Jets 27, Dolphins 14
Nothing will be known until the Dolphins take the field on Sunday and Ross gets a look at how they play.
The Jets bounced back from a home loss to Philly using the blueprint that has yielded early dividends: Control the clock with Chris Ivory and play hellish, swarming defense.
This matchup will also come on at a unusual time as it will be the first of our Sunday morning games this season.
Todd Bowles is someone with whom Miami Dolphins fans are very familiar, having been the South Florida franchise’s assistant head coach/secondary coach under Tony Sparano, then the interim head coach when Sparano was sacked.
Both teams have byes next week.
The Miami Dolphins and New York Jets will celebrate their centennial meeting in the Week Four of the 2015 National Football League season.
Coach Joe Philbin, who has been the subject of questions about his job security, saw his team fall to 1-3, extend its losing streak to three games, and seriously jeopardize its playoff possibilities.
Osborne said he would “love to have a team here based in the United Kingdom playing in the NFL” and believes “we are making steps towards that goal”. “We have 14 days”.
Ivory scored the first touchdown from 3 yards to start off his ninth career 100-yard game.
New York added touchdowns in the second and third quarters with a 10-yard catch by wide receiver Eric Decker and 2-yard run by running back Zac Stacy. But he missed a 40-yard attempt. They’ve totaled over 175 yards rushing and have kept every aspect of the Dolphins offense in check for most of the day. The first came on the team’s first series, when Fitzpatrick threw to Brandon Marshall for 58 yards on the first play and Chris Ivory ran it in two plays later from the 3. New York committed 14 penalties for 163 yards, which helped the Dolphins move the ball down the field.
One downward trend for the Jets was after feasting on 10 takeaways in the first two games, they had one against the Eagles and none vs. Miami for the longest time.
Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill capitalised with an eight-yard touchdown pass to Jake Stoneburner. Wembley roared as Greg Jennings pulled in another Tannehill touchdown pass, only for the play to be wiped out by an offensive pass interference penalty.
With the score being 27-7 in the fourth quarter, the Dolphins were able to get down the field on a relaxed Jets’ defense.
Bowles’ club, which forced five three-and-outs on Miami’s seven first-half possessions, didn’t allow a third-down (0 for 12) or fourth-down (0 for 4) conversion.
“It all seems like the walls are closing in on you”.
Wembley hosts the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Buffalo Bills on 25 October, with Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions to face off on 1 November. One more Dolphins drive ended with another interception and the Jets preserved the lead. “There’s been like three or four times in this game where I’m watching or I stopped [to watch him run]”, Marshall said, “and my guy got an extra hit on him”.
For Jarvis Landry, the Dolphins’ leading receiver this term, the near 9,000-mile round trip will only be worthwhile if they leave Wembley victorious, as they did last September when defeating the Oakland Raiders 38-14.
NOTES: Miami greats Bob Griese and Dan Marino were the honorary captains for the Dolphins, Curtis Martin and Wayne Chrebet represented the Jets….