The Miami Dolphins went into MetLife Stadium on a short week and rolled to victory over the New York Jets, 34-13.
Despite some sloppy play and a devastating injury to pass-rusher Jaelan Phillips, Miami is now 8-3, in control of their AFC East destiny and very much alive in the top-seed conversation with a handful of other AFC teams.
Miami relied on a massive defensive performance as well as terrific games from their skill position triplets of Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle and Raheem Mostert.
Orchestrating this, as the football-like point guard he is, Tua Tagovailoa had a fair game, with two ill-timed interceptions. However, the second was a net positive and led to a Hail Mary try, that Miami’s Jevon Holland intercepted and proceeded to take coast-to-coast for a 99-yard touchdown.
The return score was the third-longest interception for a touchdown in Dolphins history with the second being a 100-yarder by Brock Marion in 2002. The first was famously Louis Oliver’s epic 103-yard return in 1992, as both of those top-two were against the Buffalo Bills.
The Miami Dolphins are 9-5 in their 14 games against the Jets at MetLife Stadium since the place opened in 2010.
Here are some more notes from the victory:
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- The numbers against the Jets were seven sacks, eight tackles for loss, 12 quarterback hits, six passes defensed, a forced fumble and two interceptions, one, of which, was a 99-yard return for a touchdown from Holland.
- New York went 5-for-14 on third downs. Miami went 11-for-16.
- Miami’s defense held the Jets to an average gain per play of just 2.9 yards.
- Eight different Dolphins recorded a quarterback hit against the Jets and four players did so twice – Jaelan Phillips, Christian Wilkins, Emmanuel Ogbah and Bradley Chubb.
- The unit held the Jets to just 29 rushing yards on 10 carries on Friday. That’s the fewest rushing yards allowed by the Dolphins in a game since December 11, 2017 against the New England Patriots when they allowed just two.
- All four of Miami’s defensive tackles on the roster recorded at least a half-sack.
- Zach Sieler now has a career-high five sacks this season, and Wilkins has a career-high 6.5 after his two-sack day. They’re arguably the NFL’s best defensive tackle tandem.
- The Dolphins have now had multiple sacks in eight straight games, which is tied for the third-longest multi-sack streak in team history. Remarkably, this defense is middle of the pack in blitzing…
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