With the Miami Dolphins dialed in on exacting a bit of revenge from their season-opening loss to the New England Patriots this past weekend, you knew that Miami was going to be bringing plenty of energy to the field for their final home game of the season. The Dolphins did exactly that and once again flexed their defensive prowess en route to a 22-12 victory over New England, a decision that saw Miami keep the Patriots out of the end zone and gradually heat up Patriots quarterback Cam Newton.
The successes of the day were a collaborative team effort, but defensive back Nik Needham had the honor of sporting the microphone for this week’s game; and he didn’t disappoint.
Needham, who is one of the Dolphins’ unheralded pieces but also a key performer each week, is an important symbol of this Dolphins’ rebuild — players like him and Zach Sieler are the kinds of low-risk roster additions that the Dolphins have turned into effective NFL players. With this kind of player development in the Dolphins’ corner, there’s little reason to think that Miami won’t continue their upward trajectory.
But for now, Dolphins fans can enjoy Needham’s contributions to the latest win by checking out his highlights from the Dolphins’ social media team, which dropped the Week 15 mic’d up segment earlier this week.
Needham himself didn’t make any game-changing plays against the Patriots, but the excitement these Dolphins players have for one another when someone does tell quite the story about why the 2020 Dolphins are different than all of those run of the mill teams from the past decade or so. There’s genuine enthusiasm all around. If Miami can carry that over week over week and year over year, there’s little this team won’t be capable of under this regime.