Miami Dolphins-Buffalo Bills secure early Thursday night date

The Miami Dolphins’ next matchup against the AFC East champion Buffalo Bills will once again take place in prime time.

The NFL announced that the Dolphins and Bills will participate in the first Thursday Night Game on Amazon Prime this season as they face off at Hard Rock Stadium on September 12 at 8:15 p.m. ET.

“We are thrilled to announce that we are launching our third season of Thursday Night Football with a huge AFC East game, the Miami Dolphins hosting the Buffalo Bills. “These are two of the best quarterbacks in the game, with two of the best offenses in the league,” said Jay Marine, vice president and global head of sports and advertising, at Pier 36 in New York during the inaugural presentation from Amazon Upfront 2024. “It’s going to be a can’t-miss game, and I personally can’t wait to go to Miami for it, it’s going to be fun. “The teams, of course, also played an evening game at Hard Rock Stadium last time. “The time they met after their Week 18 game last season to determine the division champion was selected as the season finale for the entire league.”

In addition to their 2023 game at Miami being selected as the final Sunday night game of the regular season, the Dolphins and Bills also played in prime time in 2022 when their Week 15 game at Buffalo was was selected from five games to be determined as the Saturday night game. this week.

The Dolphins expect to get more primetime games when the full schedule is revealed Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on NFL Network. The team initially played three primetime games in 2023 before the addition of the Bills’ matchup in Miami, to go along with two standalone games: the game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Germany and the Black Friday game against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium.

This game became the sixth game officially announced by the NFL.

Week 1

Thursday, September 5 – Baltimore at Kansas City, 8:15 p.m. (NBC)

Friday, September 6 — Green Bay vs. Philadelphia (Brazil), 8 p.m. (Peacock)

Sunday, September 8 – Cleveland at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. (FOX)

Monday, September 9 – NY Jets at San Francisco, 8:20 p.m. (ESPN)

Week 2

Thursday, September 12 – Buffalo to Miami, 8:15 p.m. (Amazon Prime)

Sunday, September 15 – Cincinnati at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m. (CBS)