The Miami Dolphins are rolling under interim head coach Dan Campbell and on Sunday players like Lamar Miller, Ryan Tannehill, Jarvis Landry and Rishard Matthews all were impressive in the win over the Texans. Ndamukong Suh recorded his first sack with Miami and fantasy football owners should look at Matthews as a solid waiver pickup option heading into Week 8.
The Dolphins will get a real test this week, as the team plays the Patriots and that will be on short rest for the Thursday game. The team has won two games since Joe Philbin was fired, but those were against the Titans and Texans and now the Dolphins have the chance to show if they are for real. The Dolphins went up 41-0 in the game at one point and now the team is 2-0 under new head coach Dan Campbell, who took over for the fired Philbin.
The Dolphins now are back at .500 after a tough start and they are 3-3 heading into Week 8. The game on Sunday saw some standout performances from players on the Dolphins offense, including Tannehill, Miller and Landry. Tannehill had one of the best games of his career, passing for 282 yards and completing all but one of his 19 passes. Tannehill had four touchdowns in the game and had a perfect passer rating. Tannehill set a record with 25 straight completions extending over two weeks after connecting on his first 18 pass attempts.
Landry helped give Tannehill some extra yards, as he made one of the prettiest plays of the season after breaking a number of tackles on a 50-yard touchdown. Landry showed breakaway speed on that play and this season he is having a big year with 36 catches for 395 yards and two touchdowns for Miami. Rishard Matthews has stepped into the number two role over Kenny Stills and Greg Jennings and he should continue getting looks from Tannehill.
Matthews is a solid fantasy pickup for owners heading into next week and he has 438 yards this season and four touchdowns and is averaging over 16 yards per catch. Matthews was almost cut this offseason, but the Dolphins are likely glad they kept him on the roster. Lamar Miller had a standout game as well with 175 yards and one touchdown and he also added 61 yards receiving and a touchdown. Miller now has 70 rushes for 419 yards this season and in his last two games he has 288 yards rushing.
Ndamukong Suh recorded the first sack of his career in a Miami uniform and the defense has played better under Campbell than it was over the first few weeks of the season. Cameron Wake had four sacks last week against the Titans and if Suh can get things going, the defense will be a tough one to face for opponents.
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