A year ago, the Dolphins and Bengals played a highly-entertaining game in Week 15 in which Miami prevailed at home in overtime. The clubs reunited once again in South Florida and the points were a lot harder to come by for both teams. Myles Gaskin ran 21 times for 90 yards but lost a fumble. Mike Gesicki had nine of Tua Tagovaiola’s 26 completions and scored the ‘Fins only touchdown. Reliable Jason Sanders connected on four field goals and a PAT.
Off a humbling home loss to the Titans, Frank Reich’s squad faced another divisional foe as the team headed south to Houston. Philip Rivers threw for 285 yards and two scores as the Colts played turnover-free football. Still, the team found itself with a six-point lead but the Texans knocking on the door very late in the fourth quarter. But Texans’ quarterback Deshaun Watson fumbled, Anthony Walker recovered and Indianapolis survived on Sunday.
The team has dropped three of its last four games following a 6-2 start and there’s plenty of blame to go around for the recent misfortunes. Quarterback Tom Brady threw nearly as many interceptions (7) as touchdown passes (8) during that aforementioned stretch. Todd Bowles’ defensive unit has allowed 17 offensive TDs in the club’s last five outings, this after this same group surrendered only 14 offensive touchdowns in the team’s first seven games.