AFC East Review - Miami Dolphins 0-2, Rest of Division 2-0

by Kevin Nogle on Sep 20, 2011 5:01 PM EDT in 2012 Miami Dolphins News

Two weeks, two losses. Not a great start to the 2011 season. The season isn't lost, but it's not looking good. Especially given that the rest of the AFC East is happily sitting at 2-0. Let's take a look at the division, and see the hurdles being placed in front of the 2011 Miami Dolphins.

Buffalo Bills - The Bills came back from a 21-3 halftime deficit, scoring 35 points in the second half. The fourth quarter was madness, as the Raiders and Bills combined for 35 fourth quarter points. While his performance was not as spectacular as last week, quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick still performed really well, with a 28-for-46, 246 yard, 3 touchdown, 1 interception game. Raiders 35 - Bills 38.

New England Patriots - Tom Brady is Tom Brady. After torching Miami for over 500 yards of passing, the Patriots quarterback threw for over 400 this week, setting a new NFL record with 940 yards passing in two games. The Patriots held on to win against a very talented San Diego Chargers franchise. Chargers 21 - Patriots 35.

New York Jets - The Jets absolutely destroyed the visiting Jaguars this week. Jaguars quarterback Luke McCown looked lost from the opening kickoff, and it never got better - he ended up throwing four interceptions, along with going just 6-for-19 for 59 years. He finished with a 1.8 passer rating. He also got pulled for rookie Blaine Gabbert, who threw for 52 yards on 5-for-6 passing (102.8 passer rating). The Jets offense looked less than spectacular, but when you only need 283 yards of offense to score 32 points, you're doing something right. Jaguars 3 - Jets 32.

Quarterbacks:

Name	Attempts	Completions	Percent	Yards	Touchdowns	Interceptions	Passer Rating	Total QBR
Tom Brady, NE	88 (T1)	63 (1)	71.6	940 (1)	7 (T1)	1	128.0 (1)	89.7 (1)
Ryan Fitzpatrick, BUF	71	45	63.4	472	7 (T1)	1	109.6	84.8
Chad Henne, MIA	79	42	53.2	586	3	2	79.4	53.4
Mark Sanchez, NYJ	68	43	63.2	517	4	3	87.7	31.6

Rushing (Running Backs):

Name	Attempts	Yards	Y/A	Touchdowns
Reggie Bush, MIA	17	56	3.3	0
Shonn Green, NYJ	26	75	2.9	1
BenJarvis Green-Ellis, NE	24	104	4.3	2
Fred Jackson, BUF	35	229 (1)	6.5	2
C.J. Spiller, BUF	9	79	8.8	1
Daniel Thomas, MIA	18	107	5.9	0
LaDainian Tomlinson, NYJ	11	24	2.2	0
Johnny White, BUF	8	26	3.3	0
Danny Woodhead, NE	18	881	4.5	0

Receiving (Wide Receivers / Tight Ends / Running Backs):

Name	Receptions	Targets	Yards	Average	Touchdowns
Davone Bess, MIA	7	12	134	19.1	0
Deion Branch, NE	15	19	222	14.8	0
Plaxico Burress, NYJ	4	11	72	18.0	1
Reggie Bush, MIA	10	11	59	5.9	1
Scott Chandler, BUF	7	9	79	11.3	3
Jeff Cumberland, NYJ	2	4	35	17.5	0
Anthony Fasano, MIA	5	8	82	16.4	0
Rob Gronkowski, NE	10	13	172	17.2	3
Brian Hartline, MIA	6	15	83	13.8	1
Aaron Hernandez, NE	14	18	165	11.8	2
Santonio Holmes, NYJ	9	14	112	12.4	1
Steve Johnson, BUF	12	20	162	13.5	2
Dustin Keller, NYJ	11	14	162	14.7	2
Brandon Marshall, MIA	13	24 (T1)	218	16.8	1
David Nelson, BUF	14	19	149	10.6	1
LaDainian Tomlinson, NYJ	7	9	80	11.4	0
Wes Welker, NE	15	22	241	16.1	2

Defense:

Name	Tackles	Sacks	Pass Defensed	Interceptions	Forced Fumble	Fumble Recovery	Touchdowns
Mark Anderson, NE	2	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Kyle Arrington, NE	8	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Yeremiah Bell, MIA	18	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Sergio Brown, NE	13	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
Andre Carter, NE	3	0.5	0	0	0	0	0
Patrick Chung, NE	14	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Antonio Cromartie, NYJ	4	0.0	2	2 (T1)	0	0	0
Karlos Dansby, MIA	9	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike DeVito, NYJ	8	1.0	0	0	1	0	0
Drayton Florence, BUF	6	0.0	3	1	0	0	0
Spencer Johnson, BUF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Reshad Jones, MIA	18	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
Devin McCourty, NE	13	0.0	2	0	0	0	0
Jared Odrick, MIA	4	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Calvin Pace, NYJ	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Myron Pryor, NE	3	0.5	0	0	0	0	0
Darrelle Revis, NYJ	9	0.0	2	1	0	0	0
Bart Scott, NYJ	12	2.0	0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Scott, BUF	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Smith, NYJ	12	1.0	0	1	0	0	0
Jason Taylor, MIA	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Cameron Wake, MIA	6	2.0	1	0	0	0	0
Chris White, BUF	2	0.0	0	0	2 (T1)	0	0
Vince Wilfork, NE	3	0.5	0	1	0	0	0
George Wilson, BUF	13	0.0	0	0	1	0	0

