QBRyan Tannehill did not play well, missed on open receivers or just did not throw them the ball. He only had two passes for over 20 yards and he threw 1 INT but should have had at least 3. The most important thing though is that he did somehow manage to put the team in a position to win the game at the end and that's the most important thing. He finished 25 of 35 for only 235 yards and an INT. D+
RB Lamar Miller ran OK. He did have only 13 carries but managed 56 yards and a TD out of those carries he did deflect a low ball that resulted in an INT that almost cost the Dolphins the game. C-
WR There were only short passes. Wallace (6 for 69 yards) did drop a sure TD (and was wide open on 2 other occasions but Tannehil did not have time to throw him or did not see him alone in the endzone). Landry continues o catch short passes and he finished the game with 8 receptions for 68 yards with a crucial 25 yard catch in the 4th quarter. The best player on offense was probably Dion Sims. He had 4 receptions for 58 yards and his blocking was great. He really saved the day on a few occasions. C
OL The Dolphins run game in the first half was non existent but they managed to somehow keep Tannehill in one piece although he did not have time to throw a long pass all day (and you know Wallace is usually open by 5 yards at times). The Dolphins scored only 16 points against a VERY bad team. C
LB Awful. The Dolphins gave up 277 yards rushing. 210 of them in the first half. It doesn't matter that Jenkins had a million tackles (16 to be precise). 277 yards rushing, really ? D-
DL See LB comment. 210 yards rushing in the first half. They were pushed over easily. It was getting hard to watch. t-w-o h-u-n-d-r-e-d and t-e-n, in one half ! F-!
Secondary Without Finnegan and Taylor the Dolphins were left with new CB RJ Stafford and Aikens playing corner. Thank god Geno Smith is an awful QB. I don't think he can make the Dolphins roster let alone play. He threw 8 passes by the 4th quarter and finished with a season long (leaguewise) of 13. That's 70s football. He went 7 of 13 for 65 yards and an INT. Ouch. This won't be enough against Flacco. The team really needs one of the injured CBs back next week. B
Special teams The good - Dion Jordan blocked a punt. The Dolphins arfe really good at blocking punts this year. Sturgis did miss from 44 and kicked a kickoff out of bounds ? Against the Geno Smith led Jets ? I understand not wanting to kick to Percy Harvin but this was way too much. C
Coaching The Dolphins played a bad game. It took them 210 yards rushing by the Jets to understand Smith can not throw and move 8, 9 or even 10 players close to the line to stop the run. They managed to win an awful game and that's a good sign but they really really have to play better next week in what is basically an elimination game for both teams. C-
