Lazor is the third coach fired by the Dolphins this season as the team fired head coach Joe Philbin and defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle after week four.
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As for allowing Tannehill to audible more, Taylor said, “Everything is on the table”. So far this season, Tannehill has regressed statistically: he is completing 62.1% of his passes, boasts an 88.7 passer rating, and has thrown 11 interceptions in 11 games (last season he threw 12).
Yet the Jets had trouble pulling away from the Dolphins during an unbearable first half that saw the two teams combine for five three-and-outs.
The Jets kept their playoff hopes alive on Sunday by throttling the Dolphins 38-20 in NY.
Taylor, when meeting with reporters for the first time Monday, admitted he’s never called plays.
In a way, it sounds as it Miami might be going at it via “offensive coordinator by committee”, for lack of a better term, for the rest of the season. You’re not noticing a guy is down.
While the New York Jets earned a win this Sunday afternoon over the Miami Dolphins, an AFC East game that does not involved the New England Patriots usually does not tend to be one of the most crisp of the season.
After Rishard Matthews was removed from the game early in the first quarter with a chest injury that ended up being cracked ribs, Parker saw more playing time against the Jets than he had seen the entire season up until that point.
With critics rising up around him, Ryan Fitzpatrick silenced everyone in his four-touchdown win over the Miami Dolphins. “That had been lacking the last few weeks, but I don’t think the confidence has wavered at all this year in terms of the team that we think that we have”. New York’s damage had already been done and Miami was chasing an unreachable score.
RUSHING OFFENSE: B. Running back Chris Ivory (21 carries for 87 yards and one touchdown) returned to his relentlessly bruising ways as he wore down the Dolphins, who surrendered 86 of Ivory’s yards after contact. “We lost the game”. It set up the Jets at the Dolphins’ 25.
Miami’s lack of offensive performance has led to a defense that gets exhausted being on the field a majority of the game. The long throw of the day was a 47 yard catch from Marshall. The conversion came as part of a touchdown drive sparked by Grimes’ 28-yard punt return.
The defense was downright stingy against the run, holding the Dolphins to a measly 12 yards – a franchise-low for NY – on nine rushes.
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Smith, a second-round pick from Ohio State, ran a gorgeous post pattern for his 16-yard touchdown catch from Fitzpatrick with 8 seconds left in the second quarter. He led the Jets to touchdowns on four of their five trips inside the 20 and the Green & White were excellent on third down, converting 59% (10 of 17) of the time. Among the Jets’ inactives was CB Darrelle Revis (concussion), who was sidelined by a head injury for the second time in his nine-year career.
