The Patriots finished 14-3, their most victories since they won the Super Bowl to cap the 2016 season. The AFC East champions will be No. 2 seed in the playoffs and host the seventh-seeded Los Angeles Chargers in the wild-card round next weekend. Denver prevented New England from earning the AFC's top seed by beating the Chargers 19-3 on Sunday.

After the 1 p.m. ET games, the 7-9 Dolphins will pick behind nine teams that failed to reach seven wins this season. There are six non-playoff teams with eight wins, but all would lose the strength of schedule tiebreaker with Miami.

The Miami Dolphins play the New England Patriots in Week 18 of the 2025 NFL season. Who wins? See our predictions and picks, plus the game odds.

The New England Patriots are winners after beating the Miami Dolphins 38-10 in Week 18 action inside Gillette Stadium. The victory confirms that the Patriots wi

All hands will be on deck for the Patriots in an effort to win one of the top two seeds in the playoffs. The biggest news this week is that both defensive tackle Milton Williams and offensive tackle Will Campbell have been activated from injured reserve.

The Miami defense didn't do much to help the struggling offense, recording no sacks and forcing no turnovers. New England racked up 234 rushing yards on the day, averaging 7.1 yards per attempt. The Patriots put up 457 yards of offense to just 180 for Miami.