With a pivotal year ahead for the Dolphins, here's a breakdown of their upcoming 2025 slate. Just two years ago, Miami put up some of the best offensive numbers in the league as Tua Tagovailoa threw for 4,624 yards and 29 touchdowns and Tyreek Hill put up 1,799 receiving yards and 13 touchdowns.

The NFL dropped its full 2025 schedule last night, and for Miami Dolphins fans, it was worth the wait. From high-octane quarterback battles to a historic international trip, the Dolphins are set to embark on one of the most intriguing and challenging seasons in recent memory.

However, what Miami fans are clamoring for most is wins after the team finished 9-8 in 2024 and missed the playoffs. The Dolphins will not have an easy road in 2025 when they play a number of quality teams who were in the playoffs a season ago. Miami will also face off against several good quarterbacks along the way.

Due to an insensitive joke towards Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill and Microsoft rights violation, the Indianapolis Colts scrapped their Minecraft-themed 2025-2026 NFL schedule release video.

The bad news is the Dolphins play five of their first eight games on the road — at Indianapolis in the opener (Sept. 7), at Buffalo (Sept. 18), at Carolina (Oct. 5), at Cleveland (Oct. 19), and at Atlanta (Oct. 26). If the trend holds, the Dolphins will go 2-3 in those five road games.

The Miami Dolphins ' schedule for the 2025 season will see the team play AFC North and NFC South opponents, along with second place finishers in the AFC. But with the order of those games now set, there are three stretches of three games each that stand out as especially important in the Dolphins' upcoming slate.