MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel named Tyler Huntley the starting quarterback for Week 5 towards the Patriots at a press convention Tuesday, regardless of the group’s ongoing offensive struggles and his underwhelming first begin in a 31-12 loss to the Tennessee Titans on Monday evening.
It was a tough evening for Huntley, who accomplished 14 of twenty-two passes for 96 yards in his first begin since becoming a member of the Dolphins. On the brilliant aspect, he was ready so as to add 40 yards on the bottom and scored a dashing landing.
Despite his efforts, Huntley struggled to attach with Tyreek Hill, together with a first-quarter fumble when a dropped go was dominated a backward go after evaluation.
Huntley later underthrew Hill on what may have been an 80-yard landing and overthrew him on a 77-yard try within the third quarter.
The Dolphins’ offensive woes continued towards the Tennessee Titans, as they managed simply 184 whole yards.
Of these, 85 got here throughout their lone landing drive late within the fourth quarter, breaking a 10-quarter landing drought.
Miami transformed solely 2 of 12 third-down makes an attempt, extending their poor streak of simply 3 conversions of their final 24 makes an attempt over the previous two video games.
Head coach Mike McDaniel acknowledged the frustration of followers: “I don’t take the struggles lightly, but I would be dishonest if I didn’t expect this. When people jump off the bandwagon, it’s because we gave them reason to.”
The Titans protection dominated, holding the Dolphins to only 16.7 % on third-down conversions and 33.3 % on fourth downs. McDaniel attributed the problems to poor execution underneath stress: “It’s not something that’s coordinated, it’s just a lack of execution when the lights are on. We have to clean that up.”
On the injury entrance, McDaniel famous progress for each Bradley Chubb, Cam Smith and Terron Armstead, with hopes of elevated participation within the coming weeks. He additionally mentioned quarterback Tua Tagovailoa can also be “recovering well” and shall be reassessed after the group’s bye week in Week 6.
McDaniel additionally confirmed that cornerback Cam Smith and Odell Beckham Jr. will return to apply on Wednesday.
Miami will now look to keep away from going 1-4 after they face the Patriots at Gillette Stadium on Sunday.
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