He’s back just in time for the slumping Titans - just in time to take on three-time All-Pro defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh.
It took six weeks, but the Miami Dolphins finally made a decision to show up for a game in 2015.
The Dolphins with their new coaching staff and culture are going to turn a few heads this week. As a team they are averaging just over 350 yards per game. Miller’s 7-yard touchdown run at the 5:07 mark of the second quarter sent Miami into halftime with a 17-3 lead.
Miami started off the season with a win but has since gone on to lose all the rest of its games, a few of them in embarrassing fashion. The ground attack was more formidable in the big victory. It was a team that Miami hadn’t fielded in a very very long time.
The game also saw an spectacular punt block by Michael Mauti, who went on to recover the ball for a touchdown to the delight of tens of thousands of fans at the Superdome. Watch for the hottest Titans cheerleaders at the team’s games for the rest of the 2015 season. Keep an eye on DT Jurrell Casey, he is having a Pro Bowl caliber season so far leading the d-line.
The Titans also lost Titans center Brian Schwenke to a dislocated left ankle in the second quarter, an injury gruesome enough a teammate immediately waved to the sideline for help.
Two teams at the bottom of the AFC Standings will face off in Nashville on Sunday afternoon.
Wake finished the first half by sacking Mariota for the fourth time, making him the first person in the National Football League with four sacks in a half since Chris Clemons had four for Seattle against Green Bay in Week 2 in 2012.
Nonetheless, there has been a distinct difference between the Titans’ play on paper and the Titans’ play on the field. Like Miami, Tennessee saw its losing skid extend to three games with a 14-13 setback to Buffalo last week.
Campbell, who had never been a head coach at any level before being promoted, has preached competition and toughness in practice, traits that never surfaced in the previous four games under Philbin.
