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UnibetJaylen Waddle is up to 7 catches in the first half and 93 on the season. That's the second most by any rookie in NFL history, trailing only Anquan Boldin's 101. Waddle has an extra game and a great shot to cruise past Boldin's mark.
Miami
Dolphins o37.5
20
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New Orleans
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 MIA | 10 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
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 NO | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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Game Charts
| Passing | FP | ATT | CMP | YDS | YPC | TD | INT | LONG | SACK | RATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10.02 | 26 | 19 | 198 | 10.4 | 1 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 91.51 |
| Rushing | FP | ATT | YDS | YPC | LONG | TD | FUM | |||
| 10.02 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
 | 3.9 | 13 | 39 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 3.6 | 13 | 36 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2.6 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Receiving | FP | TAR | REC | YDS | YPR | LONG | TD | FUM | ||
 | 25.2 | 12 | 10 | 92 | 9.2 | 24 | 1 | 0 | ||
 | 6.1 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5.2 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.6 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.7 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kicking | FP | FGA | FGM | PCT | LONG | XP | ||||
 Jason Sanders | 8 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 48 | 2 /2 | ||||
| Team Defense | FP | PA | TD | SACK | FR | INT | YDS | |||
MIA | 25 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 164 | |||
| Passing | FP | ATT | CMP | YDS | YPC | TD | INT | LONG | SACK | RATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20 | 12 | 135 | 11.2 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 8 | 40.62 |
| Rushing | FP | ATT | YDS | YPC | LONG | TD | FUM | |||
 | 7.9 | 13 | 52 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1.7 | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 0.6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
 | 0.2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Receiving | FP | TAR | REC | YDS | YPR | LONG | TD | FUM | ||
| 10 | 5 | 3 | 70 | 23.3 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8.6 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.9 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2.8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kicking | FP | FGA | FGM | PCT | LONG | XP | ||||
Brett Maher | 3 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 38 | 0 /0 | ||||
| Team Defense | FP | PA | TD | SACK | FR | INT | YDS | |||
NO | 6 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 259 | |||
Game News
Tua and the *Dolphins have won 7 straight and it don't matter who the teams were. 7 in a row after losing 7 straight is an incredible display of perseverance. Brian Flores for coach of the year.
DeVante Parker played 78% of the snaps and was mostly covered by rookie Paulson Adebo, so no, I have no idea why he's yet to be targeted.
Tua Tagovailoa & Mack Hollins (40-yd pass) Completion Probability: 19.6% 🔸 Pass Rush Separation: 2.3 yds 🔸 Air Distance: 49.7 yds* 🔸 Target Separation: 0.6 yds *2nd-longest completion of Tagovailoa's career #StatThat | Powered by @awscloud pic.twitter.com/IrdqrlZ5a0
Looks like Phillip Lindsay is getting work over Myles Gaskin behind Duke Johnson
PICK 6. Nik Needham. Put it in the BOOKS. #FinsUp
Wouldn't be a #Dolphins game without Mike Gesicki trying to jump out the stadium
FYI: The Jacoby Brissett no-gain run was changed to a @camjordan94 sack. He's at a team-leading 8 for season; Brissett and Tua are the 39th and 40th QBs he has sacked in his career
Mack Hollins with a big catch to help the #Eagles
Christian Wilkins is wearing mardi gras beads to his press conference pic.twitter.com/q4dOicFVrw
Louis Riddick thinks Jevon Holland can be an All Pro
Dolphins inactives vs the Saints: RB Salvon Ahmed, DB Trill Williams, DL John Jenkins es.pn/3ExsJDF
Byron Jones blitzed. Emmanuel Ogbah sack. He's an unrestricted free agent in 2022.
The Miami Dolphins went into halftime with a 10-3 lead over the New Orleans Saints in their Week 16 matchup at Caesars Superdome.
Brian Flores’ team scored on a Nik Needham pick-six on Ian Book’s second pass attempt of the game but were kept out of the end zone for the remainder of the first half. The only other points they got were from a Jason Sanders field goal.
