The move came as surprise considering Flores led the team to a record over the last two seasons and won 8 of his final 9 games in after an abysmal start. The move also took Dolphins players by surprise. A few members of the team expressed sadness, surprise and thanks upon hearing Flores was fired. The biggest reaction came from Dolphins cornerback Nik Needham , who said he was "sick" over the news. Long snapper Blake Ferguson , who the team selected in the sixth round of the NFL draft, thanked Flores for taking a chance on him.
Cornerback Byron Jones took the same approach, thanking Flores for believing the club could turn things around in Thank you, Flo. Our resilience as a team to turn the season around when everyone counted us out was one of the greatest joys of my career. We never blinked. Not many are built like that. We were. Offensive lineman Robert Hunt responded to Ferguson's tweet with a bunch of exclamation points, suggesting he was surprised by the news.
Hunt also reportedly retweeted the Needham post by saying, "Facts!! Cornerback Jason McCourty simply tweeted the word " wow " with four exclamation points. Flores' firing made waves outside the Dolphins. Flores and Gilmore overlapped with the New England Patriots. Flores was the team's linebackers coach in and before joining the Dolphins. With Flores out, the Dolphins will look for their ninth head coach since Williams' left knee buckled after catching a long pass from Bryce Young.
Is this a good thing for Tua Tagovailoa? It's not out of the question. In the win over undermanned New Orleans, for example, the Dolphins managed only yards of offense, 86 of which came on their only TD touchdown drive late in the third quarter. Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who leads the league in completion percentage Enter the Titans , who are led by former Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill.
It was one of the first major moves by Flores after he took over the Dolphins, who opted to sign veteran journeyman Ryan Fitzpatrick and later draft Tagovailoa. Tannehill has had a career rebirth in Tennessee, leading the Titans a record as a starter and two consecutive playoff berths. Contact The Author Name required.
Email required. Comment required. The Dolphins had an impressive opening drive where Tua Tagovailoa and the offense marched 77 yards down the field to quickly take the lead. The quarterback completed all seven of his passes on the drive for 54 yards, which included a 7-yard touchdown pass to Jaylen Waddle in the left corner of the end zone where the rookie receiver was able to sneak behind the New England secondary.
That opening touchdown drive and the pick-six by Xavien Howard allowed Miami to play with a lead throughout the day and their success running the football kept the ball out of the Patriots hands to further prevent a possible comeback. While that final fumble recovery as time expired was inconsequential to the outcome, the Dolphins did score 16 points off turnovers 10 points during competitive action.
That's enough to put you in the driver's seat in any game. Bill Belichick highlighted this week that the Patriots have come into games flat this season and this game was no exception.
They were shutout in the first quarter and allowed the Dolphins to jump out to a leading before they were able to get on the board. At one point, the Dolphins had 10 first downs already under their belt with the Patriots only registering eight plays on offense. Even as the defense started to force a pair of three and outs in the first half following that initial scoring blitz, complimentary football was nonexistent as the offense also punted the ball away following those stops.
Defensively, the Patriots had no answer for the Dolphins rushing attack as they put up yards on 4. There was also uncharacteristic play by New England terms of penalties. On the day, they were flagged eight times for 78 yards. While some of those calls were questionable, an illegal formation penalty called on Lawrence Guy on a fourth-and-1 punt attempt by the Dolphins extended the Miami drive and ultimately led to the team adding a field goal to its lead.
David Andrews was on the sideline and Ted Karras was at center when Mac fumbled the snap pic. The botched snap that resulted in a fumble recovery for Miami made New England's second-half comeback hopes that much more unlikely. The offense was able to move 51 yards down the field on their second possession of the third quarter and had the ball just outside the red zone at the Miami 22 yard line.
That's when the botched snap came into play with Jones losing grasp of the football and Miami's Jaelan Phillips recovering. Not only did that eliminate a scoring opportunity for the Patriots, but the Dolphins turned around and added a field goal to its lead on the ensuing drive to extend their lead to 14 points. According to the CBS Sports broadcast, backup center Ted Karras was in on that play because there was an equipment issues unfolding with starter David Andrews.
Whatever that issue was proved costly. OH MY, Iamxavienhoward! Xavien Howard's pick-six set to the tone of the rest of the game and created a two-score cushion for the Dolphins to play with six minutes still remaining in the opening quarter.
Mac Jones seemed think that Howard was going to follow Nelson Agholor up the right sideline. However, the veteran corner stat about five yards off the line of scrimmage, saw that Jones was zeroing in on Jakobi Meyers and was able to to jump the route to make the pick. While the Patriots were able to cut this lead to just a field goal later on in this game, those back-to-back touchdowns by the offense and then by the defense had New England paying catch-up throughout the afternoon.
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