12-Pack Recap: Dolphins at Titans
Several Miami Dolphins players vowed they'd be willing to "run through a brick wall" for interim head coach Dan Campbell.
Today they ran through the Tennessee Titans.
Miami's 38-10 mauling in Nashville was the team's largest victory since Week 9 of last season (37-0 vs. Chargers) as Campbell's rejuvenated squad pummeled the opposition in all three phases.
1) Game Ball: Cameron Wake
Cam only tallied four sacks and two forced fumbles in the first half (with a couple of holding penalties drawn as well) as some wondered during the bye week whether the Dolphins should trade the face of their defense of the last half-decade.
Wake looked significantly fresher after using the bye week to heal a hamstring injury. He displayed more burst and wrecked havoc as the Titans found themselves playing from behind, in plenty of 3rd-and-long situations.
2) Sore Loser: Ken Whisenhunt
"I think it was done with the idea of trying to hurt our QB and that's bulls--t football," Whisenhunt said after the game of Olivier Vernon's low hit on Marcus Mariota in the first half.
Here's the play he's referencing:
3) Number of the Game: +28
Now at 1-4, the Titans may have had their season pushed off a cliff today but this squad isn't as bad as their record might indicate, having lost their first three games by 17 points combined. The Dolphins nearly doubled that with a 28-point thrashing this afternoon.
It was their most dominant road win since November 2011 when they beat the Chiefs 31-3.
4) Fantasy Gem: Lamar Miller
Ryan Tannehill might've had more fantasy points (19) but Lamar Miller's breakout day of 113 yards rushing and a touchdown (17 fantasy points) nearly matched his first four games combined (18 fantasy points).
Expect a heavy dose of Lamar going forward.
5) Quote: Cameron Wake
"We are not Super Bowl champs. We won one game."
6) Highlight: Reshad Jones' pick-six.
Arguably Miami's best defensive player of the last two years, Reshad's 30-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter made it 24-3, blowing the game open. The Dolphins held a 98-percent win probability after this score.
7) In One Picture:
8) Gatorade Bath of the Game
9) Celebration
Jarvis Landry slithered his way into the end zone on a 22-yard run for the game's first touchdown. He borrowed his celebration from Cristiano Ronaldo.
10) Fans of the Game:
11) Top Tweet:
12) If Dolphins-Titans was a movie: Demolition Man
Dan Campbell was Sly Stallone, annihilating anything and everything in his path.
... or in Joe Philbin's case, Cast Away.
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