With the Saints missing so many players due to COVID-19, many believe Miami should have gone into halftime with a larger lead, among those is Dolphins legend Larry Csonka who took his feelings to social media
The Saints had a visit with DE Jabaal Sheard today
My bad. Can't blame Austin Reiter for this. Jesse Davis has yielded a sack. Liam Eicheberg/Austin Jackson have yielded a sack. Eicheberg, Jackson and *Michael Deiter all have holds. #MiamiDolphins
Do not doubt Durham Smythe's ability to catch the football, you fools
Will be interesting to see who takes the reps from these Dolphins out on COVID-19: MLB Duke Riley (Eguaveon, Munson?) and WR Albert Wilson (Ford, Hollins, Williams?)
Brian Flores: Credit to Josh Boyer and the defensive staff. We had a nice defensive play. We mixed coverages. We stopped the run. Guys played hard. Played fast. Gave great effort.
After they punted on their first drive, Miami’s defense took the field for the first time against rookie quarterback Ian Book.
On just his second pass attempt, Dolphins linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel was able to tip the ball into cornerback Nik Needham’s hands. Needham was able to outrun New Orleans’ offense on his way to end the end zone to give Miami a 7-0 lead less than five minutes into the game.
The Dolphins defense has had the ability to get after quarterbacks and force them into making mistakes frequently. They did a good job of doing exactly that on their first drive
Jerome Baker says "not really" when asked if he knew Dolphins had moved into win and they're in territory pic.twitter.com/i9zBzLSLg5
Would also be interesting to see if Noah Igbinoghene gets any reps vacated by Justin Coleman and if Adam Pankey or Roderick Johnson is used as a 6th lineman and also if Tommylee Lewis returns punts/kicks vs. former team. #MiamiDolphins
ESPN color commentator has complimented George Godsey at least twice before 8:45 p.m.
Watching replay, Andrew Van Ginkel deflected Book's pass in the flat, leading to that Pick 6.
Notre Dame QBs have now lost 24 straight starts in the NFL... - 4 by Brady Quinn - 4 by Jimmy Clausen - 15 by DeShone Kizer - 1 by Ian Book That is the longest losing streak by starting QBs from a particular college since 1950 (h/t @EliasSports). pic.twitter.com/NrLb4tKuqr
Time for the Saints to get Alvin Kamara out of this game. No reason to have him out there right now. They're going to need him healthy for these final two games.
Sean Payton doesn't believe there could be an exciting offensive play in this game and is challenging on principle
Plenty of people watching tonight going: Who is that?? Marcus Davenport is legit. twitter.com/nick_underhill…
Marquez Callaway became the first #Saints wide receiver of the season to get 100 receiving yards last week. he now has 3 catches for 42 yards, all for first downs in this game.
Curious to see who leads the pregame chant for the Saints tonight with Demario Davis sidelined. My guess is Mark Ingram, but it's just a guess. To my knowledge, the only players to lead the chant since the tradition started in 2006 are: Joe Horn; Reggie Bush; Drew Brees; & Davis.
The Saints didn't activate Hill (illness) from the reserve/COVID-19 list, making him ineligible to play Monday against the Dolphins, Amie Just of The New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.
The same can be said for Trevor Siemian (illness), which hands Ian Book his first NFL start. Behind Book, Blake Bortles has been elevated from the practice squad to serve as the Saints' backup quarterback for Week 16. Hill's next chance to play is Sunday against the Panthers.
Chase Hansen, Pete Werner and Zack Baun are the starting LBs before the game
Kawaan Baker on the special team tackle in his first NFL game. Nice cover by the rookie receiver
Cameron Jordan is leading the pregame huddle in place of Demario Davis.
The Saints best hope lies with pass rushers Marcus Davenport and Cameron Jordan. The Saints biggest problem may be rolling without their two excellent starting offensive tackles. And, yeah, a quarterback making his first start. Expect Miami to blitz the hell out of Book. twitter.com/Amie_Just/stat…
Caleb Benenoch is starting at RT. Hurst at LT
That one's on Tua -- intercepted by Marshon Lattimore, way overthrown
imagine if 2015-2018 Brees had this Dennis Allen defense instead of those Dennis Allen defenses
Tre'Quan Smith has a chest injury. He's questionable to return.
