Can the Miami Dolphins get back to their winning ways in Week 12? The bad taste of a defeat in Week 11 to the Denver Broncos will likely have this team hungry to get after it again on Sunday but the Dolphins do need to tread carefully against a New York Jets team that will be playing with nothing to lose. The Jets, who are winless on the season, have already fallen to the Dolphins once this season and will certainly be out for revenge after Miami pounced on them early to create a 21-0 first half deficit that they never relinquished.
How can the Dolphins best replicate their defensive success from the first meeting between these two teams? Here are a few key points to focus on this Sunday:
Heat up Sam Darnold early on
The Dolphins didn’t have the pleasure of squaring off with Sam Darnold the first time these two teams met and as a result Miami was able to get a lot of pressure on an immobile quarterback in Joe Flacco. Miami is likely to find themselves more pressed to finish pressures and convert them into sacks against Darnold — but the young quarterback is not immune to mistakes. As a matter of fact, the Dolphins have intercepted Darnold (8 times) more than any other team in the NFL thus far in his career. Let’s shoot for some more turnovers prompted by pressure.