Kickers:

Name	FG Made	FG Attempts	XP Made	XP Attempts
Dan Carpenter, MIA	3	5	4	4
Stephen Gostkowski, NE	3	4	8	8
Nick Folk, NYJ	5 (T1)	5	6	6
Rian Lindell, BUF	3	4	10 (1)	10 (1)

Punters:

Name	Punts	Yards	Average	Net	Inside 20	Touchbacks
T.J. Conley, NYJ	11	433	39.4	36.1	3	0
Brandon Fields, MIA	9	488	54.2	43.7	4	0
Zoltan Mesko, NE	6	237	39.5	34.7	2	1
Brian Moorman, BUF	7	356	50.9	37.4	1	3

Injuries:

Charles Clay, FB/TE, MIA - Hamstring Injury (Missed Week 2)

Chris Clemons, S, MIA - Hamstring Injury (Missed Week 2)

Karlos Dansby, LB, MIA - Groin Injury (Left Week 2)

Vontae Davis, CB, MIA - Hamstring Injury (Left Week 2)

Gary Guyton, LB,NE - Hamstring Injury (Missed Week 2)

Aaron Hernandez, TE, NE - Knee Injury (Left Week 2)

Ras I-Dowling, CB, NE - Thigh Injury (Left Week 2)

Stevie Johnson, WR, BUF - Groin Injury (Probable for Week 3)

Tony McDaniel, DT, MIA - Hand Injury (Missed Week 2)

Terrence McGee, CB, BUF - Hamstring Injury (Missed Week 2 - Out indefinitely)

Nick Mangold, C, NYJ - Knee Injury (Out for Year)

Arthur Moats, LB, BUF - Knee Injury (Missed Week 2 - Expected to miss 1-2 weeks)

Roscoe Parrish, WR, BUF - Ankle Injury (Left Week 2 - "Long term" injury)

Logan Payne, WR, NYJ - Wrist Injury (Missed Week 2)

Taylor Price, WR, NE - Hamstring Injury (Missed Week 2)

Torell Troup, NT, BUF - Lower Back (Missed Week 2)

Roberto Wallace, WR, MIA - Quadricep Injury (Missed Week 2)

Mike Wright, DE, NE - Concussion (Missed Week 2)

AFC East Standings:

Team	Win	Loss	Tie	Games Back
Buffalo Bills	2	0	0	---
New England Patriots	2	0	0	---
New York Jets	2	0	0	---
Miami Dolphins	0	2	0	2

AFC East Bye Weeks:

Buffalo Bills - Week 7

Miami Dolphins - Week 5

New England Patriots - Week 7

New York Jets - Week 8

AFC East Upcoming Games:

Miami Dolphins at Cleveland Browns (1pm)

New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills (1pm)

New York Jets @ Oakland Raiders (4:05pm)

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So Brandon Fields looks good..

by danlr13 on Sep 20, 2011 5:51 PM EDT reply actions

at least we have the best of something!

"My cats breath smells like cat food" a wise man once said...
My love for THE MIAMI DOLPHINS is unconditional...period!

by Phinphinatic on Sep 20, 2011 6:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Fitzpatrick

Maybe he can lead the Bills to a sweep of the Jets? I’d love that. If we’re going to have another downer of a season, I want the Jets to have one too.

by hbkDolphins on Sep 20, 2011 7:15 PM EDT reply actions

this^^

by srtmopar on Sep 21, 2011 4:06 PM EDT up reply actions

I herd Thigpen was in the game for clock management!

wopper "the king" computer
We often look rite past the positive's cuz the negative's-r-so hard they dominate! Have you touched & preened your beaver-pelt today? There one thing that needs to be said (Miami Dolphin) i exspect you'll win!

by wild zion beaver on Sep 20, 2011 8:23 PM EDT reply actions

As much as you wish it to be true....

Nick Mangold is not out for the year

Classy

by michael28102 on Sep 20, 2011 11:04 PM EDT reply actions

Just 6-10 weeks is all!

by wild zion beaver on Sep 20, 2011 11:26 PM EDT up reply actions

Three at the most

Oh yes that's right, I'm a Jets fan.

by Bob_The_Friendly_Baker on Sep 21, 2011 8:20 AM EDT up reply actions

wanna bet!

by wild zion beaver on Sep 22, 2011 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Its an honest mistake

dont be a dick.

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Miss the misery.
Need a reason for a change.
Need a reason to explain.
So turn it on again.
Don't change your mind.
You're wasting light.

by Patssuck456 on Sep 25, 2011 12:14 PM EDT up reply actions

I knew Woodhead was good......

….but, DANG!! …Superdwarf!

Studies have shown that 23% of all institutionalized mental patients
are capable of living normal lives in a productive society.
The other 77% are Jets fans.

NY Jets fan base: Bringing insanity and inbreeding to your community since 1960.

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

by CanT0o on Sep 22, 2011 6:22 AM EDT reply actions