Dolphins 2010 Opponents Confirmed

by Matty I on Dec 23, 2009 1:01 AM EST in 2012 Miami Dolphins News

The NFL confirmed the Dolphins' 2010 opponents in terms of which games will be at home and which will be on the road. As it looks, it's a very tough road schedule.

Home - Jets, Patriots, Bills, Browns, Steelers, Lions, Bears, AFC South team that finish in same slot

Away - Jets, Patriots, Bills, Ravens, Bengals, Packers, Vikings, AFC West team that finishes in same slot

Ouch. That's road games in Baltimore, Cincinnati, and Green Bay to go with the usual trips to Foxborough, Jersey, and Buffalo. Not to mention there's a good chance that the "AFC West opponent" turns out to be Denver. Prepare for some cold-weather games in 2010. But hey - at least these aren't our typical Dolphin teams. It seems as though this team can handle the cold.

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Cool!

I like right down the road from Cincinnati, I’ll be going to that game.

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by DolfinPhan on Dec 23, 2009 1:05 AM EST reply actions

live*

Staring down Mark Sanchez. Just look into the those brown beauties.

by DolfinPhan on Dec 23, 2009 1:05 AM EST up reply actions

Next Year

Is our year not saying this year is over…not by a long shot but When i was reading this I would usual get a little worried but the way this teams battles im just pumped!!!!

by DaPhinsBallin on Dec 23, 2009 1:10 AM EST reply actions

NO COMMENT LOL

I will share my thoughts on the schedule for next season once this season is finished. Its not like we don’t have enough time for that lol although I will say this … I like the looks of it so far

by markus_13 on Dec 23, 2009 1:17 AM EST reply actions

Dammit. I was hoping the Chicago game would be IN Chicago

Now I have to travel to shitty Green Bay :-(

Arrelious Benn in 2010!

by kmb8488 on Dec 23, 2009 1:21 AM EST reply actions

Same here.

I was hoping to make a road trip up to Chi-town to see this game. My wife has a couple of friends up there that are Bears fans so we would have had a place to stay and had a good time. Guess now I have to try and hit up my friends that live in Wisconsin and see about heading to Lambeau.

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by Chupathingy on Dec 23, 2009 8:41 AM EST up reply actions

If you do, I'll make sure to hit you up for tailgating

Arrelious Benn in 2010!

by kmb8488 on Dec 23, 2009 3:34 PM EST up reply actions

I plan on making the Packer game also, im in Iowa and about a 3-4 maybe 5 hr drive.

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by PhinsFan69 on Dec 24, 2009 5:19 PM EST up reply actions

Finally a game in Baltimore… hopefully I will be able to go for that one!

But hey, we got a pretty good shot at winning out at home. If we do that, that is 8 wins, and so we would only need 2 or 3 tough road wins to be essentially guaranteed a playoff spot.

by toadayoda on Dec 23, 2009 1:25 AM EST reply actions

I’ve never gone to a Dolphins road game, but I have family in Baltimore and may try to go to this one. We owe them a beatdown!

by tedhill on Dec 23, 2009 8:53 AM EST up reply actions

ROAD HOUSE!!!!

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by miafins23 on Dec 23, 2009 1:26 AM EST reply actions

Glad to see we have the Jets at home

I hate going to NY to play them ;-)

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by Little Nicky 21 on Dec 23, 2009 3:13 AM EST reply actions

I know,

it seems like we go up there every year :P

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by joel311 on Dec 23, 2009 5:43 AM EST up reply actions

LOL

by finzrule on Dec 23, 2009 1:35 PM EST up reply actions

All the road games will be tough, the home games seem easy

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by Kdog92 on Dec 23, 2009 5:22 AM EST reply actions

Baltimore

I will be at that game since my brother is a dolphins fan also and lives 45minuets from the stadium. Last time the dolphins played there we saw sage rosenfels hit chambers on the first play from scrimmage.

by ecks on Dec 23, 2009 7:10 AM EST reply actions

I was at that game too! I’ll be going to the Baltimore game next year as well, and I’m hoping to put together a trip to Miami for either the Browns or Bears and maybe one to Green Bay for that game.

by abailey on Dec 23, 2009 11:11 AM EST up reply actions

What's the big deal?

I saw this on the Miami Herald too and it was saying how the Dolphins have it tough again. Okay, but it’s not that tough. This year’s schedule was a beast and after that I don;t think we will se one that tough for a while. This one isn’t easy, but not as difficult as it could be. Also, the flip side of playing the North divisions is that any of them that come down here in September will find it tough.

by tedhill on Dec 23, 2009 8:52 AM EST reply actions

I don't know if this is all that important, but

we only have one west coast trip all year. Shoot, we only cross the Mississippi twice, and one of those times, just barely. That’s not great for those of us living out west, but at least it takes away from the additional travel stress that can get to some teams.

by cpmustangs13 on Dec 23, 2009 9:36 AM EST reply actions

Interesting games...

Some “easy” games andd some really tough games. Plus the cold. Could be an exciting season (and by exciting I mean heart-attack causing).

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by Mosul_DolFan on Dec 23, 2009 9:59 AM EST reply actions

You guys came up and did okay in the nasty cold in Kc last year

I think you are right when you say your team can play in the cold. They suprised me at that game last year.

by tomahawk44 on Dec 23, 2009 10:24 AM EST up reply actions

no game is easy

not to be a prick, but every game is never easy. Look at when we played buffallo and we lost, look at the steelers losing 5 in a row to easy seeming teams? the dolphins have to play balls out every game from here on out even until I die they need to play balls out.

