Dolphins offense continues to be broken without Tua Tagovailoa, they lose to Titans

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tyler Huntley (18) goes after the ball after a bad snap against the Titans. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Last season, for a national audience on Black Friday, the Miami Dolphins played a New York Jets team that had one big, fatal issue. They didn’t have a quarterback.

Tim Boyle was so bad that day, he had a Hail Mary attempt at the end of the half was returned by the Dolphins for a pick-6. The Jets gained 159 yards and didn’t score an offensive touchdown until garbage time. The Dolphins won 34-13, and everyone knew the Jets were better than that. They were just absolutely incompetent at quarterback.

On Monday night, the Dolphins could feel the 2023 Jets’ pain.

On their third starting quarterback in just the first four weeks of the season, the Dolphins were horrible. The Tennessee Titans weren’t good either, but they won 31-12 against a Dolphins team that can’t compete without Tua Tagovailoa, who is out for a while with a concussion. Tyler Huntley had 96 yards passing, and the Dolphins had 184 yards and 13 first downs as a team.

The Dolphins signed Huntley off the Baltimore Ravens’ practice squad on Sept. 17, and 13 days later he was starting. He wasn’t any better than Skylar Thompson, the Week 3 starter, or Boyle, who is on the Dolphins now and entered last week’s game when Thompson was injured. The offense went nowhere. It was ugly.

As the calendar turned to October, the Dolphins season feels like it’s over already.

An ugly game on Monday night

When ESPN signed up for Titans-Dolphins as part of their Week 4 Monday night doubleheader, they expected Will Levis vs. Tagovailoa. As it turned out, Mason Rudolph was the best quarterback on the field.

Levis threw a horrible interception on Tennessee’s first series, then he landed hard on his shoulder diving for a first down on the Titans’ second possession. Rudolph came in and while he wasn’t spectacular, the former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback was steady. The Titans were probably happy for steady…

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Publish date : 2024-10-01 02:45:22

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