Tua Tagovailoa and the Miami Dolphins have performed practically every little thing they have necessary to due to the fact actively playing the New York Jets a few weeks in the past — other than continue to be healthier.
Injuries to standout linebacker Jaelan Phillips (Achilles tendon tear) and starting off safety Jevon Holland (knees) overshadowed Miami’s blowout win over the Jets in 7 days 12, when Holland also returned an intercepted 1st-half Hail Mary attempt 99 yards for a rating.
Injuries showed up again in the Dolphins’ acquire around the Commanders the next week when linebacker Jerome Baker suffered a knee harm that landed him on hurt reserve.
And they played a significant function in previous week’s 28-27 decline to the Tennessee Titans, with Miami shedding beginning centre Connor Williams for the season for the reason that of an ACL tear, and with star receiver Tyreek Hill mainly restricted by an ankle injuries.
“This is how the league is effective,” Tagovailoa stated. “You pray that you can have healthy seasons and stay healthier as lengthy as achievable, but it is really a actual physical activity, and items like that occur. When people points do come about, how do we as a crew come out and not enable our foot off the fuel?”
He challenged the Dolphins to not be much too “psychological” entering Sunday’s matchup towards the Jets in spite of blowing a 14-level direct in opposition to Tennessee with a lot less than five minutes remaining. The Dolphins (9-4) still sit atop the AFC East, and they’re the No. 2 seed in the meeting.
“We don’t want to come into the match contemplating we will need to do this, we require to do that,” Tagovailoa explained. “We just have to have to perform within the policies and concepts of what that play involves for us to do.”
The Jets (5-8) are coming off a single of the finest wins of their year — a 30-6 blowout of the Houston Texans that can provide as an electricity-boosting victory to develop on.
“Having that win below our belt and finding that feeling once again about who we are was huge for us,” claimed defensive lineman Solomon Thomas.
“It really is a further divisional game. You typically don’t like the opponents in your division for a purpose. You’re rivals, you play them 2 times a yr, you fellas know each individual other also very well, so it can be certainly a game you want to get.”
Mentor Robert Saleh this 7 days characterised their Week 12 conference as a combine of “unlucky cases” and “skipped opportunities.”
He also doesn’t believe the familiarity of actively playing the Dolphins just 3 months ago allows or hurts the Jets, who are not technically out of the playoff race inspite of having difficulties for most of the period.
“We are both of those who we are,” Saleh explained. “You will find heading to be some nuance, there is certainly likely to be some alterations. I am confident mentor (Mike) McDaniel is likely to have 65 new performs, but at the meat of it is philosophy and a design and style of play that individuals guys have and exact matter with us, both offensively and defensively and unique teams.”
TYREEK HILL Standing
Hill’s ankle personal injury that he suffered during the first quarter against Tennessee puts his availability Sunday in question.
Mentor Mike McDaniel stated previously this week that he will wait around for Hill to convey to him whether or not he feels as if he can play on the ankle, which the star receiver said caused him a great deal of pain in the 2nd fifty percent.
“He’s going to just take care of what is in his arms,” McDaniel stated, “but he’s these types of an critical portion of our workforce that we’re gonna make guaranteed that when he’s on the subject he’s not at possibility of more injuring himself.”
NO Strain
Dolphins defensive coordinator Vic Fangio said he doesn’t regret not sending a lot more blitzes at Will Levis throughout Tennessee’s two late touchdown drives.
Irrespective of just a single sack in the sport, the Dolphins largely constrained significant performs until finally the final five minutes. Levis completed 4 passes of at least 20 yards throughout that span.
“A whole lot of it took place extremely rapidly,” Fangio claimed. “I desired to get in touch with it superior, and we essential to play it greater.”
ZACH’S Back
Wilson experienced possibly the best match of his vocation last 7 days towards Houston, throwing for 301 yards with two touchdowns and primary New York into the conclude zone three situations over-all.
“Whatever he ate Saturday evening, just go do it once more,” Saleh joked. “He’s been functioning, he is been having superior and give him credit score: He performed cost-free on Sunday.”
Wilson rebounded from a two-match benching to be picked AFC offensive participant of the week for his overall performance. Wilson bought the Jets’ formerly sluggish offense shifting persistently in the 2nd 50 %, when they scored all of their points in a 30-6 win.
“The detail is which is the normal, ideal?” Wilson mentioned. “I wouldn’t say, ‘Hey, you know, in that match, you were doing something differently.’ I indicate, we were being in the move, momentum was on our facet.”
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