Redskins @ Dolphins

Who will WIN this matchup?

Washington Redskins (0-5)

@ Miami Dolphins (0-4)

Current odds:

Washington Redskins: (-220)

Miami Dolphins: (+190)

• The line for this game is Redskins by 5 points.

• The Washington Redskins and Miami Dolphins have endured a succession of dark moments throughout this season, underscored by the former losing its coach earlier this week and the latter losing respect amid tanking accusations. A temporary bright light exists in Miami on Sunday, however, as each team has a chance to break into the win column at the other’s expense. How bad has it been for each team? Well, the Redskins’ staggering minus-78 point differential through five games is the worst in the NFC, but it’s barely a drop in the bucket compared to the Dolphins’ league-worst total of minus-137 — the lowest mark in NFL history through any team’s first four games in a season. Both clubs’ porous ground games have yet to get untracked, with Adrian Peterson’s 108 yards for Washington accounting for the fewest by any NFL team’s rushing leader through five games in a campaign in the last 75 years.

• Kenyan Drake isn’t singing a sweeter tune with his club-best 113 rushing yards for Miami, which hasn’t run the ball as much as it would like in the second half considering that it has been outscored 81-0 in the last 30 minutes of a game this season. Miami actually held a lead for the first time in its 30-10 setback to the Los Angeles Chargers last Sunday while Washington was throttled by New England before Jay Gruden was replaced by interim coach Bill Callahan the following day.

• Washington is expected to begin its new regime under Callahan by going back to quarterback Case Keenum, who fared well in his first two games before being responsible for six turnovers in his last six quarters over his final two. A foot injury prevented Keenum from getting the nod in last week’s 33-7 setback to the Patriots, a game in which Colt McCoy was sacked seven times and threw an interception. Although versatile Chris Thompson leads the team with 25 receptions, Callahan wants to see the offense commit “a little more” to the 27th-ranked ground game (68.8 yards per game). “I think a running back needs to get into a rhythm, and we’ve got to find a run rhythm,” Callahan said of using both Peterson and Thompson. “I can’t guarantee or promise that’ll happen, but that’s the goal to find a rhythm where we can get these backs rolling and going.”

• With whispers of “Tank for Tua” growing louder following each loss, Josh Rosen finds himself in an all-too-familiar place despite being named the starter for the rest of the season for a team that is “contending” for the top overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft. “If I play well enough over these 12 (games), hopefully they’ll make the decision. I mean, technically, it’s never over, essentially,” said Rosen, who was the odd man out in Arizona after the Cardinals selected fellow quarterback Kyler Murray with the first overall pick of the 2019 draft. Rosen tossed a 34-yard touchdown pass last week to Devante Parker, who had a season-high four catches for 70 yards against the Chargers. Parker’s 201 receiving yards are tied for the team lead with rookie wideout Preston Williams, who has recorded four catches in each of the last three games.

• Washington WR Terry McLaurin ranks second in the NFL among rookies in catches (19) and receiving yards (308).

• Miami ranks last in the league in average points per game (6.5), total points (26), rushing yards per contest (51.8), average points allowed (40.8), average rushing yards per game allowed (175.8) and average total yards per contest allowed (472.0).

• The Redskins are trying to prevent their third 0-6 start to the season, with the team losing its first seven in 1998 and its first nine in 1961.