The Titans and Dolphins have been suspended due to lightning in the area. This game has experienced plenty of rain so far, with legitimate downpour conditions popping up late in the first quarter. Storms have formed all around the Miami area, producing lightning close to the stadium. Miami currently leads 7-3 with 1:11 to play in the second quarter. The Titans will have the ball when the game resumes. According to those at the game, the sun is out and no thunder has been heard. UPDATE: The game will resume at 2:15 central UPDATE: Just kidding. More lightning. Now slated for 2:45 central. UPDATE: Looks like we’re back in a holding pattern. UPDATE: More lightning strikes close by. NFL has pushed it out further. We will not resume play until it is determined safe. — Tom Garfinkel (@TomGarfinkel) September 9, 2018 UPDATE: We have players on the field. . @Titans specialists just took the field as well @HardRockStadium — Jim Wyatt (@jwyattsports) September 9, 2018 UPDATE: 3:10 PM Central — the game has resumed. UPDATE: We are back under a weather delay. Miami still leads 7-3 in the middle of the third quarter. UPDATE: The earliest the game can resume is 6 PM. Earliest Titans game can start is 6pm CT per @TitansAmie — Allan Bell (@AllanBell247) September 9, 2018 UPDATE: Game to resume at 5:55 PM.<doc-sep>8:30 p.m. UPDATE: Miami’s 27-20 victory over Tennessee went later than even Sunday’s 4 p.m. games, wrapping up at 8:10 after two weather delays of 2 hours each due to lightning in the area. That’s more than 7 hours after the 1 p.m. start. Five instant takeaways from Dolphins’ bizarre season-opening win over Titans Delays for lightning lasted a total of 3 hours, 59 minutes, and the game took 7 hours, 10 minutes to play. It was the longest game since the 1970 NFL-AFL merger. Grading the Miami Dolphins for their marathon opening win vs. Tennessee The previous longest game since 1970 was a Bears overtime victory against the Ravens in 2013 that took 5 hours, 16 minutes. 7 p.m. UPDATE: The Miami Dolphins opener against the Tennessee Titans has resumed in the third quarter after a second lightning delay of 2 hours, 2 minutes. The first lightning delay in the second quarter was 1 hour, 57 minutes - a total of nearly 4 hours. 6:35 p.m. UPDATE: The Dolphins and Titans are scheduled to resume play at 6:55 p.m. after a second lightning delay of several hours. The teams will pick up with 6:47 remaining in the third quarter. Photos: Dolphins vs. Titans 5:10 P.M. UPDATE: Another lightning strike has delayed Miami’s game vs. Tennessee in the second half. NFL national anthem protest: Dolphins’ Kenny Stills kneeling Previous story: Despite sunny skies, the Miami Dolphins’ season opener Sunday against the Titans was halted with 1:11 left in the first half because of a lightning strike within a mile of Hard Rock Stadium. Both teams returned to the locker room after referee Jerome Boger stopped action with the Dolphins leading 7-3 and the Titans with the ball at their own 24-yard line. It rained heavily about a half hour before the 1 p.m. kickoff, and then again during the first half. Both times, the sunshine followed. Thunder could be heard intermittently before the stoppage, which came at 2:13 p.m. Lieser: Dolphins WR Kenny Stills speaks volumes, and people are finally listening The NFL had hoped to have the teams return to the field at 3 p.m, with play resuming at 3:10 p.m. Then, due to more lightning, the estimated start was pushed back to 3:32 p.m. and then, 3:40 p.m. Finally, after a delay of nearly two hours, the Dolphins and Titans returned to the field and began play at 4:10 p.m., a delay of 1 hour, 57 minutes. The NFL’s plan was to have a halftime of only 3 minutes, 30 seconds, with players remaining on the field. Interestingly, Dolphins coach Adam Gase was asked Friday about potentially having to deal with a lightning delay. "You just try to keep guys loose and you try to organize," he said. "When you get a start time, then you start working backwards and just really get your warmup set." The Dolphins came up empty on fourth-and-1 from the Titans’ 15-yard line on the first play after the two-minute warning. The Titans then ran just two plays before the game was stopped. Prior to that, Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill was 11-for-13 passing for 91 yards, including a 10-yard touchdown toss to Kenny Stills. Frank Gore had 49 yards on five carries in his Dolphins debut and fellow running back Kenyan Drake had 40 rushing yards on six carries.<doc-sep>
[Dolphins fans: Sign up for FanPulse, our weekly Dolphins survey] NOTE: For updates on the second lightning delay, head here. The Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans are in a weather delay just before halftime of their Week 1 game. The Dolphins lead 7-3. The game was delayed and both teams sent to the locker rooms after reports of lightning strikes within a mile of Hard Rock Stadium. There have been bands of heavy rain throughout the game, with sun shine alternating in between. There is no estimate as of yet for when the game will resume. The fans have been asked to clear the stands during the suspension of play. A reporter (I can't remember who) asked Gase about lighting delays on Friday. "You just try to keep guys loose and you try to organize. When you get a start time, then you start working backwards and just really get your warmup set," Gase said. Thanks, reporter I can't remember. — Joe Schad (@schadjoe) September 9, 2018 When the game resumes, the Titans will have the ball facing a 3rd-and-1 from their own 24-yard line. There is 1:11 remaining before halftime. This is the second weather delay of the first week of games for the NFL. The start of the Thursday night kickoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Atlanta Falcons was delayed about 45 minutes due to lightning in Philadelphia. UPDATE: According to Miami CEO Tom Garfinkel, the league is planning to get the players back on the field at 3pm Eastern, with 10 minutes of warmup. The last 1:11 of the first half will then be played, followed by a 6:30 halftime break. UPDATE 2: Everything was pushed back to 3:20 after another report of lightning in the area. UPDATE 3: Garfinkel has updated the start time to 3:30. UPDATE 4: Yep, add another 10 minutes. Start at 3:40 now. UPDATE 5: Lightning continues to strike near the stadium, so there is now no estimate on the re-start. UPDATE 6: Players are starting to get back onto the field and there will now be a 10 minute warmup before the final 1:11 of the first half is played. Halftime will now be only 3:30 and players will not leave the field. The delay was right around 2 hours.