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Dolphins Turn it Up in second half! But how much did they turn it on?

Writer's picture: Zack ByersZack Byers

Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle Celebrate a Miami Dolphins Touchdown
Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle Celebrate a Miami Dolphins Touchdown

The Jacksonville Jaguars seemed determined to throw to our soft zones all day, at least in

Trevor Lawrence Jacksonville Jaguars
Trevor Lawrence Jacksonville Jaguars

the first half. No doubt our defensive front had some good plays early in the game however in the first half the Fins played soft on defense. Missed throws and dropped passes by the Jags kept us in the game. This will not be the case against the Fins next opponent, the Buffalo Bills.


(So should we worry for week 2 against the much better Quarterback Josh Allen? We will get to that 👀 )


The Dolphins Offense was convinced that using screens was the solution against the Jaguars. Very little tight-end play was used, maybe because the targets weren’t being brought in by the tight-ends. I have a more conspiratorial theory.


It is my opinion that McDaniel held back a major part of the playbook and new wrinkles. This was the most vanilla I’ve seen Mike call a game. I’m sure after the locker room address post game that the Dolphins have the Bills marked for death this season ☠️


Tua Tagovailoa Miami Dolphins
Tua Tagovailoa Miami Dolphins

Let’s talk about the second half of the Jags game. No points allowed by the Dolphins defense! Massive plays including the Jacob Holland “Snow Punch”(I’ve coined this), Jaelan Phillips sack, and the Ramsey sideline to sideline tackle on 4th and 1! Dolphins offense came to life with a massive quick strike Tyreek Hill touchdown and 3 drives resulting in Field goal attempts. Sanders was 2 of 3, redeeming himself with a game winner. On that drive, Tua operated a near perfect drive to set them up. This was an issue against better teams last year.


Tua lead the NFL in passing yards this week with 338. Over 200 of those yards came in the second half! Mind you, zero turn over worthy plays in the second half. Whatever Tua said to those guys in the locker room at halftime got them pumped! As we know, teams tend to come out flat in week 1, but the real deal teams conquer that adversity quick. The Dolphins did it before week 2 and that’s a comfort to me. Only 2 quarters from dealing with 2 team captains being put in handcuffs by Dade Police 👮

I think most would be shaken by this experience…


So what about moving forward? How do we stack up against the Bills?


All I can say is the Bills just let the Arizona Cardinals put up 28 points on them without involving their wr1 Marvin Harrison Jr, and their defensive front is nothing close to the Jaguars 🐆

Josh Allen Buffalo Bills
Josh Allen Buffalo Bills

I do think that Josh Allen is in a tier a couple higher than Trevor Lawrence. That man can do amazing things! We should recognize that the Bills probably did not play their best game of the season in week 1. Though, it’s also fair to recognize that the Cardinals have a bottom 5 defense…


Let’s just hope for beautiful football on Thursday and for the Dolphins to come out firing like they did after halftime in week 1!


I’d also like to add that the Bills have an extreme false sense of reality at home. Week 1 was a gimmie for them. This game is in our house 🏡


TDR (ThatDolphinsRealtor)


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