Behind a strong performance from both sides of the ball, the Miami Dolphins completed a regular season sweep of the New York Jets with a 30-0 win Sunday afternoon at Hard Rock Stadium.
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa completed 21-of-24 passes for 224 yards, one touchdown and a 119.4 passer rating. Miami’s defense forced four turnovers to secure the club’s 10th victory of the season and eighth consecutive home win against the Jets.
We go Inside the Numbers, presented by BDO, to take a look at the most notable team stats, individual metrics, milestones and more from Miami’s Week 15 win.
Run Defense
NFL defenses have held their opponents to under 40 rushing yards in 16 games this season. Only three teams (Miami, Chicago and New England) have done this in multiple games and just Miami and Chicago have done so three times. For the Dolphins, those three games have all come in the last five weeks of play as they held Las Vegas to 36 rushing yards (Week 11), the Jets to 29 yards (Week 12) and the Jets again to 23 yards (Week 15).
New York’s 23 rushing yards were their fewest in a game since Nov. 20, 2005 at Denver (19 yards) and the fewest rushing yards allowed by Miami in a game since Nov. 28, 2010 at Oakland (16 yards).
Since Week 2, the Dolphins defense has given up the second-fewest rushing yards in the league (1,032), is second in opponent yards per carry (3.4) and tied for second in rushing first downs allowed (66).
Career Years
Dolphins defensive tackles Christian Wilkins and Zach Sieler have been key contributors in building up the team’s stout run defense through 14 games.
Wilkins (8.0 and 19) and Sieler (7.5 and 17) have both set new career highs in sacks and quarterback hits this season.
After coming into 2023 with two career fumble recoveries, Sieler recorded his second of the season on Sunday to set up running back Raheem Mostert‘s record-setting touchdown run.
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