Final Score: Miami 22 – Buffalo 9
Location: Miami Gardens, FL – Sun Life Stadium
W-L records: Buffalo (5-5); Miami (6-4)
In a Nutshell:
In an AFC East matchup that was expected to be a defensive struggle,
Buffalo nursed a six-point lead into the third quarter (9-3) thanks to
three field goals from
An intentional grounding penalty on Kyle Orton
resulted in a safety for Miami to push the Dolphins’ lead to three
(12-9) late in the third quarter. The Bills offense couldn’t muster much
of anything in the second half as they went 0-7 on third down
conversions over the final two quarters and 0-2 in the red zone for the
game.
The loss dropped the Bills to 5-5 on the season, 2-2 in the
division and 2-5 versus AFC opponents as they slipped perilously behind
in the AFC playoff race. Miami moved into sole possession of second
place in the division with the victory improving to 6-4.
How it went down:
--The Dolphins got on the scoreboard first going on a 14-play 68-yard march before Caleb Sturgis put a 38-yard field goal through the uprights for a 3-0 lead with 6:40 left in the opening quarter.
--The Dolphins got on the scoreboard first going on a 14-play 68-yard march before Caleb Sturgis put a 38-yard field goal through the uprights for a 3-0 lead with 6:40 left in the opening quarter.
--Buffalo
also scored on their first possession with a 14-play 67-yard drive,
which resulted in a 33-yard field goal from Dan Carpenter to tie the
score at 3-3 with :18 seconds left in the first quarter.
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The Buffalo pass rush was led by Mario Williams, who had 3.5 sacks in the game. As a unit the defense had five sacks on the night.
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Final Score: Miami 22 – Buffalo 9
Location: Miami Gardens, FL – Sun Life Stadium
W-L records: Buffalo (5-5); Miami (6-4)
In a Nutshell:
In
an AFC East matchup that was expected to be a defensive struggle,
Buffalo nursed a six-point lead into the third quarter (9-3) thanks to
three field goals from
The loss dropped the Bills to 5-5 on the season, 2-2 in the division and 2-5 versus AFC opponents as they slipped perilously behind in the AFC playoff race. Miami moved into sole possession of second place in the division with the victory improving to 6-4.
How it went down:
--The Dolphins got on the scoreboard first going on a 14-play 68-yard march before Caleb Sturgis put a 38-yard field goal through the uprights for a 3-0 lead with 6:40 left in the opening quarter.
--Buffalo also scored on their first possession with a 14-play 67-yard drive, which resulted in a 33-yard field goal from Dan Carpenter to tie the score at 3-3 with :18 seconds left in the first quarter.
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--The Dolphins were able to retake the lead for the first time since the opening quarter when Tannnehill hit a wide open Brandon Gibson for a seven-yard touchdown strike to cap a nine-play 80-yard drive (10-9) with two minutes remaining in the third quarter.
--After a late intentional grounding call long after the play was
over resulted in a safety for Miami, Buffalo kicked away. On the Jarvis
Landry return
--Unfortunately
Buffalo’s offense could manage just 10 yards on the drive and Dan
Carpenter missed wide left on the 47-yard field goal attempt.
--Miami
was then the beneficiary of a 24-yard pass interference call on the
next possession that set the Dolphins up at the Bills’ 13-yard line. Two
plays later Tannehill found Jarvis Landry for an eight-yard touchdown
play to balloon the Miami lead to 19-9 early in the fourth quarter.
--After
Buffalo failed on a fourth down conversion deep in their own territory
Miami kicked a short field goal to cap the scoring (22-9).
Stat lines:
--Kyle Orton was 22-39 passing for 193 yards and a passer rating of 69.7.
--Kyle Orton was 22-39 passing for 193 yards and a passer rating of 69.7.
--Chris Hogan led Buffalo’s receivers with seven catches for 74 yards.
--RBs Bryce Brown and Boobie Dixon combined for 49 rushing yards on 16 carries for a 3.0 yards per carry average.
--After going 6-8 on third down conversions in the first half, Buffalo’s offense went 0-7 in the second half.
Quotes from the locker room:
“To get just three points off the two turnovers you can’t do that especially when the ball started in their plus 50 range and you can’t do that. You’ve got to be able to take advantage of those situations and finish and we were outscored. But it was a team loss. There’s no doubt about that when you look at all the things that happened out there.”
--Head coach Doug Marrone
“To get just three points off the two turnovers you can’t do that especially when the ball started in their plus 50 range and you can’t do that. You’ve got to be able to take advantage of those situations and finish and we were outscored. But it was a team loss. There’s no doubt about that when you look at all the things that happened out there.”
--Head coach Doug Marrone
“Our
performance isn’t good enough right now. We’ve got to go back to the
drawing board a little bit and just the only thing I know is to go back
and work harder and try to work harder and try to get better and it
starts with the quarterback. My job is to put points on the board and
whatever I need to do to get the offense better that’s what I need to
do.”
--QB Kyle Orton
--QB Kyle Orton
“That’s pretty much what it was missed
tackles. We had a couple of miscommunications and that was it. We’ve
just got to make the plays when we’ve got the opportunity. We were in
position. We’ve just got to finish.”
--LB Nigel Bradham
--LB Nigel Bradham
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Mario Williams crazy red contacts
Subplots:
--The Buffalo pass rush was led byMario Williams , who had 3.5 sacks in the game. As a unit the defense had five sacks on the night.
--The Buffalo pass rush was led by
--The
Bills won the turnover battle 2-0, but managed to score just three
points off takeaways as their other possession after a takeaway resulted
in a missed field goal.
--Leodis McKelvin
left the game in the first half with an ankle injury and did not
return. He appeared to roll his ankle inward when his footing in the
turf slipped.
--Bryce Brown got the start at running back for Buffalo. He also served as the team’s kick returner with Marquise Goodwin out with a rib injury.
--Buffalo dressed WR Mike Williams who was targeted on a red zone play and also served on special teams.
--Nigel Bradham had his second forced fumble in his last two games.
--Fred Jackson was inactive due to his groin injury.
Inactives:
RB Fred Jackson, CBRon Brooks , RB Phillip Tanner , LB Randell Johnson , OL Cyrus Kouandjio , WR Marquise Goodwin, DE Jarius Wynn .
RB Fred Jackson, CB
Up Next:
The Bills have a 10-day window before they host another AFC East rival in the New York Jets, who are coming off their bye, on Nov. 23 for a 1 p.m. kickoff at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
The Bills have a 10-day window before they host another AFC East rival in the New York Jets, who are coming off their bye, on Nov. 23 for a 1 p.m. kickoff at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
