What It Means:

Bridgewater practiced on a limited basis last week and was active as the backup to Skylar Thompson in the Dolphins' regular-season finale. Tua Tagovailoa (concussion) will remain out for Sunday's wild-card game against the Buffalo Bills, but Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said the team is preparing as if Thompson will start. Unless Bridgewater makes significant progress with the dislocated pinkie finger on his throwing hand and his knee issue, he will presumably be the backup again. Bridgewater would be an upgrade over Thompson for Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle.

numberFire's models project Thompson for 12.2 FanDuel points versus the Bills and he has a $6,200 salary for the Wild Card Round. The Bills allowed the fourth-fewest FanDuel points per game to quarterbacks in the regular season and they finished with the No. 11 pass defense in our adjusted team rankings.