Miami Dolphins Make History in NFL’s First Black Friday Showdown

It’s usually stated that the NFL owns in the future of the week — Sunday, after all — when the overwhelming majority of its video games are performed per longstanding custom.

It’s additionally been stated that Amazon owns all the things, which would come with the printed rights to the NFL’s first-ever Black Friday sport.

Naturally, if it is 2023 and the NFL is testing one thing out, you already know the Miami Dolphins should be concerned. The Dolphins’ position because the league’s new advertising darling and normal guinea pig is obvious within the staff’s latest trek to Deutschland in addition to their look on HBO’s Hard Knocks documentary.
 
The NFL’s Dolphins pony present makes one other cease this week because the ‘Phins gear as much as face the New York Jets on the highway at 3:00 p.m. within the inaugural NFL Black Friday sport. Airing on Amazon Prime, the Dolphins (7-3) will put their lead within the AFC East on the road on the highway as they face the Jets (4-6) within the groups’ first assembly since Miami beat New York 11-6 on January 8 final season.

Dolphins Tour Continues

At this level, we can solely assume the NFL will in some way flip the Dolphins’ closing residence sport right into a Netflix comedy particular starring Matt Rife.

While it is good to be wished, the league has once more taken its obsession with treating the Miami Dolphins like a star little one actor too far. Consider this — coming off a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Germany, the Dolphins had been thrust into the highlight within the HBO in-season version of Hard Knocks, with the primary episode revolving round their matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders.

Now, in a twisted Inception of protection, the Dolphins could have HBO cameras on their sidelines as they play in a Friday sport Amazon reportedly paid $100 million to broadcast.

New York Mess

The Dolphins are getting a half-off New York Jets deal on Black Friday. After a horrid season-long effort filling in for injured Aaron Rodgers, Jets back-up quarterback and 2021 first-round decide Zach Wilson was benched earlier this week for third-string journeyman Tim Boyle, who has thrown three interceptions for each landing in his profession.

Even as their offense is in disarray, the Jets are nonetheless a drive to be reckoned with on the defensive aspect. Rest assured, if the Dolphins offense appeared something prefer it did in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders final week in a sloppy turnover-filled 20-13 win, they’re going to be in a decent sport on the highway with a feisty evening crowd nonetheless drunk from Thanksgiving festivities.

AFC East Chase

With seven video games to go and a two-game lead over the Buffalo Bills, each win the Dolphins can handle in opposition to lesser groups will go a great distance towards locking up a postseason spot earlier than issues get difficult heading into Christmas season.

The Dolphins nonetheless have a string of robust groups — the Bills, Baltimore Ravens, and Dallas Cowboys — remaining on the schedule, so taking good care of enterprise this week in opposition to the Jets, subsequent week in opposition to the flailing Washington Commanders, and the next versus the down-and-out Tennessee Titans might make these harder matchups a lot much less tense.