Category: NFL

LANDOVER, Maryland — The day that landed Tyreek Hill squarely in the NFL’s Most Valuable Player race began with a simple eye contact with Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. “We just looked at each other,” he said. Actually, it didn’t begin there. It began in one of those thankless hours of video work where coaches look for an opponent’s tendencies to attack. Mike McDaniel and his staff found one they put into quick use Sunday afternoon. If they put running back De’Von Achane in motion to a receiving slot on the right side, Washington linebacker Jamin Davis would move to cover him. That...

MIAMI GARDENS — The Dolphins lead the league in offense, points, and fun. Yeah, you read that one correctly. Fun. In short, the first-place Dolphins (8-3) are mixing business with pleasure in a way that’s hardly ever seen in the NFL. They’re always laughing and joking and smiling. “I feel like we have more fun than any other team in the NFL from meeting with a couple of guys on different teams and asking around and talking,” running back Jeff Wilson Jr. said. “I’m not going to put any names out there, but I feel we have one of the most fun teams to be on. “But we’re still about business. Don’t...

MIAMI GARDENS — More power seems to be coming to the Miami Dolphins’ high-powered offense for Sunday’s game at the Washington Commanders. Rookie running back De’Von Achane, the dynamic big-play threat who averages 11.8 yards per carry, seems on schedule to return from his right knee ailment. Beyond that, there’s a chance fellow rookie running back Chris Brooks (knee) also returns. Brooks would provide an option for short-yardage situations, one of the few shortcomings for Miami’s offense this season. But there might be a balance for the returnees in the form of absences. Miami will keep an eye...

Miami Dolphins edge defender Jaelan Phillips’ Achilles injury suffered in Friday’s win over the New York Jets was a focal point of Tuesday night’s second episode of HBO reality series “Hard Knocks” following the team for the remainder of the season. Phillips knew immediately that he tore his Achilles on his takeoff on a fourth-quarter pass rush at MetLife Stadium. “I think my (expletive) popped, my Achilles,” the cameras and microphones captured Phillips saying. “It felt like someone (expletive) shot me in my (expletive) Achilles. I thought someone like stepped on me.” Cameras showed Phillips...

The Miami Dolphins were expected to add a pass rusher after Jaelan Phillips’ season-ending Achilles tear. It appears that addition will come in the form of veteran Jason Pierre-Paul, a three-time Pro Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion and South Florida native. Pierre-Paul, currently a member of the New Orleans Saints’ practice squad, is reportedly expected to sign with the Dolphins’ active roster, according to NFL Network on Monday night. He later posted, in part, on Instagram: “I’M COMING HOME,” with a dolphin emoji. Pierre-Paul, who turns 35 on Jan. 1, has 94 1/2 career sacks in 180 NFL...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Miami Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert didn’t plan on looking at the halftime stats. But he couldn’t avoid it. The stat sheet was right there when he went into the locker room.  It showed eight carries for 15 yards. Those meager totals didn’t last much longer. The “finesse” Dolphins (8-3) played big-boy football for the second consecutive week, getting physical on both sides of the ball while playing complementary football. Miami’s efforts resulted in a 34-13 victory over the struggling New York Jets (4-7) at MetLife Stadium and showed the Dolphins are capable of...

In this video, the South Florida Sun Sentinel’s Chris Perkins and David Furones discuss the Miami Dolphins’ 34-13 victory over the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey in the NFL’s first Black Friday game. The Dolphins won in impressive fashion by playing complementary football. Safety Jevon Holland had a 99-yard interception return touchdown to provide the game-turning play. But edge rusher Jaelan Phillips sustained an Achilles injury that might be season-ending. Regardless, Miami improved to 8-3 and stays in first place in the AFC East. (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=40bacbdb-084a-4980-bafa-92da3b5cd8f1&cid=38d5daa3-18ac-4ee1-a905-373c67622f25'; ...

HBO series “Hard Knocks” aired its debut episode chronicling the Miami Dolphins for the rest of the 2023 season Tuesday. The stars, of course, were wide receiver Tyreek Hill, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and coach Mike McDaniel. But fans also got an inside look at some lesser-known members of the organization — most notably in the premier episode, linebackers coach Anthony Campanile, who gave an impassioned, intense speech to the team about pursuit in football. The episode also featured the defense’s reward system of cakes for defenders who force turnovers. McDaniel said it was safeties coach...

MIAMI GARDENS — Turnovers are on Tua Tagovailoa’s mind. So much so that, twice after the Miami Dolphins’ 20-13 win over the Las Vegas Raiders last Sunday, unprompted, he mentioned he has to limit turnovers in response to interview questions that had nothing to do with them. First, on the field with CBS as he was asked about the team’s shuffling on the offensive line, and then again at the podium responding to a question about the Miami run game. The Dolphins turned the ball over three times Sunday — two on Tagovailoa as he threw an interception and lost a fumble — to keep the Raiders in a game...

MIAMI GARDENS -— Tired? “Fatigued,” Jalen Ramsey said. Happy? “I’m that, too.” The face of victory held a tired smile sitting at his locker, ice packs on both knees, nearly an hour after his second interception ended the Miami Dolphins’ 20-13 win against the Las Vegas Raiders. “That’s just what I do,” he said. Is this who they are, too? Has their identity changed when no one was looking? Coach Mike McDaniel was talking about a changed strategy — punting on fourth-and-short late in the game — with the way this defense played. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was making the larger point in saying the...