QB Blake Bortles is wearing No. 6 for the Saints. He's the fifth player to wear No. 6 this season for the Saints. (Brett Maher*, Aldrick Rosas, Brian Johnson, Cody Parkey were the other four.)
The Saints played a video of Kwon Alexander that looks like it was recorded in his apartment because it probably was, and he asks the fans to turn up and then puts on a ski mask
Book and QB coach Ronald Curry are on the bench going over the film on the tablets, with Pete Carmichael standing up with the printouts and Blake Bortles standing next to them with a tablet as well on the sideline.
Saints go without starting OT Terron Armstead tonight. Armstead happens to be my #1 target for the Dolphins in a way-too-early Top 20 free agents to consider in 2022 palmbeachpost.com/story/sports/n…
Book is set to take his first NFL snaps after Taysom Hill and Trevor Siemian tested positive for COVID-19.
Landon Young is on the Covid-19 list. He was on IR
Awesome job by #Saints DB P.J. Williams taking Lindsay out of that play on the roll out. Allowed Werner and Jordan to get outside and make the stop.
DB - Adebo, Crawley, Lattimore, Roby, PJ Williams, Gardner-Johnson, Marcus Williams, Bryce Thompson, Jordan Miller DL - Davenport (?), Jordan, Huggins, Onyemata, Tuttle, Braxon Hoyett, Ethan Westbrooks LB - Werner, Baun, Dowell, Justin March-Lilliard, Chase Hansen, Sharif Finch
Zack Baun with an early pressure on Tua, forced a hurried an incompletion on third down. Baun was a big-time pass rusher at Wisconsin but hasn't been used much in that role so far with the Saints. They'll need him tonight with Carl Granderson down.
Big catch and run down the sideline for Lil'Jordan Humphrey. 56 yards.
Scoring Summary
| Team | QTR | TIME | SCORING PLAY | |
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| MIA | 1ST | 10:33 | Ian Book pass intercepted to the right. Nik Needham intercepted Ian Book for 28 yard touchdown | 7 | 0 |
| MIA | 1ST | 2:16 | Jason Sanders kicked a 48-yard field goal | 10 | 0 |
| NO | 2ND | 2:49 | Brett Maher kicked a 38-yard field goal | 10 | 3 |
| MIA | 3RD | 5:15 | Tua Tagovailoa passed to Jaylen Waddle down the middle for 1 yard touchdown | 17 | 3 |
| MIA | 4TH | 12:09 | Jason Sanders kicked a 34-yard field goal | 20 | 3 |
Injury Report
| Name | Pos | Injuries | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Jones | S | Knee (acl) | OUT |
| Name | Pos | Injuries | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Thomas | WR | Ankle | OUT |
| Tanoh Kpassagnon | DE | Ankle | OUT |
| Ryan Ramczyk | OT | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Garrett Griffin | TE | Hamstring | OUT |
| Wil Lutz | K | Core Muscle/groin | OUT |
| Jameis Winston | QB | Knee (acl) | OUT |
| Andrus Peat | OL | Pectoral | OUT |
| Terron Armstead | OT | Knee | OUT |
| Kaden Elliss | OLB | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Deonte Harris | WR | Covid-19/suspended | OUT |
| Ethan Greenidge | OT | Arm | OUT |
| Trevor Siemian | QB | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Adam Trautman | TE | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Taysom Hill | QB | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Malcolm Jenkins | SS | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Jordan Mills | OT | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Jeff Heath | SS | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Christian Ringo | DT | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Jalyn Holmes | DE | Covid-19 | OUT |
| James Carpenter | G | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Marcus Davenport | DE | Shoulder | OUT |
| Tre'Quan Smith | WR | Shoulder | OUT |
| Demario Davis | OLB | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Dwayne Washington | RB | Covid-19 | OUT |
| J.T. Gray | SS | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Carl Granderson | DE | Covid-19 | OUT |
| KeiVarae Russell | CB | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Jerald Hawkins | OT | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Malcolm Roach | DE | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Kwon Alexander | OLB | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Jalen Dalton | DT | Triceps | OUT |
| Juwan Johnson | TE | Covid-19 | OUT |
| Payton Turner | DE | Shoulder | OUT |
| Dylan Soehner | TE | Undisclosed | OUT |
| Landon Young | OT | Foot | OUT |