Thursday Dolphins Notebook: Schedule Details, Morstead, Parker Talks, More

Although everyone already is aware of each opponent for each workforce for the 2022 common season, the announcement of the total schedule is a giant deal.

It at all times is.

A lot in order that the NFL sends out a press launch to announce the date of the total common season schedule unveiling, and this yr that can happen Thursday, Could 12.

The complete unveiling will happen at 8 p.m. ET and can be televised dwell by NFL Community.

Some video games can be introduced earlier than that, together with each workforce’s first dwelling recreation opponent, which can launched at 6 p.m. on that day. The Miami Dolphins will study then whether or not they’ll face the Buffalo Payments of their dwelling opener for a 3rd consecutive season.

Earlier than then, the NFL will announce Thursday, April 28 — through the first spherical of the NFL draft — the primary Thursday Night time Soccer recreation on Prime Week that can happen in Week 2 (Sept. 15, to be exact). The Dolphins recreation at San Francisco could be a gorgeous prime-time matchup given that it’s going to match head coach Mike McDaniel towards his former workforce.

On Wednesday, Could 4, the NFL will announce the 2022 worldwide video games, and the Dolphins will not be concerned in any of them as a result of they don’t seem to be scheduled to have a highway recreation towards any of the 5 designated dwelling groups — Inexperienced Bay, Tampa Bay, Arizona, Jacksonville and New Orleans.

Lastly, through the week main as much as the total launch of the schedule, the NFL will announce choose video games.

As a reminder, the Dolphins’ 2022 opponents can be:

2022 Dolphins Residence Opponents

Buffalo Payments

New England Patriots

New York Jets

Cleveland Browns

Pittsburgh Steelers

Houston Texans

Inexperienced Bay Packers

Minnesota Vikings

2022 Dolphins Street Opponents

Buffalo Payments

New England Patriots

New York Jets

Baltimore Ravens

Cincinnati Bengals

Los Angeles Chargers

Chicago Bears

Detroit Lions

San Francisco 49ers

Parker Happy With New Scenario

Extensive receiver DeVante Parker addressed the New England media Thursday for the primary time for the reason that Dolphins traded him together with a 2022 fifth-round choose for a 2023 third-round choice.

Parker confirmed what Dolphins GM Chris Grier mentioned throughout his pre-draft press convention that he needed to play with New England all alongside as soon as it grew to become clear he may get traded.

“That was true as a result of I do know the Patriots have a fantastic, nice group,” Parker mentioned. “And I do know the followers because the followers right here is excellent, and I do know from expertise coming in right here, and the way the followers work that was one thing I needed to be part of.”

New England opened its offseason program this week — the Dolphins bought a two-week head begin as a result of they’ve a brand new head coach — however Parker hung out earlier in Florida catching passes from Mac Jones together with a small group of Patriots huge receivers.

“The exercises have been nice,” Parker mentioned. “And my impression of Mac, he is bought a pleasant arm, was zipping it. It was only a nice, nice exercise for all of us. It was good for me to return down and begin throwing with them early as quickly as I can to get the timing down.”

Morstead and His Quantity

Veteran punter Thomas Morstead ended up with quantity 4 after signing with the Dolphins after carrying 6 for greater than a decade throughout his time with the New Orleans Saints.

Morstead will change into the sixth participant to put on quantity 4 for the Dolphins in a daily season, and the earlier 5 additionally have been punters.

Two of them have been among the many finest punters in workforce historical past, if not the highest two. Reggie Roby wore the quantity from 1983-92 and Brandon Fields wore it as a rookie in 2007 earlier than switching to 2 for his closing seven years in Miami.

Morstead paid tribute to Roby, who died in 2005, on social media.

This and That

— A contented twenty fifth birthday to Dolphins long-snapper Blake Ferguson.

— Defensive finish Cam Malveaux, who performed 9 video games for the Dolphins in 2017-18, introduced his retirement on Twitter. He performed three video games for the Philadelphia Eagles final season.