Monday morning Dolphins from Barry Jackson

[fishfanmiami]

### How unusual was today’s 33-point eruption against the Patriots? Only once before in this century had the Dolphins scored at least 30 points at home against New England.
And this was the most points Miami scored at Sun Life Stadium against New England since a Dan Marino-led 39-35 win in 1994.
### Even more unusual: This is the first time in the Tom Brady era --- since 2001 --- that the Patriots have been alone in last place in the AFC East.
### Ryan Tannehill, on his first regular-season game in Bill Lazor's new offense: “It was fun. [But] what stuck out to me were the opportunities that we missed. The missed throws, missed opportunities, turnovers in the first half.
If we take those out or correct 70% of those, it’s kind of scary what the offense can do. They weren’t hard plays, they weren’t tough plays. They were plays that we should be making so I’m really expecting myself to clean that up for next week."
### Both teams’ most ballyhooed receiving weapons --- Dolphins receiver Mike Wallace and Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski – were targeted 11 times. But Wallace caught seven of his targets (two other potential TDs were near misses), while Gronkowski caught only four of his 11.
### According to ESPN’s Stats and Information department, Tom Brady completed only 2 of 18 passes thrown at least 15 yards. Those 16 incompletions on passes of that nature are the most in a game by a single quarterback since ESPN began tracking this in 2006.
### Before winning today, a hopeful projection for Miami’s first four games might have been 2-2. But now, 3-1 or even 4-0 isn’t unrealistic.
Kansas City, Miami's Week 3 opponent at Sun Life, looked bad in a home loss to Tennessee and lost two of its key defensive players with Achilles’ injuries: Pro Bowler Derrick Johnson and Mike DeVito. The Dolphins also should be favored to beat Oakland in Week 4 in London.
The most difficult game before the Oct. 5 bye might be next Sunday at Buffalo. According to Las Vegas oddsmakers, the Dolphins are 1 1/2 point underdogs against the Bills.
### Tom Brady, whose team was outgained 223-67 and outscored 23-0 after halftime: "Our execution was terrible. A bad day. They had some guys do a good job. They took away everybody in the second half."
### Tony Dungy gave the Dolphins plenty of props both on NBC and on Twitter: “Statement win by the Dolphins today. They outplayed the Patriots in every phase. Brady was under pressure all day.”
### Both Joe Philbin and Brady singled out Jason Trusnik, who was outstanding filling in for Phillip Wheeler. And Jelani Jenkins did a good job after Koa Misi and Dannell Ellerbe left with injuries. Misi wasn’t sure how quickly he will come back from an ankle sprain; he was in a walking boot afterward.

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[Built2Win]

Total shut down in the second half amazing performance.
The dolphins left lots of points out there and should have had at least 10 More.
Backup linebackers keep this up they will put the starters on the bench permanently.
I thought our secondary played really well..Plus Brady looked overwhelmed with the pressure..
Moreno Squeezed every yard out of those legs that just kept churning over patsies.
I thought Wallace showed he is not a one trick pony and lets not forget the man with a solid plan Lazor!

:troll:Do you still want Moore to start?

 

[ANUFan]

Ryan Tannehill, on his first regular-season game in Bill Lazor's new offense: “It was fun. [But] what stuck out to me were the opportunities that we missed. The missed throws, missed opportunities, turnovers in the first half.

^^^ Watching the game live it was very apparent. We easily left at least 3 TD's on the field....

 

[MD]

33 points in spite of several miscues. That's impressive.

I was curious about the last time the Pats were alone in last place. 13 years is a long, long time. Not going to get ahead of myself declaring the Pats run as over but there are obvious signs that it's coming to an end.

Let's see how they follow up a big win like this. We all know what happened after week 15 last season.

Although I would never wish injury on a player, I hope Wheeler is unable to go this week at Buffalo. The youngsters played better than any Wheeler performance I have seen to date.

 

[GEORGIA FIN]

Buffalo is gonna do its best to stuff the run again. Need Tannehill's passing to open up the running lanes if we want another win next week.

 

[NRA]

i was always more worried about this game even more than new england.

the bills are solid at every position and now posses one of the games most exciting young wr's. their qb situation is much better now than most think.

they are an extremely tough team that plays together and have serious nasty attitude. out of both games, i think we will see more of where the dolphins are truly at as a team as of right now.

plus they have to contend with the b attery chucking scumbag bills fans.

a BIG test coming on sunday.

 

[Austin Tatious]

I thought the defense looked better after Ellerbe came out.

 

[gregorygrant83]

With each win ir's going to become harder for me to wait seven days for the next game. I wish I could fast forward to next Sunday.

 

[fishfanmiami]

Big test for the O line next week for sure against a strong D line.. Pass it and we are 2 and 0 in the division and sitting pretty.
I'll be watching it with friends from Buffalo so i hope to see a Fin's payback victory.