Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Week five’s Sunday Night Football features a showdown between the AFC North and the NFC West. The Seattle Seahawks will travel east this week to Pennsylvania this weekend to take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. Both teams come into the week with a 2 and 3 record and both needing a win badly to try and keep pace with the rest of their respective divisions. Please use this thread to discuss this evening game, any of the other action from around the NFL today and as always your Miami Dolphins. Please remember to follow all site rules in the live threads as you would in any other post on The Phinsider. As always, please remember that SBNation is very strict on illegal game streams, and sharing, discussing, or requesting any illegal game streams may result in a temporary suspension from the site or a ban from the entire SBN platform. Seattle Seahawks (2-3) 3rd NFC West @ Pittsburgh Steelers (2-3) 4th AFC North When: Sunday, October 17th, 8:20 PM EST Where: Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania TV: NBC Streaming: Yahoo Sports Mobile App; NFL.com; FuboTV; NFL Game Pass (Will be available after the live conclusion of the game) Odds: Steelers -5 Over/Under: 43

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images As our Miami Dolphins will be playing the super early overseas game today from London we will have both an early and late afternoon game live thread today. Please use this thread to discuss today’s early afternoon games and as always your Miami Dolphins. Remember that all site rules continue to apply in live threads as in any other post on the site. As always SBNation has a strict rule against discussing, requesting, or providing any illegal game streams. Doing so may result in a temporary ban or a permanent ban from the entire SBNation platform. Week 6 Late Afternoon Games Arizona Cardinals (5-0) 1st NFC West @ Cleveland Browns (3-2) 3rd AFC North Where: FirstEnergy Cleveland, Ohio When: 4:05 PM EST TV: FOX DirecTV Sunday Ticket Channel: 712 Line: Browns -3 Over/Under: 48 Las Vegas Raiders (3-2) 3rd AFC West @ Denver Broncos (3-2) 2nd AFC West Where: Empower Field, Denver, Colorado When: 4:25 PM EST TV: CBS DirecTV Sunday Ticket Channel: 713 Line: Broncos -5 Over/Under: 44 Dallas Cowboys (4-1) 1st NFC East @ New England Patriots (2-3) 2nd AFC East Where: Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusettes When: 4:25 PM EST TV: CBS DirecTV Sunday Ticket Channel: 714 Line: Cowboys -3.5 Over/Under: 50.5

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Jimmy Butler played in just two exhibition games. The Miami Heat finished the preseason with a 5-1 record. Tyler Herro took on the sixth man role with aplomb, scoring more than 20 points in four games. Kyle Lowry already catalyzed a quicker pace for Miami, a welcome sign. Max Strus played like a serviceable backup wing. Tyler closed the preseason with 20+ in 4 of the 5 games he played in. Love to see it! pic.twitter.com/FnojjeIeB9— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) October 16, 2021 But it is the preseason. Does any of it matter? Of course, NBA teams don’t necessarily play to win preseason games. The main goals are to avoid injuries, build good habits and form cohesion with new players. For young players fighting for roster spots, the preseason takes on added significance. Now, the Heat came into the preseason with their two-way roster spots already filled — Marcus Garrett and Caleb Martin. As Matt Pineda mentioned, though, the Heat could convert Martin’s contract into a standard deal and add Micah Potter or another G-League player for the second two-way spot. On most levels, Miami’s preseason comes away as a success. (Also of note — the Heat went 4-1 in the 2019-20 preseason, with the one loss coming in the preseason finale that saw Kendrick Nunn score 40 points.) Miami’s one loss came when the team rested almost all of their rotation players and even held out young players like Omer Yurtseven and Garrett. A reminder that the Heat will be without 11 of its 20 players for tonight's preseason game in Atlanta. Adebayo, Butler, Dedmon, Garrett, Herro, Lowry, Morris, Oladipo, Robinson, Tucker and Yurtseven all unavailable.— Anthony Chiang (@Anthony_Chiang) October 14, 2021 My one (minor) concern coming out of training camp is that Butler played in just two exhibition games. I understand why Miami did it — Butler is 32 years old, has a history of missing games here and there with injuries and just signed a huge extension. Avoiding a preseason injury was paramount. But at the same time, both preseason games with Butler — on the road against the Houston Rockets and at home against the Boston Celtics — included multiple first-quarter turnovers. Hopefully that’ll get cleaned up when the games start to count and as the rotation spends more time playing together. Heat starters committed five turnovers in the first seven minutes. This is only the second game this group has played together, so yeah.— Anthony Chiang (@Anthony_Chiang) October 15, 2021 Miami’s preseason made me more excited for the start of the season. Let the games begin.