Month: December 2017

Buffalo Bills at Miami Dolphins
Hard Rock Stadium
December 31, 2017 | 4:25 PM
POSTGAME NOTES

LANDRY IS NFL’s RECEPTIONS LEADER AND SETS DOLPHINS RECORD

• WR Jarvis Landry caught nine passes for 92 yards (10.2 avg.) and one touchdown today, giving him 112 receptions for the season.
• Landry finished the season with the most receptions in the NFL:

NFL RECEPTIONS LEADERS (2017)

RNK	PLAYER	TEAM	REC.
1.	JARVIS LANDRY	MIAMI	112
2.	Larry Fitzgerald	Arizona	109
3.	Michael Thomas	New Orleans	104
4.	Keenan Allen	L.A. Chargers	102
5.	Antonio Brown	Pittsburgh	101

• Landry becomes only the second Dolphins player to lead the NFL in receptions, joining WR O.J. McDuffie, who did so in 1998 with 90 catches.
• Landry also broke his own single-season team record of 110 receptions that he set in 2015:

DOLPHINS SINGLE-SEASON RECEPTIONS LEADERS

RNK	PLAYER	YEAR	REC.
1.	JARVIS LANDRY	2017	112
2.	Jarvis Landry	2015	110
3.	Jarvis Landry	2016	94
4.	O.J. McDuffie	1998	90
5.	Mark Clayton	1988	86
	Brandon Marshall	2010	86

• Landry is the only player in the NFL this season to record at least five receptions in all 16 games.
• Landry finished his fourth NFL season shattering the league record for most receptions in the first four years of a career:

DOLPHINS SINGLE-SEASON RECEPTIONS LEADERS

RNK	PLAYER	TEAM	YEARS	REC.
1.	JARVIS LANDRY	MIAMI	2014-17	400
2.	Anquan Boldin	Arizona	2003-06	342
3.	Larry Fitzgerald	Arizona	2004-07	330

• With Landry’s nine receptions today, he now has 400 catches in his career. He becomes the sixth player in franchise history to have 400 receptions.

DOLPHINS PLAYERS WITH 400+ RECEPTIONS

RNK	PLAYER	YEARS	REC.
1.	Mark Clayton	1983-92	550
2.	Mark Duper	1982-92	511
3.	Nat Moore	1974-86	510
4.	O.J. McDuffie	1993-2000	415
5.	Chris Chambers	2001-07	405
6.	JARVIS LANDRY	2014-17	400

CAMERON WAKE REACHES DOUBLE-DIGIT SACKS

• DE Cameron Wake brought down Bills QB Tyrod Taylor on a third down in the second quarter. It was the 10th sack of the season for Wake. He also recorded a half-sack later in the second quarter to give him 10.5 sacks this season.
• Wake is now the 12th player age 35 or older to record at least 10 sacks since sacks became an official statistic in 1982.
• He’s just the fourth player age 35 or older in the past 15 years to reach double-digit sacks, joining John Abraham, Julius Peppers and Terrell Suggs.
• Wake now has 92.0 career sacks, which are second all-time in the NFL among undrafted players and second in team history. His 92.0 sacks since entering the NFL in 2009 are the most in the league in that span.
• It is the fifth time in his career he has recorded 10-plus sacks. He also accomplished the feat in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016.
• Wake now has 11.5 career sacks against the Buffalo Bills, his most against any single opponent. He came into the game with 10.5 career sacks against both the New England Patriots and the N.Y Jets.
• It is the first time in Wake’s career that he’s had double-digit sacks in consecutive seasons and also the only time he’s had double-digit sacks in an odd numbered year.

PARKEY TIES FRANCHISE RECORD FOR FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

• K Cody Parkey made his only field goal attempt today, a 36-yard attempt. He finished the season 21-of-23 (91.3 pct.), which ties the team record for best field goal percentage in a season (min. 15 attempts):

DOLPHINS SINGLE-SEASON FG% LEADERS

RNK	PLAYER	YEAR	FGM-FGA	FG%
1.	CODY PARKEY	2017	21-23	91.3
	Jay Feely	2007	21-23	91.3
3.	Olindo Mare	2001	19-21	90.5
4.	Olindo Mare	2000	28-31	90.3
5.	Dan Carpenter	2009	25-28	89.3

• K Cody Parkey successfully converted his fourth onside kick attempt this season. Since records date back to 1997, the Dolphins are the only team in NFL history to successfully convert four onside kicks in a season.

