Dolphins Week 18 Opponent Breakdown: New York Jets

The Miami Dolphins will look to finish their common season in type and preserve alive their playoff hopes after they face the New York Jets at Exhausting Rock Stadium on Sunday.

The Dolphins will look to even the season collection and end 3-3 in division video games after splitting their collection with the Buffalo Payments and New England Patriots.

The Jets will go into the sport with a 7-9 file and on a five-game shedding streak, the final a 23-6 choice in opposition to the Seattle Seahawks final Sunday that ended their playoff hopes.

To get some solutions on 5 main questions associated to the Jets, we turned to Writer Max Goodman of SI Fan Nation sister web site Jets Nation.

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1. Whereas Dolphins followers are going loopy right here over the crew’s five-game slide, the Jets even have misplaced 5 in a row after being 7-4 and really a lot within the playoff image. What is the greatest purpose for the slide?

MG: All the pieces has unraveled for the Jets over these previous few months. The elite protection that carried this crew early on has regressed, the run sport has vanished on offense and New York’s state of affairs at quarterback has worsened. Flashes with this crew’s younger core are there each week, which is promising for subsequent 12 months and past, however this squad hasn’t been taking part in complementary soccer down the stretch.

2. Is it potential that veteran Joe Flacco all alongside was the very best QB on the roster and the Jets badly tousled by not utilizing him as an alternative of Mike White as soon as they determined to bench Zach Wilson?

MG: I’d say the Mike White that we noticed in opposition to the Bears and Vikings is the very best quarterback on this roster. If that QB didn’t get harm the next week in opposition to Buffalo, who is aware of, perhaps New York remains to be within the playoff race. The larger query right here is did the Jets mess up with how they dealt with Wilson’s introduction to the NFL over these final two years (and if they need to be making ready to maneuver on to a distinct veteran quarterback this offseason) ….

3. How would you assess the job that Robert Saleh has carried out as head coach?

MG: There have been a number of questionable selections from Saleh these days, however you may inform that he has made a huge effect on this group’s tradition since taking on, pointing this crew in the precise route. Frustration from the fan base is warranted as nicely, although. This crew was 7-4 not too way back. As a lot as this course of takes time with a younger roster, the optics of this late-season skid to increase this 12-year postseason drought aren’t nice.

4. How did the secondary match up with Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle within the first assembly, and what would you count on them to do that time round?

MG: New York’s secondary has been a shiny spot all 12 months lengthy. Sauce Gardner is particular and D.J. Reed has been taking part in at a Professional Bowl stage as nicely. Hill and Waddle had a complete of 70 receiving yards final time these golf equipment confronted off in Week 5. I count on the Jets to complete robust, however they’ve additionally been prone to explosive performs of late. An enormous day from New York’s defensive position up entrance would assist.

5. What can be the largest purpose to suppose the Jets can finish their slide and full the season sweep in opposition to the Dolphins?

MG: A win over the Dolphins gained’t erase this disappointing efficiency to finish the season, nevertheless it softens the blow only a bit. Based mostly on what Saleh and a few gamers have been saying this week, it definitely looks like New York is hungry to struggle for a win on Sunday. They wish to put yet one more productive efficiency on movie and recapture some momentum heading into what may very well be an eventful offseason.

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