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by B1G SaMoAn TuNa on Dec 23, 2009 10:51 AM EST up reply actions

Thus the quotations around the word easy...

No kidding every game is tough. But at the same time…wouldn’t you consider the Browns and Lions “easy” compared to the Vikings and Packers?

You’re not a prick, but when there are quotes on easy….there’s a good chance there’s an understanding that a game isn’t actually easy…

Not that you asked me, but as for the draft….I don’t think the Dolphins take a WR in the first round. Not Parcells’ style. I think they may make a push for Boldin in a trade, or else they wait until the second round. I think they look DT in the first round. I would love to see a WR in the first, but I don’t know how much of an impact a late 1st rounder will have over someone we can pick up in the second, FA, or trade. I would also love to see the Dolphins go after a TE-covering LB. Seems to be a big hole for us right now.

by Mosul_DolFan on Dec 23, 2009 11:18 AM EST up reply actions

draft

I’m thinking they go linebacker – not receiver. But we’ll see.

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by Matty I on Dec 23, 2009 1:14 PM EST up reply actions

yea, i think so too

by finzrule on Dec 23, 2009 1:36 PM EST up reply actions

me too

as much as we all want a WR, dez bryant isn’t gonna fall to us and I don’t think there will be anyone on the board at that point worth taking over an ILB perfect for a 3-4, of which there will be plenty.

speaking of WR…another Ireland rookie free agent signing (a la Davone Bess…the guy has a knack for picking up talent on the fringes..), Miles Austin is due to become a F/A. They’ll obviously try and lock him down, but…just sayin’…

by WillOber on Dec 23, 2009 6:31 PM EST up reply actions

Living in Maryland and being Dolphins fan. I've been waiting for them to make a trip back this way again. My buddy has season tickets, so I'll be there for sure.

Also my best friend is a die hard Vikings fan and I just told him about it so, it looks like I might be going to two games next year. Can you say roadtrip. What happens on a road trip stays on the road trip. (lol)

by D0lphins4Life on Dec 23, 2009 10:26 AM EST reply actions

Except herpes, that shit comes back with you

by KingPhin on Dec 23, 2009 12:00 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

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by KingPhin on Dec 23, 2009 11:22 AM EST via mobile reply actions

talikg about SOS now is overrated

We had the toughest schedule in the league and we are on the verge of a Wildcard spot, we hung with every elite team we played, no one else scares me.

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by Patssuck456 on Dec 23, 2009 11:26 AM EST reply actions

nah, SOS has SOMETHING to do with your success

but it is overrated

by finzrule on Dec 23, 2009 1:38 PM EST up reply actions

I don't know if this years team is handling the cold very well... Took a lot of inspiration to come back last week

by metalhead86 on Dec 23, 2009 12:00 PM EST reply actions

And it wasn't that cold, really.

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by Tunaflipper on Dec 23, 2009 12:27 PM EST up reply actions

well, it was in the mid 30's

thats one of the colder games in franchise history

by finzrule on Dec 23, 2009 1:39 PM EST up reply actions

Obviously things change, but looking at it now...

it is a shame that so many “easy” games are at home, where we won’t need fan support and so many “tough” games are on the road to compound the difficulty.
I predict we will have a rematch next year with the New Orleans Saints (super bowl rematch?) and yet another road game at San Diego (rematch of AFC champtionship game?) because we will WIN the AFC East.
Dang, it really is tough to repeat as 2009-2010 Super Bowl Champions…

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by DolphDallas on Dec 23, 2009 2:12 PM EST reply actions

owner Stephen Ross is probly pissed

what a boring slate of home games

by YatilGinnJr on Dec 23, 2009 2:12 PM EST reply actions

schedule

the Sun-Sentinel is reporting that our home game would be against the AFC South team who finishes in the same position as us, while our AFC West game will be away…anyone know which one it is?

by WillOber on Dec 23, 2009 5:17 PM EST reply actions

that's what i said above

am i missing something?

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by Matty I on Dec 23, 2009 5:20 PM EST up reply actions

nope

my bad. you’re right. hopefully it’ll be the Titans (likely) so we can exact some revenge. I was at the game in Nashville. B.R.U.T.A.L.

by WillOber on Dec 23, 2009 6:27 PM EST up reply actions

That road schedule is a beast!

You could argue that the Phins are playing the two best teams from the AFC North (Bengals & Ravens) and the two best teams from the NFC North (Vikings & Packers) on the road.

Here is a prediction sure to go wrong: If the Phins want to go to the Playoffs next year, they will need to go 8-0 or 7-1 at home. Right now I don’t see more than 2 or 3 wins on the road next year.

by ct1361 on Dec 23, 2009 8:38 PM EST reply actions

What? Are you Nostradamus?

goo goo goojoob

by Tunaflipper on Dec 24, 2009 12:39 AM EST up reply actions

No games for me next year,......

Going to Seattle for the Summer, then CA or AZ for next Winter……….

Or, maybe I’ll have to hop on a plane for one glorious Dolphin weekend……

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by Ohiofinfan4life on Dec 23, 2009 8:56 PM EST reply actions

Another Miami-Jaguars matchup probably

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by TheTealDeal on Dec 23, 2009 9:48 PM EST reply actions

The thing is

That any given Sunday this could be a great schedule or it could be a horrible one. This season was supposed to be a tough one, but look at us.. It’s December and we still have a shot at the playoffs!! I really like the future of this team and I can’t wait to see what next year brings.

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