The Miami Dolphins head north to face the New England Patriots in the first week of the 2021 NFL regular season. Opening on the road at New England is becoming a routine for the Dolphins, who had the same Week 1 contest last year, though this season it will have a 4:35pm ET kickoff rather than the 1pm ET start from 2020.
There are three other games being played during the late-afternoon time slot, with two on FOX and the Dolphins game sharing CBS with the Cleveland Browns at Kansas City Chiefs game. The Browns-Chiefs take the majority of the nation while the Dolphins-Patriots contest is limited to select parts of the country.