The Miami Dolphins went to Baltimore and, within seconds, were down 7-0 after a 103-yard opening kickoff return by the Ravens’ Devin Duvernay. To make matters worse, on the ensuing possession, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw the first of two opening-half interceptions.
Luckily for Miami, the Dolphins made a goal-line stand to hold the Ravens and stop the early bleeding. Lamar Jackson had a perfect passer rating in the first half on way to a 28-7 halftime lead for Baltimore, but this game was a tale of two halves.
Miami came out of the locker room clearly inspired, as they opened the third quarter with a 12-play drive that was capped with a back-of-the-endzone touchdown by athletic tight end Mike Gesicki.
The Dolphins’ defense responded with a stop, only to have Miami punt the ball back after a stalled drive. Disaster struck when Jackson took a third-and-2 run 79 yards for a nearly back-breaking score.
Tagovailoa mustn’t have gotten the end-of-game memo because his time was just about to start. Down 35-to-14, the Dolphins entered the fourth quarter on their last fin. What Tagovailoa did en route to a 42-38 victory was one for the ages in Dolphins’, and even NFL, lore.
Here are some of Week 2’s news and notes from an unforgettable game.
In the fourth quarter, Tagovailoa was 13-17 for 199 and four touchdowns with a quarterback rating of 154.2 for the frame. In that same quarter, Tagovailoa hit Tyreek Hill on all five targets for 142 yards and two touchdowns.
Hill and Jaylen Waddle did something today that Mark Clayton and Mark Duper never did. Hill and Waddle each had two touchdowns in the same game Sunday. Several times, one of the “Marks Brothers” had a pair or more, while the other had one in a game, but they never had multiple in the same contest.
Duper’s high reception game was nine, and he had four games with eight. Clayton’s high game was 10, and he had nine three times, and eight three times. They never caught eight-plus each in the same game. Hill and Waddle caught 11 each on Sunday.
To put into perspective what Hill and Waddle did today, per NFL Research, it’s the first time, in the Super Bowl era, that teammates have both had 170-plus receiving yards and two-plus receiving touchdowns in the same game.
Per the Elias Sports Bureau, Hill and Waddle’s game was the fourth…
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