Month: November 2017

Oakland Raiders at Miami Dolphins
Hard Rock Stadium
November 5, 2017 | 8:30 PM
POSTGAME NOTES

LANDRY BECOMES NFL’S ALL-TIME LEADER IN RECEPTIONS IN FIRST 4 YEARS

• WR Jarvis Landry caught six passes for 32 yards (5.3 avg.) tonight and became the NFL’s all-time leader in most receptions during the first four years of a career, despite having eight more games left of the season:

MOST RECEPTIONS IN FIRST FOUR YEARS OF NFL CAREER

RNK	PLAYER	TEAM	YEARS	REC.
1.	Jarvis Landry	Miami	2014-17	344
2.	Anquan Boldin	Arizona	2003-06	342
3.	Larry Fitzgerald	Arizona	2004-07	330

LANDRY SCORES FOURTH TD IN FIVE GAMES

• WR Jarvis Landry reeled in a 6-yard touchdown pass from QB Jay Cutler with 6:34 in the third quarter to make it a one possession game. It was Landry’s fourth touchdown in his past five contests.
• Landry now has four touchdowns this season. He had four touchdown receptions in each of the 2015 and 2016 seasons.

CUTLER HAS IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS IN HIS RETURN

• QB Jay Cutler returned to the field after missing one game with a ribs injury and had one of the finest performances of his career.
• Cutler posted a career-best 81.0 completion percentage hitting on 34-of-42 attempts, surpassing his previous best (min. 10 att.) of 80.8 percent (21-of-26) on Dec. 5, 2010 at the Detroit Lions as a member of the Chicago Bears. Tonight was his 146th NFL game.
• By completing 34-of-42 passes (81.0 pct.) for 311 yards and three touchdowns, Cutler posted a 121.3 quarterback rating. It is the 12th-highest quarterback rating in a single game in his career and his highest since Nov. 15, 2015 when he had a 151.0 rating at St. Louis.

SUH TOPS 50 CAREER SACKS

• DT Ndamukong Suh had a strip-sack of Raiders QB Derek Carr in the fourth quarter, creating Miami’s first turnover of the game. The sack pushed Suh over the 50-sack plateau for his career.
• Suh has 50.5 sacks in his career, second-most by a defensive tackle in the NFL since 2010, the year he entered the league:

MOST SACKS BY NFL DEFENSIVE TACKLES FROM 2010-17

RNK	PLAYER	TEAM	TOTAL
1.	Geno Atkins	Cincinnati	57.0
2.	Ndamukong Suh	Miami	50.5
3.	Gerald McCoy	Tampa Bay	44.5

DENNEY PLAYS IN HIS 200^TH NFL GAME

• LS John Denney played in his 200^th NFL game tonight. He has played in every game since making his NFL debut on Sept. 11, 2005.
• Denney became the 20th active NFL player and the 313th player in NFL history to play in 200 career games.
• He is one of just three Dolphins players to appear in 200 games with the team:

MOST GAMES PLAYED, DOLPHINS HISTORY

RNK	PLAYER	YEARS	POS	GP
1.	Dan Marino	1983-99	QB	242
2.	Jason Taylor	1997-2007, 2009, 2011	DE/LB	204
3.	John Denney	2005-17	LS	200

• His 200 consecutive games played streak is the longest in Dolphins history and fifth-longest among all active players:

MOST CONSECUTIVE GAMES PLAYED, ACTIVE NFL LEADERS

RNK	PLAYER	TEAM	POS	CONS. GP
1.	Shane Lechler	Oak./Hou.	P	246
2.	Jason Witten	Dallas	TE	227
3.	Eli Manning	N.Y. Giants	QB	207
4.	Donnie Jones	Mia./STL/Hou./Phi.	P	201
5.	John Denney	Miami	LS	200

• In Denney’s 200 games, he has worked with four holders, eight punters and 15 kickers.
• Denney has made 1,781 total snaps in his 200 regular season games.

WILLIAMS SCORES HIS FIRST TD OF THE SEASON

• RB Damien Williams caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from QB Jay Cutler with 10:37 remaining in the second quarter to give Miami a 6-3 lead. It was Williams’ first touchdown of the season after he set a career high with six total touchdowns (three rushing, three receiving) in 2016.
• Williams tied his career high with six receptions. He also had six catches against Minnesota on Dec. 21, 2014.

INJURIES REPORTED IN THE PRESS BOX

MIAMI DOLPHINS

• T Ja’Wuan James, fourth quarter – hamstring – questionable (did not return)

OAKLAND RAIDERS

None

CAPTAINS

• LS John Denney, C Mike Pouncey, WR Kenny Stills, DT Ndamukong Suh, S Michael Thomas, DE Cameron Wake

QUICK HITS

• There were 65,139 tickets distributed to today’s game.
• Miami successfully recovered an onside kick in the second quarter, with K Cody Parkey recovering his own kick. It was the team’s first successful onside kick since Oct. 28, 2012 when Jason Trusnik recovered an onside kick from Dan Carpenter at the N.Y. Jets.
• DT Ndamukong Suh started his 91st consecutive game. It’s the second-longest games started streak among active NFL defensive linemen behind Domata Peko’s 120 straight starts.
• TE Julius Thomas caught a 15-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter, the first touchdown reception of his Dolphins career. Thomas has 34 touchdown receptions since 2013, third-most in the NFL among tight ends.
• S Reshad Jones recorded his 18th career interception, moving him into a tie for 13th on the team’s all-time interception list with CB Don McNeal (1980-89). He has been tied for 14th place with LB Zach Thomas.
• TE MarQueis Gray converted a third-and-1 with a 3-yard rush in the second quarter. It was his first carry since his rookie season in 2013, when he had six carries for 43 yards (7.2 avg.) with Cleveland.
• K Cody Parkey converted his lone field goal attempt today, a 49-yarder. He is now 9-of-10 (90.0 pct.) on the season.
• With three tackles (one solo) this evening, DE Andre Branch topped 150 career tackles. He now has 152 total stops (103 solo).