have not found themselves in the top slot of the NFL’s weekly schedule very often. Later tonight, that is exactly where they will be as they welcome the Pittsburgh Steelers (+7.5) to Hard Rock Stadium. Since NBC took over Sunday Night Football in 2006, with ESPN moving over to the Monday night broadcasts, the Dolphins have appeared on the primetime broadcast just three times. They were actually slotted for a fourth back in 2009, but they were flexed out of the slot and put back into the Sunday afternoon schedule.
The Dolphins actually were in the first edition of NBC’s broadcast of Sunday Night Football, and they faced the Steelers in that contest.