An inside look at Sunday Game Jets-Dolphins Week 18 In Miami.
Marquee Match
Tyreek Hill of the Dolphins WR vs. Jaylen Waddle. Jets CB Sauce Gardner and DJ Reed
This game isn’t very appealing overall, but the battle between Dolphins receivers and Jets corners might be fun to watch. Hill (117 catches, 1,687 yards, seven TDs) and Waddle (70 catches, 1,312 yards, eight TDs) have racked up huge numbers this season, but their production is likely to drop without starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.
Gardner and Reed had a great game last week in Seattle, against DK Metcalf (one catch, 3 yards) and Tyler Lockett (two catches, 15 yards).
Gardner, who already made a Pro Bowl as a rookie, is the favorite to win Defensive Rookie of the Year. Gardner had an impressive rookie season. The Jets are hoping he can now start getting more interceptions. There are two this year.
“He already has such a great skill set, obviously, such great measurable metrics, his awareness like that continues to grow and continues to refine his technique, I think he’s going to have the ability to really take the ball when he will be tried,” defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich said. Richard Sherman, it was like his evolution, it started as a guy who was just denying and then all of a sudden here was a guy who could take any bullet from you. At the point where he stopped coming, I think that’s that rare space where he can go.
Costello’s Call
This one It should be hard to watch. Joe Flacco vs. Skylar Thompson is not the quarterback we expected in this one. The Jets haven’t scored a touchdown in their last two games. Do three. Kickers dominate this one.
Dolphins 9, Jets 6
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LaFleur’s last fight? The Jets offense was dismal. They’re 27th on offense and haven’t scored a touchdown in their last two games and four of their last five. All of this led to calls for the firing of offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur. Can the Jets after two years? He can help his case by getting the offense into the end zone this week.
LaFleur would not campaign for himself this week when asked why he was the right man for the job.
“I will respectfully not answer that question because my words don’t matter there, and I really mean it,” LaFleur said. “I’m going to give everything I have for these players and this organization. That’s all you can do. That’s all you ask of your other assistants, and that’s all you ask of the players. If that’s not enough, too bad.”
High in the sky: The Jets aren’t the only ones facing a quarterback situation. The Dolphins are on their third stringer in Skylar Thompson. Tua Tagovailoa has a concussion and backup Teddy Bridgewater was dislocated last week in a loss to the Patriots. That leaves Thompson, a seventh-round rookie pick, to try to get Miami into the playoffs. The Jets faced him in October after Sauce Gardner knocked Bridgewater out of the game on Miami’s first scrimmage play. Thompson has thrown for 382 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions this season.
Q-ranking: Jets defensive tackle Quinn Williams has had a dominant season and can put an exclamation point in it on Sunday. Williams has a team lead of 12 sacks and 28 quarterback hits. He’s already been named Pro Bowler and could be in line to be All-Pro.
He is fair [had] one of the best defensive performances, in terms of all-season work, that I’ve ever been around, and I’ve been around some really, really good players,” defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich said. I wish some of the years I played with Bryant Young who obviously just got inducted into the Hall of Fame and a guy who can absolutely take a game you have to factor that in with every snap, run, pass .” “
O-no line: The Jets will miss both starting tackles – LT Duane Brown (shoulder), RT George Fant (knee) – and their starting right guard, Nate Herbig (calf), who was only playing due to a starter injury. ‘origin. It could be a long day for Joe Flacco behind that line. Cedric Ogbuehi and Mike Remmers are expected to start at tackle points, and Dan Feeney will be at guard.
We have a group of fighters, that’s what we have. It’s going to be good,” head coach Robert Saleh said. It’s going to be an opportunity for Ogbuehi. We have Remmers, Feeney was looking for an opportunity. So there are guys looking for that opportunity, and I’m sure ‘they’re very excited about it.
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