GODCHAUX FINISHES THIRD IN TACKLES AMONG ROOKIE D-LINEMEN

• With two solo tackles today, DT Davon Godchaux finished third in the NFL in tackles among rookie defensive linemen with 40:

NFL ROOKIE D-LINEMEN TACKLES LEADERS

RNK	PLAYER	TEAM	TACK.
1.	Dalvin Tomlinson	N.Y. Giants	50
2.	Solomon Thomas	San Francisco	41
3.	DAVON GODCHAUX	MIAMI	40
4.	Larry Ogunjobi	Cleveland	32
5.	Myles Garrett	Cleveland	31

INJURIES REPORTED IN THE PRESS BOX

MIAMI DOLPHINS

• LB Kiko Alonso, third quarter– neck – questionable (did not return)

BUFFALO BILLS

• T Jordan Mills, second quarter– ankle – questionable
• RB LeSean McCoy, third quarter – ankle – questionable downgraded to out

CAPTAINS 

• LS John Denney, C Mike Pouncey, WR Kenny Stills, DT Ndamukong Suh, DE Cameron Wake and T Sam Young.

QUICK HITS

• There were 65,571 tickets distributed to today’s game.
• LS John Denney played in his 208th consecutive game, extending his team-best streak, which is tied for third among all active NFL players. Denney’s 208 career games are second-most in Dolphins history.
• DT Ndamukong Suh started his 99th consecutive game. It’s the longest games started streak among active NFL defensive tackles.
• QB David Fales had his first career touchdowns today – both passing and rushing.
• DE Cameron Malveaux recorded the first sack of his NFL career in the fourth quarter.
• RB De’Veon Smith had his first NFL receptions today.
• G Isaac Asiata made his NFL debut today.

Miami Dolphins at Kansas City Chiefs
Arrowhead Stadium
December 24, 2017 | 1 PM
POSTGAME NOTES

LANDRY IS NFL’S NEW RECEPTIONS LEADER

• With five receptions for 51 yards (10.2 avg.) today, WR Jarvis Landry now has 103 receptions this season. As of the end of today’s 1 p.m. games, his 103 receptions led the NFL.
• Landry is the only player in Dolphins history to have 100 receptions in a single season and he’s now accomplished the feat twice. He set the team record of 110 receptions in 2015.
• Landry can break his own team record for single-season receptions (110) with eight receptions in the season finale next week vs. Buffalo.
• Landry now has 895 receiving yards this season. He needs 105 receiving yards in the season finale vs. Buffalo to become the first player in Dolphins history to record three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons.
• With his 51 receiving yards today, Landry now has 3,946 receiving yards in his career. He needs 54 receiving yards next week vs. Buffalo to top the 4,000-yard mark in just his fourth NFL season.
• With five receptions today, Landry now has 391 receptions in his career. He needs nine receptions next week vs. Buffalo to reach 400 career receptions in just his fourth NFL season.
• Landry continues to extend his NFL record for most receptions in the first four seasons of a career with 391.
• Landry continues to be the only NFL player with at least five receptions in every game this season.

GRANT BUSTS OUT FOR FIRST 100-YARD GAME

• WR Jakeem Grant had four catches for 107 yards (26.8 avg.), the first 100-yard game of his two-year NFL career.
• Grant finished with 101 receiving yards in the first half, marking Miami’s first 100-yard receiver in a half since WR Kenny Stills had 154 receiving yards in the second half vs. Tampa Bay on Nov. 19, 2017. That was also Miami’s last 100-yard performance for an entire game.

