Last week: 18 (+6)
Record: 3-3
Are the Dolphins the 12th best team in the NFL? Maybe not, but someone has to grab that 6th seed in the AFC. After Houston, Baltimore, and New England, the AFC is really lacking good teams and I don’t even know how good those 3 teams mentioned are. The AFC is 9-19 against the NFC this year. San Diego, Denver, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Miami are basically fighting for the last 3 playoff spots and they have would probably miss the playoffs in the NFC. I give Miami the edge over Pittsburgh because the NFL is a parity league. Every year there are 5 new playoff teams and I’ve done my Power Rankings every week with that in mind. Miami is the 5th this week.
Really, what they’re doing isn’t that surprising. At 3-3, all Ryan Tannehill is really doing it continuing what Matt Moore, who went 6-6 last year, did. In fact, Moore was better, as he led this offense to 21.7 points per game and a point differential per game of 4.3. Tannehill has this offense at 20.0 points per game with a point differential of 0.5 per game. However, as long as the defense continues to play well (6th in scoring in 2011, 9th this year), the Dolphins can contend for a playoff spot.
Studs
QB Ryan Tannehill: 21 of 29 for 185 yards and 2 touchdowns, 3 drops, 2 batted passes, 98.8 adjusted QB rating, pressured on 8 of 34 drop backs (3 sacks, 1 scramble, 4 of 4, 1 touchdown)
RE Olivier Vernon: 2 sacks and 2 quarterback hits on 19 pass rush snaps, 2 solo tackles, 4 stops
MLB Kevin Burnett: 7 solo tackles, 3 stops, 1 quarterback hurry on 9 blitzes, allowed 3 catches for 51 yards on 5 attempts, 2 pass deflections
P Brandon Fields: 6 punts for 323 yards, 3 inside 20, 5 returns for 23 yards, 50.0 net yards per punt
Duds
RB Reggie Bush: Rushed for 17 yards (16 yards after contact) on 12 attempts, 1 broken tackle, allowed 2 quarterback hurries on 9 pass block snaps, 5 catches for 44 yards on 6 attempts, 1 drop
RG John Jerry: Allowed 1 sack and 1 quarterback hurry on 37 pass block snaps, 1 penalty, run blocked for 2 yards on 2 carries
WR Brian Hartline: Was not thrown to on 36 pass snaps
FS Chris Clemons: 6 solo tackles, 2 assists, 2 stops, 1 missed tackle, allowed 3 catches for 63 yards on 3 attempts
RE Jared Odrick: Did not record a pressure on 38 pass rush snaps, 1 batted pass, 2 solo tackles, 2 stops
DT Paul Soliai: Did not record a pressure on 18 pass rush snaps, 1 solo tackle, 1 stop
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