MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – Jason Sanders kicked a go-forward 50-garden discipline goal with 18 seconds remaining, supporting the Miami Dolphins to their 1st playoff berth considering that 2016 soon after squeaking by the New York Jets 11-6 on Sunday.
The Dolphins (9-8) snapped a 5-game dropping streak and then experienced to wait around a handful of minutes for Buffalo to defeat New England 35-23 to make their postseason visual appearance official. “We’re In” was shown on the videoboard at Tricky Rock Stadium.
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Miami will engage in at Buffalo in the first spherical of the playoffs next weekend. The AFC East rivals break up the time sequence with each and every profitable at household.
Sanders’ kick came after the Dolphins have been helped by a 15-property horse-collar tackle penalty on Quincy Williams.
The Jets (7-10) ended the season with 6 straight losses, finishing a disappointing collapse for Robert Saleh’s squad. New York failed to score a touchdown in its last a few game titles.
On the Jets’ very last-ditch hard work with time working out, they lateraled the ball a couple moments before Elijah Moore fumbled, the ball was recovered by Garrett Wilson and he was dominated to be tackled in the conclude zone for a protection.
The Jets attained midfield with 7:28 left on a 27-property penalty immediately after a defensive pass interference contact on Dolphins cornerback Kader Kohou. That generate finished in a punt by an offense that had much less than 200 complete yards.
The Jets had tied it with about 12 minutes left on a 35-lawn field objective by Greg Zuerlein. Joe Flacco led the team down the discipline on a 14-play, 75-property generate.
Flacco completed 17 of 32 passes with 169 yards for the Jets in the put of Mike White, who is dealing with damaged ribs.
In their most significant match of the time, the Dolphins’ offense was minimal with veteran remaining tackle Terron Armstead inactive and rookie Skylar Thompson at quarterback.
Thompson experienced a whole 7 days of to start with-staff apply reps immediately after changing the wounded Teddy Bridgewater in previous Sunday’s loss at New England. He done 20 of 31 passes for 152 yards.
Miami punted on two of its initial 4 drives. The other two ended in a turnover on downs and a 37-yarder by Sanders.
Miami obtained close to the stop zone midway as a result of the third quarter, set up by hard operates of 14, 11 and 21 yards by Raheem Mostert. The Dolphins missing 11 yards on very first down at the Jets 13, however, Thompson couldn’t link with Tyreek Hill in the finish zone on third-and 16, and the Dolphins settled for a subject objective.
Hill was restricted by an ankle injuries sustained in the to start with half, but he only briefly remaining the recreation. He caught two passes on 5 targets for 23 yards, his fewest in a recreation this year.
Mostert and Jeff Wilson blended for 143 yards hurrying for the Dolphins.
Limited close Mike Gesicki led the Dolphins with 46 yards, which include a 32-garden catch in the fourth quarter.
SCOREBOARD Enjoy
When the day’s out-of-town online games flashed on the scoreboard at Hard Rock Stadium, the matchup between the Expenses and Patriots was noticeably absent.
Following Miami’s activity went remaining, the video clip board quickly switched to the Bill-Patriots video game.
When questioned this week if he’d be seeing the final result of that match, Dolphins mentor Mike McDaniel answered “unquestionably not.”
“Any emphasis on some thing that you cannot control I you should not believe can help render the wished-for result,” he included.
Injuries
Jets: S Tony Adams was shaken up right after getting a major strike that knocked his helmet off in the third quarter. He was later on dominated out with a concussion.
Dolphins: Hill was in and out of the game with his ankle personal injury. … OL Liam Eichenberg remaining in the third quarter with an arm personal injury. … Mostert remaining in the fourth quarter with a thumb injury and did not return. … DL Brandon Shell remaining in the fourth quarter with ankle and knee injuries.
UP Upcoming
Dolphins: The common year is over. Miami will deal with Buffalo in the initial spherical of the playoffs.
Jets: Enter the offseason with a significant dilemma mark at quarterback immediately after Zach Wilson’s rough next NFL time.