DOLPHINS BIG PLAYS COME FROM MANY SOURCES

• In 2017, the Dolphins have two players with 60-plus yard runs with RB Kenyan Drake (69 yards) and RB Damien Williams (61 yards) and two players with 60-plus yard receptions WR Kenny Stills (61 yards) and WR Jakeem Grant (65 yards). It is the first time since 2005 that the Dolphins have accomplished that feat when RB Ronnie Brown (65 yards) and WR Chris Chambers (61 yards) had 60-plus yard runs and Chambers (77 yards) and WR Marty Booker (60 yards) had 60-plus yard receptions.

KENYAN DRAKE CONTINUES PACING

• With 57 rushing yards today, RB Kenyan Drake now has 369 rushing yards on 77 carries (4.8 avg.) since he became the featured back in Week 13. Drake’s 369 rushing yards are fourth in the NFL in that span, at the end of today’s 1 p.m. games.
• As of the end of today’s 1 p.m. games, Drake is third in the NFL with 504 yards from scrimmage since he became the lead running back in Week 13.
• If Drake’s 369 rushing yards in the last four games was the same pace he had in a full 16-game season, he’d rush for 1,476 yards.

JONES SETS CAREER HIGH IN TACKLES

• Fresh off being named to the second Pro Bowl of his career, S Reshad Jones set a career high with 15 tackles (12 solo) today. Jones also tallied two tackles for loss and one pass defensed.
• His 15 tackles today were the most by a Dolphins player in a single game since LB Jelani Jenkins had 16 on Dec. 1, 2014 at N.Y. Jets.
• Jones’ 12 solo tackles were the most by a Dolphins player in a single game since S Yeremiah Bell had 14 solo stops on Oct. 2, 2011 at San Diego.
• Jones topped the 650-tackle plateau in today’s game.

ONE OF THE COLDEST GAMES IN DOLPHINS HISTORY

• The temperature at kickoff today was 23 degrees, making this tied for the fifth-coldest regular season game in Dolphins history and tied for the sixth-coldest game overall. Here is a list of the coldest games in Dolphins history:

DATE	TEAM	W/L	SCORE	TEMP./COND.
12/21/08	at Kansas City	W	38-31	10 deg., sunny
12/11/77	at New England	L	10-14	14 deg., clear
1/8/17*	at Pittsburgh	L	12-30	17 deg., partly cloudy
12/17/17	at Buffalo	L	16-24	22 deg., mostly cloudy
12/12/82	at New England	L	0-3	22 deg., snowy
12/8/85	at Green Bay	W	34-24	23 deg., cloudy
12/18/88	at Pittsburgh	L	24-40	23 deg., overcast, light snow
12/3/89	at Kansas City	L	21-26	23 deg., clear
12/27/92	at New England	W	16-13 (OT)	23 deg., clear
12/24/17	at Kansas City	L	13-29	23 deg., cloudy

* AFC Wild Card playoff game

• The Dolphins have now played two of the team’s top 10 coldest games in back-to-back weeks after a 22-degree kickoff last week at Buffalo.

INJURIES REPORTED IN THE PRESS BOX 

MIAMI DOLPHINS

• DT Vincent Taylor, first quarter– knee – questionable (did not return)
• CB Alterraun Verner, second quarter– hamstring – questionable (did not return)
• TE MarQueis Gray, fourth quarter– hip – out (did not return)

CAPTAINS

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

QUICK HITS

• There were 65,325 tickets distributed to today’s game.
• Today was Miami’s third straight game against a team with a winning record. They’ll make it four next week when they host Buffalo.
• QB Jay Cutler became the 27th quarterback in NFL history to top 35,000 career passing yards
• LS John Denney played in his 207th consecutive game, extending his team-best streak, which is tied for third among all active NFL players. Denney’s 207 career games are second-most in Dolphins history.
• DT Ndamukong Suh started his 98th consecutive game. It’s the longest games started streak among active NFL defensive tackles.
• DT Ndamukong Suh played in and started the 125th game of his NFL career today.
• K Cody Parkey made the 75th field goal of his career today.
• DE Charles Harris brought down Chiefs QB Alex Smith in the third quarter today for the second sack of his career. The 2017 first-round pick (22nd overall) was playing in his hometown of Kansas City for the first time in his NFL career.
• TE AJ Derby made his Dolphins debut and caught his first pass for the team.