The Miami Dolphins reach the ever-important third preseason game of the year tonight, a game that will serve as the dress rehearsal for the regular season. This year, the Dolphins will play this game at home against a team who has won eight of the last ten contests (including the playoffs) between the two clubs: the Baltimore Ravens. The game should give the Dolphins, and Dolphins fans, a better idea of what Miami will look like when the regular season starts in a couple off weeks.

The Dolphins are currently 0-2 in the preseason, having lost to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Carolina Panthers, but they really have not shown much of their offense or defense yet this year. The team is purposely holding back on some of the play calling they would use in the regular season, just to ensure they are not putting too much on film. Some of that could change tonight as the team is expected to actually game plan and prepare for this game as if it were a regular season contest. It may still be a diminished version of the actual play calling, but it should be closer to the real thing than we have seen thus far.

Everything you need to know about the game is below:

Baltimore Ravens (3-0) at Miami Dolphins (0-2)
Preseason Week 3
August 25, 2018

Game time: 7pm ET

Location: Hard Rock Stadium, Miami Gardens, FL

Weather: 82˚F, Scattered thunderstorms

Miami TV Coverage (via 506Sports.com): CBS (Miami and West Palm Beach); NBC (Fort Myers); ABC (Orlando)

Miami TV Announcers: Dick Stockton, Bob Griese, Nat Moore

Carolina TV Coverage (via 506Sports.com): NBC (Baltimore and Harrisburg); ABC (Washington); CW (Salisbury and Roanoke)

Carolina TV Announcers: Gerry Sandusky, Brian Billick

Radio Network: Dolphins Radio Network, KISS 99.9 FM, WQAM 560 AM, WQBA 1140 AM (Spanish)

Online streaming: Last year, SB Nation broke down all the cord-cutting options for NFL games and free trials are still available for most of these if you want to use them; NFL Sunday Ticket (paid DirecTV service - one-week trial); NFL Game Pass (paid service - shows preseason games live, replays of regular season games); The Dolphins have announced that they will stream preseason games on Dolphins.com for fans in the local markets.

NFL Network Replay: Sunday (Aug. 25) at 4am ET

Odds: Ravens -1 | O/U: 41

All-time record: Ravens 6-7 (Regular Season)

Most recent meeting: Ravens 40-0 @ Baltimore (Week 8, 2017)

Streak: Ravens 2 wins (2016, 2017); Ravens 7-3 last 10 (regular season)

Enemy site: Baltimore Beatdown | Twitter: @BmoreBeatdown

Phinsider on Twitter: @ThePhinsider

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Dolphins 2017 Schedule

PS Week 1 (Aug 9) - vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - L 26-24
PS Week 2 (Aug 17) - @ Carolina Panthers - L 27-20
PS Week 3 (Aug 25) - vs. Baltimore Ravens
PS Week 4 (Aug 30) - @ Atlanta Falcons
Week 1 (Sep 9) - vs. Tennessee Titans
Week 2 (Sep 16) - @ New York Jets
Week 3 (Sep 23) - vs. Oakland Raiders
Week 4 (Sep 30) - @ New England Patriots
Week 5 (Oct 7) - @ Cincinnati Bengals
Week 6 (Oct 14) - vs. Chicago Bears
Week 7 (Oct 21) - vs. Detroit Lions
Week 8 (Oct 25) - @ Houston Texans (TNF)
Week 9 (Nov 4) - vs. New York Jets
Week 10 (Nov 11) - @ Green Bay Packers
Week 11 - BYE
Week 12 (Nov 25) - @ Indianapolis Colts
Week 13 (Dec 2) - vs. Buffalo Bills
Week 14 (Dec 9) - vs. New England Patriots
Week 15 (Dec 16) - @ Minnesota Vikings
Week 16 (Dec 23) - vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Week 17 (Dec 30) - @ Buffalo Bills