Kelly: Sam Bradford will start when healthy

They held a strong Eagles running game led by DeMarco Murray to a measly 83 total yards.

The Miami Dolphins’ rookies performed admirably against the Philadelphia Eagles in lieu of the Dolphins’ injured veterans.

“Yeah, we had a couple other options”, coach Chip Kelly said of the fateful interception. “We needed a win like that”.

Offensively, the Dolphins weren’t impressive. They only scored two touchdowns.

Ryan Tannehill threw a go-ahead 4-yard touchdown pass to Jarvis Landry on Miami’s first drive after Bradford got hurt. Kansas City and Oakland are both tied with Miami at 4-5 but due to the Fins poor conference record (2-5) they’ll likely have to finish with a better record than any team competing with them for a Wild Card spot.

The Dolphins had a shaky special teams’ performance.

Consider it another game where the Eagles are one play away from winning, or one from losing.

Bottom line, the Dolphins will have to take advantage of their light schedule to remain involved in the playoff hunt. After the game, Bradford reportedly experienced memory loss and struggled to recall the first half of the Eagles-Dolphins game.

-Cornerbacks Bobby McCain and Jamar Taylor seem to be engaged in a battle for playing time, and that’s a good thing because it means the Dolphins might be building depth. “He’s a fighter. I know he’s going to do everything he can to get ready for next Sunday”. Suh also has four passes defensed. He had a sack, three tackles for losses and three hurries.

“About time”, cornerback Bobby McCain said. The most impressive part of the game was the end. Nonetheless, the pass very easily could have been broken up had Austin given an inkling of effort to make a play on the ball, which he didn’t. 9-7 might win the NFC East, but unless Philly can pull off victories in their games without Bradford, it seems unlikely they could get to that point. The return game made a crucial error when Damien Williams was going to take a kickoff out of the end zone, then was told to down the ball and slipped down at the 1-yard line. “I think against Dallas, Jason played an outstanding football game and in Carolina I thought he played a really good game”.

“Ajayi is a young guy”, Campbell said. He was sacked four times with the last one injuring him.

Still, Kelly’s game plan doesn’t change no matter who starts.

“He’s causing havoc, and he was in the backfield all day”, Campbell said. “He was chasing plays down, chasing screens”.

“Mark’s probably a little bit more conscious of the tempo”, offensive tackle Lane Johnson said. “But I saw Jarvis see the ball, and the defender did not see the ball”.

-Linebacker Spencer Paysinger (neck) didn’t play Sunday at Philadelphia.

NOTES: Running back Ryan Mathews left the game in the second half with a concussion. Of course. But the point was, ‘Just get in and win the game.’ And unfortunately, that didn’t happen. Miami has allowed a staggering 142.1 rushing yards per contest this season, second only to Cleveland (147.6). Stopping the run has been a hard task for the Dolphins, who permitted a whopping 266 yards on the ground with three scores en route to a convincing 33-17 setback to the Bills.