Dolphins will face brutal reality during final stretch of 2026 schedule

That's unfortunate, because the Dolphins have a brutal stretch near the end of the 2026 season. Starting on November 22, the Dolphins play their final four road games in cold-weather cities (at Bills, at Broncos, at Packers, at Patriots). These are all going to be cold, outdoor games, which could be horrible for the Dolphins.

It's bad enough that the Dolphins have to play the Bills and Patriots twice, as well as the entire NFC North and AFC West, so lining up all of those cold-weather road games at the end of the season just feels cruel.

If there's any silver lining, it's that new quarterback Malik Willis and head coach Jeff Hafley came to Miami from Green Bay. Perhaps Hafley knows a way to better prepare his players for the cold, but it's not like Willis played much for the Packers.

Can Miami get past cold weather issues?

As mentioned above, the Dolphins have lost 15 games in a row in temperatures under 40 degrees. It's not that the Dolphins have lost cold-weather games, it's that they have often been completely dominated. Under McDaniel, this team didn't even look the same when playing on the road.

In 2026, even if the team plays better on the road, it's hard to find one of those four late-season games that the Dolphins could win. The Bills, Broncos, Packers, and Patriots are all expected to be contenders in 2026, and by this point in the season, they will certainly have playoff seeding on the line.

To sum this all up, if the Dolphins are going to get better in cold weather, it probably isn't going to happen in 2026.

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