We weren’t used to it anymore. 7 days after the victory against i Los Angeles Rams (actually, 6, since that match was played on a Monday night), the Miami Dolphins triumph againthis time at home, control i Las Vegas Raiders. The challenge ends 34 a 19 for Miami and exhibition a team capable of controlling a match from start to finishwithout any particular shocks. The Raiders are certainly not a tough opponent at the moment, we agree, but the Fins have lost several matches against inferior opponents this year. This time, however, it didn’t go that way.
The story of the match
On attack the hosts start and immediately find a TDsigned by the surprise of the season, John Smithat the end of a long and elaborate drivein which they show off Tyreek Hill e De’Von Achaneskilled in reception to continuously move the chain. On the opposite side, the game of a serious candidate for the title of offensive rookie of the year begins, the TE Brock Bowerswho receives well (as he will do throughout the challenge) together with his partner Jacob Meyersin a drive that will be closed with a Short FG signed by Daniel Carlson.
On Miami’s next possession they are Jaylen Waddle e Odell Beckham to write down the two most interesting plays, before Adam Butlerwith a sack, forces the Fins to turn to the K Jason Sanders, which marks a FG lungo 31 yards to allow his to stretch. The Raiders scheme doesn’t change: Bowers, Meyers, Bowers and some running Alexander Mattison before Carlson’s second winning kick (per 22 yards).
We are already in the second half, since all the drives were very long. LV starts with a rare punt and then Miami sets up a very long possessioncharacterized by Achan runs and short passesThat it ends with a short TD by Hill who clears well into the end zoneproposing himself to Tua Tagovailoa. Bowersafterwards, finally finds a more than deserved TD23 yards long, crowning a drive whose protagonist is Mattison, who is as good at running as he is at receiving. The Raiders they attempt the two-point conversionare run game, but they failbecause the defense is good at anticipating his intentions.
The Dolphins have no intention of slowing down and involve everyone skill players offensively on the following drive included the other Hillil TE Julian. He also receives for a first, out of the 5 offensive ones, paving the way for Achane’s markingwhich finds the TD lungo 3 yards which is worth the temporary 23-12, at the beginning of the fourth quarter. On possession he stays on the ground Jack JonesLB from Las Vegas who was doing very well in this challenge. The match is now good and it goes back and forth: Bowers is also absolutely protagonist in the following drive, in which he will exceed 100 receiving yards in a game for the first time in his career. You can bet it won’t be the last.
Ameer AbdullahRB3 dei Raiders, receives and scores the TD that keeps his team in their wakebut not for long, since the guest defense messes up on the next possessionforgetting Smith completely alone and very free to receiving and scoring a 57-yard TDwith no defender ever having any chance to slow him down. The psychological blow is evidently very strong, since Gardner Minshewunable to react, gives an easy interception to Jalen Ramseyfrom which arises the FG by Sanders long 46 yards which ends the dispute.
There is no 2 without 3?
The well-known saying is a motto of optimism, which could however also materialize next Sunday, in week 12. Miami has won two straightone with one solid defense (Monday night against the Rams) and the other with a gritty attack (the match we just wrote about) and now he has to deal with the New England Patriotsa team that is clearly improving but not at the Dolphins’ level, neither in terms of roster nor performance. The prediction is with Miami and the game is well within the reach of the Dolphins of the last two weeks. In all likelihood, the team will have found some serenity again in the last 10 days. The fans certainly did and now they are right to expect a comeback: the schedule isn’t too prohibitive and Miami could be at .500 (with record of 6-6, during Thanksgiving weekend) should it defeat NE and then the Green Bay Packers In the Thanksgiving Day. This is not an impossible feat, with all due respect to the challengers, but the Pats are in a declared rebuilding and GBalthough talented, he has a QB who doesn’t get it right every gameunlike Tua who is proving effective and concrete since he returned after the head injury.
The AFC landscape makes qualification possible last minute to the playoffsin basso seeding, ma Miami he must win all or almost all of them. Only in this way will the qualification depend mainly on you. Otherwise, you would run the risk of having to wait for the results of the other contenders, and this is never a good thing, because you are prey to the outcomes of other people’s situations, which are very much linked to episodes and luck. The current record of 4-6 is still penalizingma there is certainly optimism after a good first half of November.
