Tua Tagovailoa threw for 324 yards and 3 touchdowns, Jalen Ramsey intercepted a move in his Dolphins debut, and Miami beat the New England Patriots 31-17 on Sunday.
Miami won for the 16th time in its previous 18 house video games, and Tagovailoa moved to 6- in his vocation versus Patriots coach Bill Belichick. The Dolphins, 6-2 for the initially time due to the fact 2001, have a a single-video game guide in excess of Buffalo for the AFC East lead.
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Tagovailoa completed 30 of 45 passes and moved his league-leading yardage full to 2,416. Jaylen Waddle had 7 catches for 121 yards and a landing, and Tyreek Hill experienced eight receptions for 112 yards and a rating, becoming the 1st participant in the Tremendous Bowl period to best 1,000 obtaining yards via 8 online games.
Mac Jones experienced one more uneven day for the Patriots (2-6), throwing for 161 yards on 19-of-29 passing with two touchdowns and a single interception.
The Patriots trailed 24-10 halfway through the fourth quarter when they drove within the Miami 3 and scored on fourth down. Jones connected with JuJu Smith-Schuster for the receiver’s to start with landing this season to get the Patriots within just 7.
The Dolphins responded with a 10-enjoy, 75-property travel, and Waddle waltzed into the stop zone for an simple 31-yard score.
Ramsey intercepted Jones on a pass meant for Bourne and returned it 49 yards in the 2nd quarter. Ramsey skipped the initially 7 online games of the time soon after obtaining surgical procedure in July to restore a torn meniscus in his left knee.
Smith-Schuster manufactured a tough strike on Dolphins security Brandon Jones on the Patriots’ final push as Jones was attempting to occur down with an interception. The play resulted in a quick skirmish between the teams around the Patriots’ sideline right before Miami ran out the clock.
The Dolphins turned the ball around 2 times, and the Patriots scored both of those periods.
Tagovailoa was sacked on Miami’s 2nd generate and threw an interception on the subsequent engage in, which the Patriots turned into a 7- lead when Jones observed Kendrick Bourne for a 24-garden landing.
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Raheem Mostert fumbled at Miami’s 19 on the 1st play of the 3rd quarter with the Dolphins up 17-7. That resulted in a 38-property discipline objective by Chad Ryland. Mostert later contributed his NFL-greatest 10th speeding landing of the season — a 1-property rating on Miami’s subsequent offensive possession that place the Dolphins in advance 24-10.
Hill, who was minimal by a hip personal injury this 7 days, has designed clear his intention to surpass 2,000 acquiring yards, and he is a lot more than halfway there at 1,014.
Soon after his 42-lawn landing reception in the first quarter, Hill basically sat on the Dolphins’ bench. He experienced been flagged in Miami’s preceding two dwelling online games for unsportsmanlike conduct for his celebrations.
Back IN THE Conclusion ZONE
Cedrick Wilson caught Tagovailoa’s next landing go in the second quarter. It was Wilson’s 1st landing due to the fact prior to Miami picked him up in free agency very last yr. He hadn’t scored considering the fact that Week 18 of 2021 with Dallas.
Terrifying Strike
Previous Dolphins receiver DeVante Parker took a challenging hit to his head from Dolphins protection DeShon Elliott in the 3rd quarter and still left to be evaluated for a concussion. Parker appeared disoriented when he attempted to get to his toes. He stumbled for a couple of seconds prior to teammates grabbed him. He was aided off the subject and right away dominated out with a head personal injury.
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Elliott’s helmet appeared to make make contact with with Parker’s on the strike. No flag was thrown.
Accidents
Patriots: LB Ja’Whaun Bentley (hamstring) was downgraded to out. … CB Myles Bryant was served off the industry with a hamstring injury. … Bourne still left with a knee damage in the fourth.
Dolphins: RG Rob Hunt wounded a hamstring in the second quarter and did not return. … Jones remained on the floor for a whilst right after the hit from Smith-Schuster.
UP Upcoming
Patriots: Host Washington future Sunday.
Dolphins: Journey to Frankfurt, Germany, in which they are the selected household group versus Kansas City next Sunday.
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