Assuming quarterback Tua Tagovailoa can keep wholesome and broad receiver Tyreek Hill regains the shape that led to eight straight Professional Bowl appearances earlier than final season, this mid-season matchup on Thursday Night time Soccer guarantees to be a shootout.
Week 11 vs. Washington Commanders
This yr, Miami and Washington will meet at Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu Stadium for the NFL’s first ever common season sport in Spain.
When the groups final met in 2023, the Dolphins beat Ron Rivera’s Commanders, 45-15. After changing Rivera with head coach Dan Quinn in 2024, Washington made all of it the best way to the NFC Championship sport, the place the staff ultimately fell to the Tremendous Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles.
Quinn’s final journey to the massive sport got here in 2016 when his Atlanta Falcons misplaced a heartbreaker to Invoice Belichick’s New England Patriots in Tremendous Bowl LI. Again then, Quinn had a 33-year-old offensive assistant named Mike McDaniel, who took over because the Dolphins’ head coach in 2022. This yr, he’ll look to go 2-0 towards his former mentor.
Week 16 vs. Cincinnati Bengals
Passing information beware when Cincinnati receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins be a part of Hill and Jaylen Waddle for a primetime matchup on Sunday Night time Soccer. Chase led the league with 127 receptions for 1,708 yards final season, whereas Higgins earned a four-year, $115M contract extension with 911 yards and 10 touchdowns in solely 12 video games.
Higgins helped the Bengals beat the Dolphins, 27-15, with 124 yards and a rating when the groups final met in 2022, the yr quarterback Joe Burrow completed because the league’s fifth-leading passer and helped lead Cincinnati to Tremendous Bowl LVI.
Final season, Burrow led the NFL with 4,918 yards and 43 touchdowns however didn’t take his staff to the playoffs. Notoriously sluggish starters, the Bengals went 1-4 to begin the common season however went 5-0 to finish the yr.
With this yr’s sport falling in late December and the NFC South champion Buccaneers scheduled for Week 17, the Dolphins ought to have their arms full in what may very well be a crucial sport towards the Bengals.
