Salfino: And beyond the play count, Maya, the Dolphins had only 28 “move” plays (runs plus completions). Maya: One thing that gave me pause was that Miami ran just 45 plays yesterday, the second-fewest plays in a game this season. Salfino: Yeah, I think the Miami defense was more exposed than its offense in this game. would be injured, I would have said a Miami win was a lock. If you told me that the first play of the game would be a TD, that Fred Warner would have his second-worst coverage game of the season (per PFF) and that Jimmy G. This really was a missed opportunity for the Dolphins though. Joshua.hermsmeyer: The initial TD to Sherfield was over the middle, interestingly. The Second GOP Debate Could Be Smaller, With Or Without Trump
But they neutralized most everything else Miami has been doing well. Neil: And it’s not like they totally took away the Dolphins’ big-play weapons - there was that long TD to Sherfield, and Tyreek Hill still had 146 yards and a TD. They’re a two-man offense and those men are really good, but if you take one out, or if one is hobbled like Jaylen Waddle seemed to be, I don’t see Tua or this offense grinding things out. Salfino ( Michael Salfino, FiveThirtyEight contributor): Tua has been feasting on bottom-shelf defenses and finally faced a premium brand. (To be fair, the Dolphins were missing their two starting tackles, which is not a recipe for success against this terrific Niners defense.) Though Tua completed a higher share of passes there, it’s not a region the lefty usually throws so many passes to. Tua has been feasting in that intermediate range, from sideline to sideline, but in Week 13, he really struggled in that intermediate zone and on the right side of the field. Maya: I was particularly impressed by how effectively the Niners took away the middle of the field. He had as many turnovers Sunday (three) as he had the entire season leading up to that game. Neil ( Neil Paine, acting sports editor): Yeah, it was uncharacteristic to see Tua make so many mistakes. The Niners quickly switched out and it seemed to cause Tua to be uncomfortable all game long. On the first play of the game, which was a home run TD to Trent Sherfield, they were in man. Joshua.hermsmeyer ( Josh Hermsmeyer, NFL analyst): From a big-picture perspective, the defense played zone on all but five of Tua Tagovailoa’s dropbacks. Still, the Niners put on a dominant defensive performance and beat the Miami Dolphins (a team some of us had identified as a serious playoff contender last week!) by two scores.
Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo broke his foot on the Niners’ first drive Sunday, and is out for the remainder of the season. We’ll get to the tie between the Washington Commanders and the New York Giants (which I think we can all agree was objectively the funniest possible outcome), the Baltimore Ravens and backup quarterback Tyler Huntley squeaking by the Denver Broncos and Deshaun Watson’s return to football after a lengthy suspension for sexual misconduct.īut let’s first talk about the late games, which saw the Cincinnati Bengals defeat the Kansas City Chiefs for the third time (!) this calendar year and the San Francisco 49ers’ horrendous injury luck get even worse. Maya ( Maya Sweedler, editor): December football is upon us, and yesterday the NFL blessed us with a great slate of games. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES
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