Here’s a breakdown of the Dolphins’ 2022 regular-season schedule:
Week 1: vs. New England Patriots, Sept. 11, 1 p.m., CBS
Last season, the Dolphins opened on the Patriots and had their finale at residence towards New England, sweeping each matchups. They open once more with the Patriots for a 3rd consecutive 12 months, however this time at Hard Rock Stadium. Tua Tagovailoa is 2-0 towards his former backup quarterback at Alabama, Mac Jones, and 3-0 general towards coach Bill Belichick and the Patriots. This matchup not has the added intrigue of former Dolphins coach Brian Flores going towards the workforce he spent a decade and a half with beneath Belichick, however now longtime Dolphins receiver DeVante Parker is in New England.
Week 2: at Baltimore Ravens, Sept. 18, 1 p.m., CBS
The Dolphins, who’ve by no means received at M&T Bank Stadium, go to Baltimore to start the highway slate after internet hosting the Ravens final season for one of many extra shocking wins of the 2021 season. Miami had a 22-10 Thursday night time win at Hard Rock Stadium as a double-digit underdog. Extra native curiosity at all times comes from this matchup with Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson a Pompano Beach native and Boynton Beach High grad.
Week 3: vs. Buffalo Bills, Sept. 25, 1 p.m., CBS
The Dolphins look to snap a seven-game dropping streak within the rivalry collection towards the workforce that’s the new king within the AFC East. Last season’s sweep by the hands of Buffalo began and ended Miami’s in-season seven-game dropping streak that received the Dolphins to 1-7 earlier than turning issues round for wins in eight of their final 9.
Week 4: at Cincinnati Bengals, Thursday, Sept. 29, 8:15 p.m., Amazon Prime Video
The Dolphins get their first of two prime-time kickoffs, visiting the defending AFC champs and quarterback Joe Burrow, who has reached immense heights after going to the Bengals with the No. 1 choose within the 2020 draft. The Thursday nighter marks Miami’s first journey to Cincinnati since a 2018 loss.
Week 5: at New York Jets, Oct. 9, 1 p.m., CBS
Like the Patriots, one other divisional foe the Dolphins swept in 2021. Miami has received 4 straight and eight of its previous 9 within the collection towards the Jets. This matchup is one other showdown of younger quarterbacks with New York’s Zach Wilson heading into his second season. The Jets rebuilt by way of the draft, very similar to the Dolphins did the 12 months prior, with 4 of their first 36 picks in late April.
Week 6: vs. Minnesota Vikings, Oct. 16, 1 p.m., FOX
The final time the Dolphins received the Super Bowl, it got here towards the Vikings, to conclude the 1973 season. That’s historic historical past at this level, however so is Minnesota’s final win in Miami, which got here in 1976 because the Dolphins have received the previous 4 conferences at residence. Former Miami Central High and Florida State standout Dalvin Cook, now a star operating again within the NFL, is ready for a homecoming right here.
Week 7: vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, Oct. 23, 8:20 p.m., NBC
Flores, now a defensive assistant on Steelers coach Mike Tomlin’s workers, makes his return to Miami for a Sunday Night Football storyline. Flores was head coach of the Dolphins for 3 seasons, going 24-25. He filed a class-action lawsuit towards the NFL and a lot of groups claiming racist hiring and retention practices towards Black coaches. He alleged within the lawsuit that Dolphins proprietor Steve Ross provided him monetary incentive to tank and lose video games in 2019, which Ross vehemently denied.
Week 8: at Detroit Lions, Oct. 30, 1 p.m., CBS
It was believed this may very well be a Thanksgiving Day recreation, however the Dolphins dodged a Turkey Day journey to Detroit and as an alternative received one on the eve of Halloween. Miami final had a Thanksgiving recreation in 2011, a loss to the Dallas Cowboys. The Dolphins are 7-5 all time towards the Lions.
Week 9: at Chicago Bears, Nov. 6, 1 p.m., CBS
Whenever these two groups play, one has to assume again to the historic 1985 Monday Night Football showdown the place the Dolphins handed that season’s Super Bowl-winning Bears their one loss, defending the franchise’s 1972 reign because the league’s lone undefeated workforce. The Dolphins visited the Bears for joint practices and a preseason recreation in Chicago final 12 months, however the two groups now have new head coaches.
Week 10: vs. Cleveland Browns, Nov. 13, 1 p.m., CBS
Deshaun Watson is not going to be coming to Miami — however not like that. The former Houston Texans quarterback was linked to the Dolphins in commerce talks for a lot of the 2021 offseason and common season up till final November’s commerce deadline, however the Browns finally made the transfer for him this offseason. Watson will serve an 11-game suspension stemming from the civil lawsuits towards him with claims starting from sexual misconduct to sexual assault that he is not going to be charged criminally for, forcing him to overlook this matchup.
Week 11: BYE WEEK, Nov. 20
Week 12: vs. Houston Texans, Nov. 27, 1 p.m., CBS
Miami has traditionally struggled towards the NFL’s final growth franchise because it entered the league in 2002. The Dolphins misplaced their first seven conferences with the Texans however have since received two of three. They host Houston for a second consecutive season after final 12 months’s 17-9 Nov. 7 win snapped a seven-game dropping streak and started a seven-game profitable streak.
Week 13: at San Francisco 49ers, Dec. 4, 4:05 p.m., FOX
New Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel returns to San Francisco to face the franchise he known as residence for the previous 5 seasons beneath 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, with the final coming as offensive coordinator. This is the additional matchup beneath the NFL’s 17-game schedule instituted final season, like the house recreation towards the New York Giants was final season.
Week 14: at Los Angeles Chargers, Dec. 11, 4:05 p.m., CBS
The second assembly between quarterbacks from the 2020 draft in Tua Tagovailoa, whom the Dolphins chosen with the No. 5 choose, and Justin Herbert, whom the Dolphins handed on to draft Tagovailoa. Herbert has the 2020 Rookie of the Year and a 2021 Pro Bowl choice to his benefit, however Tagovailoa received their first assembly, at residence of their rookie seasons. Miami will get its two West Coast journeys on back-to-back Sundays.
Week 15: at Buffalo Bills, Dec. 17 or 18, Time/TV TBD
The Dolphins’ final win in Buffalo got here on Christmas Eve in 2016, a key victory in Miami’s final playoff berth.
Week 16: vs. Green Bay Packers, Dec. 25, 1 p.m., FOX
Last 12 months’s high seed within the NFC visits Hard Rock Stadium on Christmas in 2022. The Dolphins received their first eight all-time conferences towards the Packers, however Green Bay has since taken 5 of the previous seven. Could this go to for Aaron Rodgers, who’s 2-1 in his profession towards Miami, probably play a job in a 2023 offseason choice for him ought to Tagovailoa battle this 12 months, main the Dolphins to buy a brand new quarterback?
Week 17: at New England Patriots, Jan. 1, 1 p.m., CBS
After bookend video games towards the Patriots within the 2021 season, the Dolphins’ penultimate recreation this season will likely be at New England after opening at residence with the division rival. Last 12 months, the Dolphins received simply their second win in Foxborough since 2008 on that journey. They may very well be in for a chilly one on New Year’s Day.
Week 18: vs. New York Jets, Jan. 7 or 8, Time/TV TBD
This time, the Dolphins wrap up the season with a house finale towards the Jets. Could they make this one significant for playoff implications after, final season, getting eradicated from competition in Week 17?
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