Thanksgiving Day Matchup on Tap for Dolphins?

We’re as much as 9 NFL video games revealed for the 2022 common season after the announcement Tuesday morning that the Denver Broncos would face the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on Christmas Day.

When the complete common season schedule is unveiled Thursday at 8 p.m., we’ll know the individuals for one more main vacation, Thanksgiving Day, and it is wanting very very like the Miami Dolphins might be enjoying that day.

Extra particularly, count on the NFL to announce that the Dolphins might be dealing with the Detroit Lions at Ford Area within the first recreation of the day.

As revealed to the Los Angeles Instances by Vice President of NFL Broadcast Planning Michael North, the league is again to its format of getting Detroit and Dallas rotate internet hosting AFC groups for the Thanksgiving Day afternoon video games.

Based mostly on the league’s rotational schedule, the Lions are internet hosting this season the Dolphins and the Buffalo Payments, together with AFC opponent Jacksonville for the “seventeenth recreation.” North, nevertheless, advised the L.A. Instances that the Lions could be internet hosting both the Payments or Dolphins.

Professional Soccer Community reported that the Dolphins might be Detroit’s 2022 Thanksgiving Day opponent, which is smart on a few ranges.

First, Buffalo performed on Thanksgiving Day in each 2019 (at Dallas) and 2021 (at evening at New Orleans), and it could be uncommon to have the Payments play on today a 3rd time in 4 years.

Second, the Dolphins-Lions matchup is a pure provided that Detroit head coach Dan Campbell served as Miami interim head coach for the ultimate 12 video games of the 2015 season.

The Dolphins’ Thanksgiving Day Historical past

The Dolphins have performed at Detroit on Thanksgiving Day as soon as, successful 27-10 in 2006 after they have been led by former Lions quarterback Joey Harrington.

Total, Miami has appeared on Thanksgiving Day seven occasions however not since 2011 when the Dolphins dropped a 20-19 choice towards the Dallas Cowboys on a last-second discipline objective by Dan Bailey.

After all, the largest Dolphins Thanksgiving Day spotlight got here in 1977 after they performed at St. Louis, one in every of solely two occasions (1975 was the opposite) the NFL had a day recreation on turkey day someplace aside from Dallas or Detroit.

With Bob Griese famously carrying eyeglasses, the Dolphins set a single-game franchise report for factors that also exists to today in a 55-14 rout of the Cardinals.

DOLPHINS ON THANKSGIVING (5-2)

2011 at Dallas L 19-20

2006 at Detroit W 27-10

2003 at Dallas W 40-21

1999 at Dallas L 0-20

1993 at Dallas W 16-14

1977 at St. Louis W 55-14

1973 at Dallas W 14-7

THE 2022 NFL GAMES ANNOUNCED

Week 2 — Thursday, Sept. 15, L.A. Chargers at Kansas Metropolis, 8:20 p.m. (Amazon Prime); Monday, Sept. 19, Tennessee at Buffalo, 7:15 p.m. (ESPN), Monday, Sept. 19, Minnesota at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m. (ABC)

Week 4 — Sunday, Oct. 2, Minnesota vs. New Orleans, at London, England, 9:30 a.m. ET (NFL Community)

Week 5 — Sunday, Oct. 9, N.Y. Giants vs. Inexperienced Bay, at London, England, 9:30 a.m. ET (NFL Community)

Week 8 — Sunday, Oct. 30, Denver vs. Jacksonville, at London, England, 9:30 a.m. ET (ESPN+)

Week 10 — Sunday, Nov. 13, Seattle vs. Tampa Bay, at Munich, Germany, 9:30 a.m. ET (NFL Community)

Week 11 — Monday, Nov. 21, San Francisco vs. Arizona, at Mexico Metropolis, 8:15 p.m. (NFL Community)

Week 16 — Sunday, Dec. 25, Denver at L.A. Rams, 4:30 p.m. (CBS, Nickelodeon)