Jets vs. Dolphins: Miami Grades, Notes and Quotes

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On the first play from scrimmage, Ryan Fitzpatrick loaded up and found Marshall deep down the left side, single-covered by CB Brent Grimes, for a 58-yard connection, setting up two Ivory runs to the game’s first score. Had he missed them, the Dolphins would have gotten a little boost with defensive stops and good field position.

Players have grown frustrated with Coyle, the team’s coordinator since 2012, and not just because they have the seventh-worst defense even with Ndamukong Suh and his $114 million contract.

It looked like the Jets offense was descending into disarray by the end of the half, but Fitzpatrick, who was leading the descent with passes that weren’t in the same area code of his receivers, pulled it together in the last two minutes to take the Jets down the field for another touchdown at the end of the half, extending New York’s lead to 20-7. Suh finished with three tackles and no sacks. “It’s a great first quarter of the season”.

After Sunday’s win, right tackle Breno Giacomini had the funniest quote about toilet paper, out of anything uttered on the subject this week. But mostly, the London crowd leaned toward the Dolphins, who were technically the home team.

The Miami Dolphins and New York Jets will celebrate their centennial meeting in the Week Four of the 2015 National Football League season.

“It all seems like the walls are closing in on you”, said Miami head coach Joe Philbin in between questions about his future with team.

Philbin, who said after Sunday’s loss that he wasn’t anxious about his job security, issued a statement after being fired. Jets’ running back, Ivory to rack up 89 yards on 16 carries in the first half alone. Defensively they allowed Tyrod Taylor to finish a near flawless 21/29 for 277 yards and three touchdowns, and rookie Karlos Williams to rush for over one hundred yards. The precedent was set early and the Dolphins knew they couldn’t run on the Jets, making the Dolphins one-dimensional.

New York jumped out a 13-0 lead behind strong defense and a few impressive individual efforts, and would later lead by 27-7 entering the fourth quarter.

Darrelle Revis: Revis got beaten on the pass interference play with Jarvis Landry, but that was about the only time the Dolphins got him. On the next play, Tannehill threw to Jordan Cameron, but Marcus Gilchrist was whistled for another pass interference, good for 22 yards.

“We’ve got to make the plays”, Tannehill said. Ryan Tannehill, exposed all afternoon, connected on just 19 of his 44 passes for 198 yards, with two interceptions.

Kenny Stils’s fourth-quarter score gave the Dolphins hope but the Jets hung on. It’s going to be key for us to get the run game going and make plays. “Sometimes you guys write articles about us that don’t say that, but this place they’ll do anything for you”.

The Jets beat the Miami Dolphins 27-14 in London on Sunday to improve to 3-1 as they immediately bounced back from last week’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Later this season, Buffalo will take on Jacksonville on October 25, and Detroit will face Kansas City on November. 1.

Osborne also met with two Hall of Famers, former Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino and Jets running back Curtis Martin.