The Numbers Behind Miami’s Comeback Win
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It wasn’t exactly how fans pictured it, but the Miami Dolphins got a 20-17 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in their season opener on Sunday The vaunted Miami offense sputtered out of the gates and didn’t start flashing until midway in the 3rd quarter. Defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver put together a great game plan and the defense helped the team keep it close until strung the offense could come through and pull off then win..
Let’s review the numbers of Miami’s hard fought victory over the Jaguars
54.8 – The Dolphin’s vaunted rushing attack put up only 81 yards on 25 carries, 54.8 yards less per their average per game in 2023 but…
5 – After only running on third and short 17 times all year in the 2023 season, Mike McDaniel ran the ball 5 times on 3rd and short
9 – Tyreek Hill, in 9 career week 1 games, has has 9 career touchdowns
48.8 – Jake Bailey was fantastic all day averaging 48.8 yards on 4 punts, 3 inside 20, 1 inside 5.
7th – Jaylen Waddle and Tyreek Hill each had 100+ yards making it the 7th time the WR duo has done so. They are the 7th WR duo to reach this mark 7 times in NFL History
More 7s – De’Von Achane hauled in all 7 of his targets. a single-game career high
Even more 7 – Today was Tua Tagovailoa‘s 7th comeback win and 9th game-winning drive
EVEN MORE 7 – Jason Sanders is now 7/7 in his career in CLUTCH KICKS occurring under 1:00 to go in a game
26 – This was the 26th time in his career that Hill has amassed 130 or more yards in a game, tying him tied with Lance Alworth and Isaac Bruce for 5th place all-time.
37 – With his drive ending sack in the 4th quarter in addition to his 2 tackles for loss, the oldest defensive end in the NFL, 37 year old Calais Campbell, looks like he has plenty left in the tank.
8 – Miami extended their winning streak to 8 straight games when Kevin Harlan is the color commentator.
81.06 – The newly formed defensive backfield limited QB Trevor Lawrence to 162 yards passing, just over 81 yards less per game than the. tea averaged in 2023.
419 – Despite looking rusty and out of sync for close to 3 quarters, the Dolphins were able to gain 419 yards of total offense, 25 yards more than 2023’s prolific numbers
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