Category: NFL

PHILADELPHIA — Miami Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard and center Connor Williams are out for the team’s Sunday night game against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial Field. The two key players nursing groin injuries were listed among inactives announced 90 minutes before the 8:20 p.m. kickoff. Howard, the four-time Pro Bowl cornerback, left last Sunday’s win over the Carolina Panthers with his ailment after playing through multiple groin injuries last season. Miami’s top cornerback, with star Jalen Ramsey still not ready to debut with his new team off a knee procedure in training camp,...

MIAMI GARDENS — Once again, the Miami Dolphins offered a tribute to the improbable Sunday by scoring 35 straight points. Once again, Tyreek Hill got deep on a defense whose primary intent was keeping him from getting deep and, once again, Tua Tagovailoa threw the touchdown. And so, for once in a long while, they’ve earned the national stage next Sunday in Philadelphia against the Eagles (5-1). “It’s about time the Dolphins play some meaningful games,” linebacker Jerome Baker said after the 42-21 win over the Carolina Panthers (0-6). Baker sat at the locker he has sat for six years, making him...

MIAMI GARDENS — All day Sunday, the Miami Dolphins defense put in its work in the team’s 31-16 victory against the hapless New York Giants. The results were encouraging. They defense recorded a season-best in sacks (seven), a season-best in quarterback hits (14), didn’t allow an offensive touchdown, and held the Giants to 85 yards rushing, the second-best total of the season. The Dolphins defense, which was blamed for a lot of the problems of last year’s 9-8 season and therefore made some major changes in the offseason, turned in a solid game Sunday. “It felt like how it’s supposed to feel,”...

MIAMI GARDENS — For a true sense of what’s happening to De’Von Achane, don’t just look at his touchdown total or stopwatch time. Check the scoreboard as he sprints downfield. That’s what Achane does. In real time, his runs like Sunday’s 76-yard touchdown are over in scant seconds, a fireball of fury through the New York Giants defense in a manner that defines the speed all across this Dolphins offense. But pay attention to Achane’s eyes as he runs. He’s glancing up to the stadium’s video to watch the play on the scoreboard. “I’m not watching me,” he said after the 31-16 win against the Giants. There’s...

MIAMI GARDENS — When the Dolphins needed a spark in their offense last week at Buffalo, the usual charges, wide receivers Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, weren’t there. Circumstances, with Buffalo’s top-rated defense acting as a catalyst, conspired to limit Hill to three receptions for 58 yards and Waddle to four receptions for 46 yards. It’s up to coach Mike McDaniel and offensive coordinator Frank Smith to make sure nothing along those lines happens again, and that includes Sunday’s 1 p.m. game against the lowly New York Giants (1-3) at Hard Rock Stadium. “I feel like nobody in this league...

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Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel may not have kicked the field goal for the NFL’s all-time single-game scoring record, but the historic 70-20 win over the Denver Broncos on Sunday saw at least 13 team or individual franchise records broken. Here are the team single-game records broken: — Most points: 70; — Most touchdowns: 10; — Most total yards: 726; — Most rushing yards: 350; — Most extra-point kicks made: 10; — Most points scored in the second half of a game: 35 (record tied). Here are the individual records: — Most touchdowns: Raheem Mostert, De’Von Achane 4; — Most points scored: Mostert,...

MIAMI GARDENS — Give some love to the Miami Dolphins’ defense, which played more than a supporting role in Sunday’s 70-20 dominant victory over the Denver Broncos. The defense, hard as it is to believe, was a star. “We just played together,” linebacker Jerome Baker said. “It’s as simple as that.” You’d think it’d be hard to shine when the offense scores 10 touchdowns and a franchise-record amount of points. The Dolphins’ defense, one of the season’s big reclamation projects along with the offensive line and the run game, got some shine, however. Consider what the Dolphins’ defense did: *It produced...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — It didn’t take every one of 466 yards passing, like the opener. But it was quarterback Tua Tagovailoa taking what the defense gave him. It was the run game providing balance. And it was the Dolphins defense making a rebound from a Week 1 performance the unit wasn’t proud of and the final stop. The Miami Dolphins went into Gillette Stadium to take down the New England Patriots, 24-17, The Dolphins (2-0) have now won five of their last six in the division rivalry with the Patriots. They start a season with two road wins for the first time since 2013. Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa...