Miami’s special teams unit certainly did its part this afternoon, doing all the little things that enabled this team to be in a position to win it in the final stanza. You watch Matt and Charlie battle and fight. T.Y. McGill streaked in unmolested on a simple end-tackle stunt to sack Ryan Tannehill for a safety in the first quarter, and Mathis sacked Tannehill on fourth-and-game from the Colts’ 5-yard line to seal the victory.
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“He feels like it’s on his shoulders, and it’s not”, Dolphins interim coach Dan Campbell said of Douglas.
“I still think that when you get where we’re at, I think we have enough talent, I think that we’re making too many mistakes, I think that’s what it is”, Campbell added, who did a solid job in his decision making, opting to kick field goals in key fourth-down situations, regardless of the crowd’s reaction.
Tannehill has been sacked 44 times this season.
“That’s always fun to get to go back home”, said Johnson, a native of Miami who also played his college football at the University of Miami.
The Dolphins are converting just 29.3 percent of the team’s third-down attempts, which creates a almost six minute time of possession difference this season and applies pressure on the defense.
While three straight losses have put a sour taste in the mouths of the Indianapolis Colts, they can still win the AFC South with a favorable turn of events over the last two weeks of the regular season. But the team’s inability to protect him is holding this quarterback, and franchise back.
Miami appeared to have the game all wrapped up. It took the Dolphins nearly two-quarters to score their first points because the Colts played serious red zone defense. Stephen Morris, a 30-game starter at the University of Miami, now is in line to start Sunday’s game (1 p.m., CBS). That final Miami drive would’ve never threatened without help from Erik Walden, who knocked down Tannehill after he threw an incompletion on third down, drawing a roughing penalty that gave the Dolphins life.
On the brink of elimination from the playoff race, the Indianapolis Colts dug in.
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And it’s not as if the blunder cost the Dolphins a playoff berth. Why not start preparing for the next season? Entering the game they would’ve gotten the No. 8 pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, and their loss could increase their chances to get a better spot. The return game was solid and the Colts didn’t have any breakout special teams plays. “We did that, but didn’t make it happen”. He had seven receptions for 111 yards, including a sensational one-handed catch as he tumbled to the turf for a 26-yard gain.
