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The second half started badly for Bills quarterback Josh Allen, who fumbled the ball, which was later recovered by Zach Sieler, who scored a major. Miami is ahead for the first time in the game.
Miami ends the first half strong
The Bills scored the first points thanks to the skills of Dawson Knox. The tight end caught Josh Allen’s one-handed pass in the end zone as he fell. On the previous sequence, Allen sent a bomb towards Stefon Diggs for 52 yards.
Without Damar Hamlin, his replacement Dean Marlowe is decisive. Quarterback Skylar Thompson had his pass intercepted by Marlowe moments after the first major. Buffalo came in to score thanks to a 12-yard run from James Cook.
The Dolphins’ young star receiver Jaylen Waddle left the game for a while with a shoulder injury. However, he is back on the field in the second quarter.
The Dolphins’ Xavien Howard tried to re-energize his team. The cornerback robbed Allen with six minutes left in the second quarter.
The Dolphins managed to overshadow a rough start to the game, but they finished strong with a touchdown pass from Skylar Thompson following an interception. Thompson joined Mike Gesicki on seven yards and scored a double conversion to tie the game just before the half.
The Dolphins’ other points came from kicker Jason Sanders, who had three field goals in the first half.
Bills kicker Tyler Bass restored the lead with a 39-yard field goal to complete the half.
Pregame
When the Bills and the Dolphins clashed during the third week of activityMiami surprised almost everyone with a 21-19 victory, meaning they were to be taken seriously in 2022. Or so we thought.
Miami has been a tough team to follow in 2022. Sometimes great, sometimes bad. Dolphins’ ups and downs are no stranger to quarterback’s health Tua Tagovailoa. In the matches he has completed, Tagovailoa has finished with a record of eight wins and four losses. The problem is that all four losses came consecutively at the end of the season. Worse still, against the Packers, Tagovailoa suffered his second diagnosed concussion of the season. The key word is “diagnosed”. Still annoyed by it, Tagovailoa will have to sit out against a surging side that have won seven games in a row and rallied around the disturbing scene of his safety Damar Hamlin against the Bengals.
What could have been a duel between two of the NFL’s best teams as one would have thought after five weeks of activity has turned into a true David versus Goliath fight. Josh Allen and the menacing machine of the Bills against Skylar Thompson and the Dolphins, who struggled to make the playoffs despite an 8-3 record.
If Miami wants to surprise Buffalo on Sunday, it will have to Tyreek Hill has the match of his life. Regardless of the outcome of this match, we can speak of a success for Mike McDaniels’ first season at the helm of the team. However, we must be careful to talk about long-term success with Tagovailoa’s health problems. A situation that goes far beyond the sporting aspect.
