Miami Dolphins vs. Buffalo Bill Game Recap: Review, Key Takeaways, and More

 

 

 In the Dolphins home opener vs. the Bills, they took a close loss with a
final score of 31-28.
 

The Dolphins offense was fantastic. Ryan Fitzpatirick had a great day, going 31/47 for 328 yards and touchdown. The ground-game was decent with a total of 99 yards, almost half from Myles Gaskin. Myles Gaskin had 7 carries for 46 with an average of 6.6 yards per carry, but 0 touchdowns. Mike Gesicki had a outstanding day, with 8 cathes for 130 yards and a touchdown, which is great for me because I have him on my fantasy team. Parker had a decent day, coming back from that hamstring injury. Williams had a terrible day with one catch for 26 yds, and he had the drop on fourth down that would have been a touchdown. The Dolphins Offensive Line played decent, with a total of 3 sacks. Overall, the Dolphins offense played a pretty good game. Mike Gesicki had an outstanding catch, you can watch that by clicking on the link below.

Watch Mike Gesicki's Outstanding One-Handed Catch Here!

 

The Defense on the other hand, was unwatchable. I want a refund on our secondary! But seriously, after losing Bryon Jones, the secondary was just atrocious. Noah Igbinoghene is definitely not ready for top receivers like Stefon Diggs, even with his speed he was beat multiple times, usually on a crossing route. During the Miami power outage, Nik Needham was smoked two plays in a row to cause a Bills' touchdown. Unlike week 1, the Dolphins run game was okay, but losing Bryon Jones hurt us too much to win the game. For the D-line, the Dolphins had one sack by Emmanuel Ogbah. Kyle van Noy dropped a almost definite pick-six, which would have been a huge momentum changer as well as needed points. After we lost Byron Jones, I feel like we should have put Xavien Howard on Stefon Diggs, at least in the fourth quarter after we saw Noah Igbinoghene get beat multiple times. Then, on the Bills' final touchdown, mayhem happens. On 3rd and 9, Xavien Howard lines up on John Brown, who runs a post route. After Brown's break, X leaves it for Bobby McCain, the free safety on the play. McCain freezes for at least a second, then starts running back toward the end zone. That touchdown sealed the deal, making it a two score game. You can watch the play using the link below. 

 Bobby McCain Blown Coverage

Last week, the Dolphins secondary was good, but the run-game was atrocious. This week, that flipped. Last week, our offense was terrible. This week, that flipped. Last week, Ryan Fitzpatrick was horrendous, this week he was excellent. For everybody that wants Tua,  Fitzpatrick's performance vs the Bills isn't gonna make Tua play any sooner.