Considering miami's location, I bet they are towards the top of this list every year. Far east, extremely south team.

 

THIS.

 

I count only 5 games against elite QB's, that should be a plus

 

Lamar Jackson is not an elite QB.

 

Agreed. The schdule order doesn't matter much for some teams. If a team is in the North and in close proximity to their divisional rivals, its just details.

But for the Dolphins its huge. No other franchise faces not one but two divisional games that become almost impossible if they're played away late in the year like we do with Buffalo and New England. Its arguably the least favorable situation in all of US pro sports. And then add onto that potential other road games in cold weather, and today is make or break for Miami most years.

 

Rumours

Week 1 (Sep. 11, 2022) - Patriots at Dolphins via Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald
Week 6 (Oct. 16, 2022) - Rumor that has Miami playing Packers on Christmas also seems to indicate the Packers are not taking their bye week after the London trip
Week 9 (Nov. 6, 2022) - Dolphins @ Bears via Danny Perkins, 670 The Score
Week 12 (Nov. 27, 2022) The Dolphins will not be the team playing the Lions on Thanksgiving. Will be the Bills. - via Andy Slater
Week 16 (Dec. 25, 2022) - Packers at Dolphins on Christmas Day - Source: CBS
Week 17 (Jan. 1, 2023) - Dolphins at Patriots - via Andy Slater

 

"According to the Boston Herald’s Andrew Callahan, the Miami Dolphins will open up their season by playing the New England Patriots at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, September, 11 at 1 p.m. ET. This marks the third year in a row that the two teams will play in Week 1."

 

Phins@ Bungles Week 4 Thu night game. Seems like that trip is standard anytime we are at CIN.

 

614!!!!
Same here my man. Dolphins parties every week at Onelly’s sports bar @ Polaris. If you haven’t already check it out!

 

I think that we start 6-5.....and then the wheels completely fall off, and we end up with 7 or 8 wins. If we get lucky and one of those opponents in Weeks 13-17 is dealing with injuries and missing key players, then maybe we get to 9 wins.

 

In fairness last year we got one of the most favorable schedules and we **** the bed with it.

 

You're way too pessimistic. I am not a rose-colored-glasses kind of guy, but barring really key injuries, I think this team can make 10 wins with that schedule.

 

Its a hard schedule. Assuming the Jets don't make a big leap forward, I count five games where we should clearly be the better team, five which look like a toss up, and seven where we're less talented. And then factor in travel and weather, and its just not very favorable, IMO.

 

Pure talent isn't everything. The Bengals used to have buttloads of talent but poor coaching and poor discipline and lost a lot of games they should have won. If our coaching is good and our players are disciplined, we'll win some games we should lose on paper.

 

I can’t really make any accurate predictions…the one wild card that no one can truly predict accurately is rookie head coach Mike McDaniel and the new offense that’s being put in place. Now, from what I’m seeing with the off-season moves, I like it but until we see the Phins on the field, it’s all speculation offensively however…

If the defense is still the SAME defense we’ve seen over the last 2 seasons, and the offense can at least produce at the same level as last season, I can actually see a 10, maybe even 11 game winning season.

But then again, with a rookie head coach, that could very well be a 10-11 game losing season as well

 

With the schedule it is obvious that the Dolphins are going to go 17-0

 

I mean damn we always get an incredibly tough 4 or 5 game stretch to start the season it seems.
We HAVE to beat New England week 1 at home or it could be another ugly start out the gates.

Edit - well maybe the ravens and Patties aren’t what they used to be. Overreaction by me.

 

Oh, I agree that we absolutely have to win in Week 1.

 

I’ve been watching a lot of video on the Dolphins, players as well as McDaniel. Seriously guys, the HC is going to be the wild card here. McDaniel by all intensive purposes I an excellent coach, particularly when it comes to the run game but let’s be perfectly honest, he’s never CALLED a game. It’s going to be intentionally see what he does on the sidelines. With that said…

I am fairly confident we’re going to see a Miami offense that we’ve not seen since the days of the early 70’s. Back then (and I remember watching it), Miami’s offense was a heavy in the trenches smash mouth football team. They were physically dominant and wore teams into submission. I really think teams are going to be quite surprised by the Dolphins physicality…add the phenomenal speed we’re going to have and Miami has the potential to wear teams out and have them gassed by the 4th quarter.

Oh, and that’s not even mentioning the powerhouse defense we still have and the continuity that’s going to be carried over.

Keep the faith and just hope McDaniel proves not to be another Gase

 

Intents and purposes.

 

Damn you autocorrect :lol:

 

The Pitt game should be interesting against Flo and Minkah.

 

I think that we're staring 0-4 in the face if we lose in Week 1. If they have any plans of a winning season, its a must win. Hard to need to say that about the opening game, but its the way that it is.

Now, the schedule lightens up from there, and they could be the better team each of the next seven games starting in Week 5......then it gets really hard again.

 

:sidelol:

Seriously?

What’s Miami’s record against the Patriots since the departure of Brady?

What did the Dolphins defense…the SAME defense we had last year do against the Ravens?

Losing against the Jests???

The ONLY 2 possible losses I see in those first 5 games is the Bills and MAYBE the Bengals

 

Fingers crossed that we permanently broke the code on Lamar Jackson. That would be awesome. But the Ravens will almost certainly have a much, much stronger run game when we face them than they did last season, and our run game is a big worry spot IMO. Baltimore is also a house of horrors for us.

 

Yeah, I agree with @KeyFin about the Ravens, they could be a pain, we'll have to see. The Bills are out biggest divisional challenge and the team to beat. The Bengals, it's weird to think of them as a good team after so long, but Burrow appears to be the real deal, his combination with Chase is deadly, and now they've upgraded their OL that'll be an interesting one. The Patriots and the Jets though? If you want to be skeptical the Patriots are at best a coin toss, and the Jets... seriously?