in 2022.

“Seems like the media and people are trying to make it seem bigger than what it is, but we’ve been playing in playoff games for the last month it seems like,” said Bills offensive tackle Dion Dawkins. “Not that this is just another game, I don’t want to dumb it down, but it’s just another important game. Don’t make it more than what it is, leave it where it’s at and just understand that it’s still a game in our season and we have to play for a win.”

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OK, that’s all well and good, but it’s a huge game, without question the biggest one in Week 18, and that’s why it’s the last regular-season game on the schedule, slotted into the place where it will draw the highest TV rating.

Here’s the broadcast and betting information for Bills vs. Dolphins:

When is the Bills vs Dolphins game?

• Date: Sunday, Jan. 7

• Time: 8:20 p.m.

• Place: Hard Rock Stadium

Who is favored to win Bills vs. Dolphins game

• Tipico betting line: as of Thursday Bills -3

• Over-under: 49.5

• Money line: Bills minus-155 (bet $155 to win $100) and Dolphins plus-135 (bet $100 to win $135).

Who is announcing the Bills vs. Dolphins game

• Play-by-play: Mike Tirico

• Analyst: Cris Collinsworth

• Sideline reporter: Melissa Stark

How to watch Buffalo Bills vs Miami Dolphins game on TV, streaming

● Cable/Network TV: NBC. The game will be available locally via the following stations: WHEC (Channel 10, Rochester), WGRZ (Buffalo area), WSTM (Syracuse area), WKTV (Utica area), WETM (Elmira area), WNYT (Albany area), and WBGH (Binghamton area).

● Online streaming services: You can watch games on NFL.com and the NFL mobile app, and you can subscribe to NFL+, the league’s own streaming service, though you can’t cast the games to your TV - you must watch on your phone or tablet.

● TV streaming: You can also stream if you have subscriptions to Spectrum, DirecTV, fuboTV, Sling, Vidgo, Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, and Peacock.

On the radio: How to listen to the Bills vs Dolphins game

You can listen on SiriusXM satellite radio on Sirius channel 81 and XM channel 226 (Bills feed) and Sirius channel 85 and XM channel 225 (Dolphins feed), and on traditional radio, the Bills Radio Network has stations all across the state. Chris Brown has the play-by-play, Eric Wood is the analyst, and Sal Capaccio is the sideline reporter. The network includes:

• Rochester (WCMF 96.5 and WROC 950 AM)

• Buffalo (WGR550, 550 AM)

• Syracuse (WTKW 99.5/WTKV 105.5)

• Binghamton (WDRE 100.5FM)

• Ithaca (WIII 99.9/100.3 FM)

• Bath (WVIN 98.3 FM)

• Newark (WACK 1420 AM)

• Dansville (WDNY 93.9 FM)

• Elmira (WNGZ 1490 AM)

• Auburn (WAUB 98.1 FM/1590 AM)

• Geneva (WGVA 95.9 FM, 1240 AM)

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