Dolphins at Bills Game Capsule

by Kevin Nogle on Dec 17, 2011 1:00 PM EST in 2012 Miami Dolphins News

MIAMI DOLPHINS (4-9) AT BUFFALO BILLS (5-8)

SERIES

	DOLPHINS	BILLS
SERIES LEADER	54-36-1
STREAKS	5 of past 7
COACHES VS. OPP.	Bowles: 0-0	Gailey: 2-2
LAST WEEK	L 26-10 vs. Eagles	L 37-10 at Chargers
LAST GAME	11/20/11: Bills 8 at Dolphins 35. Miami scores 28 1st-half points as QB Matt Moore throws 3 TDs & RB Reggie Bush rushes for another in Dolphins' divisional win.
LAST GAME AT SITE	9/12/10: Dolphins 15, Bills 10. Miami RB Ronnie Brown rushes for TD as Dolphins' defense holds Buffalo to 166 total yards (50 rushing, 116 passing) in KO Weekend victory.
BROADCAST	CBS (1:00 PM ET): Kevin Harlan, Solomon Wilcots. SIRIUS: 85 (Mia.), 104 (Buf.). XM: 229 (Buf.).

STATS

PASSING	Mat. Moore: 162-263-1,864-10-6-86.1	Fitzpatrick: 278-449-3,013-20-16-81.6
RUSHING	Bush: 169-770-4.6-5	Jackson: 170-934-5.5-6
RECEIVING	Marshall: 67 (3C)-937-14.0-4	St. Johnson: 63-790-12.5-6
OFFENSE	311.2	343.6
TAKE/GIVE	-5	0
DEFENSE	334.2	363.5
SACKS	Wake: 6.5	Dareus (R): 4.5
INTs	Davis, Smith: 2	Wilson: 4
PUNTING	Fields: 49.5 (3L)	Moorman: 48.5 (3C)
KICKING	Carpenter: 82 (19/19 PAT; 21/26 FG)	Lindell: 64 (25/25 PAT; 13/15 FG)

NOTES

DOLPHINS: In past 2 on road, QB Matt Moore has completed 36 of 55 passes (65.5 pct.) for 532 yards with 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 121.2 passer rating. Moore completed 14 of 20 passes (70 pct.) for 160 yards with 3 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 133.3 passer rating in last game vs. Bills...RB Reggie Bush posted 3rd 100-yard rush game of season last week (103, 100, 103). Bush has career-best 770 rush yards in '11. Has 5 rush TDs in past 6. Averages 5.1 yards per carry on road in '11 (77 att., 390 yards). Rookie RB Daniel Thomas (2nd round, No. 62) leads AFC rookie RBs with 508 rush yards...WR Brandon Marshall (937) needs 63 receiving yards to reach 1,000 for 5th consecutive season. Marshall (5,970) needs 30 receiving yards to reach 6,000 career...LB Jason Taylor (138.5) needs 3.5 sacks to surpass Michael Strahan for 5th-most since sacks became official statistic in '82. Taylor has 22 career sacks vs. Bills, most against any opponent...

BILLS: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick (7,435) needs 148 passing yards to surpass QB Doug Floutie (7,582) for 5th-most passing yards in club annals. Fitzpatrick (52) needs 4 TD passes to surpass Drew Bledsoe (55) for 4th-most in franchise history. Has career-best 3,013 passing yards in '11...RB C.J. Spiller is averaging 5 yards per carry in past 2 in Dec. WR Stevie Johnson posted 1st 100-yard receiving game of season last week (116). Has TD reception in 2 of past 3. WR David Nelson has career-best in catches (50), yards (534) & TDs (5) in '11... TE Scott Chandler (6) needs TD rec. to surpass Pete Mettzelaars (6 in '92) & Jay Riemersma (6 in '98) for most TD catches by TE in season in franchise history. Had 5 catches for 71 yards (14.2 avg.) in last game vs. Mia...Defense has 12 INTs in 6 games at home in '11...Rookie DT Marcell Dareus (1st round, No. 3) has 4.5 sacks, most by Bills rookie since '01 (Aaron Schobel, 6.5)...S Bryan Scott had FR-TD last week, 2nd TD of season (INT-TD return in Week 4).

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Moore

If ‘he’ plays we win if it’s Losman….break out the booze!

by Dmoney2011 on Dec 17, 2011 2:33 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions

Put in Losman

Watching this train wreck of a season, I need a drink.

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Back on the Hennewagon. Chuggin' along with no spare...

by CanT0o on Dec 17, 2011 3:30 PM EST up reply actions