Who are the Miami Dolphins’ 2021 NFL opponents while looking to continue the positive progress they made in the 2020 season? Let’s see who the Dolphins are supposed to play in 2021 and what that means in terms of ranking strength in the schedule compared to other teams.
Who do Dolphins play in 2021?
The list of 2021 opponent Dolphins will lead them to play the six regular games against AFC East: Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots and New York Jets. As usual, the Dolphins will face each of these three teams at home and on the road during the 2021 season.
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In addition, the 2021 season will have AFC Leste competing against AFC Sul and NFC Sul for eight more games. In the final two games of the traditional calendar, the Dolphins will face the two teams that finished third in the AFC North (Baltimore Ravens) and AFC West (Las Vegas Raiders).
What about the 17th Dolphins game in 2021?
The 2021 season is expected to introduce a regular 17th season game for all NFL teams. Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport reported on NFL.com that there are plans to expand the regular season. Although his report has not yet been officially confirmed by the NFL. With that in mind, who would be the opponent of the 17th Dolphins match in the 2021 season?
The reports suggest that a decision was made about how the opponent of the 17th game will be decided. The confrontation will be an interconference confrontation based on classification on a rotating basis.
Albert Breer reported that the divisional alignments for the 2021 season have already been defined. According to Breer, AFC East will face NFC East for the 17th match. Therefore, the Dolphins’ opponent for their 17th match in 2021 would be the New York Giants.
The Miami Dolphins opponent in 2021
Here are the teams the Miami Dolphins will play against in the 2021 NFL season:
House: Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Baltimore Ravens
Road: Buffalo Bills, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Las Vegas Raiders
17th game (place to be defined): New York Giants
Strength of the Miami Dolphins agenda for 2021
As we look at the 2021 NFL season, how strong is the Dolphins’ 2021 agenda? The strength of the schedule ratings here are based on the 2020 records of Dolphins opponents in 2021.
Dolphins have a relatively easy schedule in 2021
The Dolphins’ programming force for 2021 is the NFL’s sixth easiest. They have the second easiest schedule in AFC and the easiest schedule in AFC East
The six games against their own division make a big difference in how the Dolphins’ schedule is ranked. In games against the Patriots and Jets, the Dolphins face two teams that have won 9 of their 32 games. However, the games against Bills significantly increase the difficulty of its programming. Bills won 13 of their 16 games last season, reaching the AFC Championship Game.
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The rest of Dolphins’ 2021 opponents include five other playoff teams. These five teams are Titans, Saints, Colts, Ravens and the Buccaneers champions of the Super Bowl. Including the Bills, there are seven games that the Dolphins will play against teams with record wins in 2020.
However, the Dolphins’ programming has some slack. Facing the Raiders, Jaguars, Texans, Falcons, Panthers and Giants means that they face six teams averaging just 4.7 wins during the 2020 season. Facing the two-win Jets twice certainly helps to alleviate the difficulty even more. programming. A mitigating factor is that the Jaguars, Jets and Texans are expected to improve in the 2021 NFL season.
How does your programming at home compare to programming on the road?
The details of the Dolphins opponents’ home and road in 2021 are intriguing. At Hard Rock Stadium, they face just three teams with a winning record last season.
Overall, the Dolphins’ domestic schedule is the seventh easiest in the NFL. In addition, the hot and humid climate in Miami can offer a significant advantage for Dolphins at the beginning of the program.
However, on the road, they face five teams with record wins in 2020. The Dolphins will host two teams that made it to the last four and four teams that made it to the final eight in the 2020 NFL season. Therefore, it can be difficult for the Dolphins to stray from their 2020 road schedule with a record above 4-4 or 5-3.
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