The Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots are a couple of hours away from kickoff. As happens every week with every game across the NFL, there are plenty of connections between the two AFC East rivals, including Dolphins GM Chris Grier’s dad, Branden Albert and Chris Long together in college, Chris Hogan facing the team that gave him the 7-11 nickname, and more. We work our way through all of the Dolphins-Patriots connections below:
Former Teams
- Patriots tight ends coach Brian Daboll was the Dolphins offensive coordinator in 2011.
- Patriots linebacker Jonathan Freeny was signed by the Dolphins as an undrafted free agent in 2012, playing for the team through 2014.