The Phinsider
After only three days of rest since their unexpected trouncing of the Falcons in Week 8, the Fins were at it again: this time at home against the 3-5 Ravens, a team struggling as of late without their star quarte— JK, he’s back.
Beating Atlanta by 24 points was not something the Fin faithful anticipated. The Ravens being 3-5 is likely not something that the Vens (?) faithful anticipated either. But the instant Lamar Jackson was announced to be returning from injury, both fan bases knew exactly what was coming.
The Dolphins immediately reverted to what they do best: not covering tight ends, not playing run defense, and not winning prime time games.
Mark Andrews, Charlie Kolar, and Isaiah Likely, all playing tight end for Baltimore, collectively put up 105 yards on 7 receptions and scored 3 touchdowns. Some real throwback Dolphins defense right there to get everyone’s juices flowing.
Playing another hit from the vault (though this one a more 2025 era track), the defense also decided not to defend the run. While yes, the guy running the ball is Derrick Henry, it’s still an option to try to knock him over. Instead, he racked up 119 yards on 19 carries (good for a paltry 6.3 yards per carry average) with four more ball carriers tacking on 31 additional yards to hit an even 150 on the day. After holding Bijan Robinson to 45 yards just days earlier, the Dolphins’ run defense remembered the face of their fathers and went back to being bad.
To pull it all together with a nice little bow on top, everyone on Miami’s side worked diligently to ensure that the team would continue its seemingly perpetual inability to win prime time games. Losing 6-28 on Thursday Night Football certainly fits the bill.
They’ve got a Monday Night game at Pittsburgh in Week 15 immediately followed by a Sunday Night game against Cincinnati Week 16. When they drop both of those in embarassing fashion, we fans can take comfort as we did this blessed Thursday that all is right with the world.
Tua went 25/40 (63%) for 261 yards, 0 TDs, and 1 INT. He tooks 2 sacks. His offense scored 6 points.
De’Von Achane did his best with 14 carries, turning them into 67 yards, while the team as a whole totaled 87 yards on the ground.
Jaylen Waddle pulled down 6 catches for 82 yards.
Greg Dulcich added 49 yards on 5 receptions.
Reading these stats like this is how it felt watching the game: uninspiring.
The preceding are all technically sentences the way that this game was technically football, but who cares enough to slog through it?
Each week I plan to avoid the scores until the first round of games are done and then watch the replay with NFL+ Game Pass (now available anywhere fans can be gouged!). Since this was a prime time game, I accidentally saw...
