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Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle broke the NFL rookie receptions grounds during Sunday’s triumph implicit the New England Patriots astatine Hard Rock Stadium.
With an early, elemental 5-yard drawback connected an retired way to the sideline, Waddle recorded his 3rd drawback connected Sunday, breaking Anquan Boldin’s people of 101 established with the Arizona Cardinals successful 2003.
Miami manager Brian Flores denied perchance trying to get the grounds retired of the mode aboriginal successful the crippled this past week, but Waddle got the 3rd reception connected the Dolphins’ 4th play from scrimmage and lone had 1 drawback extracurricular of the opening series.
“A batch of the recognition shouldn’t adjacent spell to me. I recognition the [offensive coordinator], quarterback, the different wide receivers,” said Waddle, who watched Boldin increasing up. “He decidedly was a baller increasing up. Anquan decidedly a Hall of Famer.”
Waddle capped the opening bid with a 7-yard touchdown catch. He finished Sunday with 5 receptions for 27 to extremity up astatine 104 receptions and 1,015 yards successful his rookie campaign. Waddle entered Sunday with 988 receiving yards connected the season.
Although Waddle needed the other 17th crippled of the regular play that was added this season, helium broke the grounds successful 16 games. He missed the Dolphins’ Dec. 5 triumph implicit the New York Giants connected the reserve/COVID-19 list.
His reception full ranks 3rd successful Dolphins’ history, trailing lone Jarvis Landry, who had 112 successful 2017 and 110 successful 2015.
Boldin played precocious schoolhouse shot astatine Pahokee and collegiately astatine Florida State.
Week 18′s draught impact
The Dolphins’ draught presumption successful the archetypal circular of the upcoming draught was not affected by the team’s ain effect successful Sunday’s play finale against the Patriots, but it was by the San Francisco 49ers’ overtime triumph implicit the Los Angeles Rams.
Remember, determination were 2 trades with the Philadelphia Eagles and 49ers past offseason that moved Miami disconnected of the 2021 draft’s No. 3 pick, which was antecedently acquired from the Houston Texans, backmost to No. 12 and past up to No. 6, wherever Waddle was yet selected.
In the trades, the Dolphins’ 2022 first-round prime went to the Eagles, portion Miami’s presumption is tied to the 49ers’ finish.
After the Dolphins finished disconnected their triumph against the Patriots, the San Francisco triumph astatine Los Angeles got the 49ers into the the NFC playoffs.
That means San Francisco’s prime going to the Dolphins volition beryllium upward of No. 18, and it could spell precise heavy into the extremity of the archetypal circular if San Francisco is past capable to propulsion disconnected a wild-card circular upset. If the 49ers triumph a playoff game, the prime going to Miami volition beryllium 25 oregon worse.
The Dolphins’ prime that goes to the Eagles is acceptable astatine 15.
Dolphins’ 2022 opponents
Sixteen of the 17 Dolphins opponents successful 2022 person been settled, with the past to beryllium determined successful the “Sunday Night Football” crippled betwixt the Las Vegas Raiders and Los Angeles Chargers.
The loser of the Chargers-Raiders crippled volition big the Dolphins adjacent season. This is due to the fact that AFC East teams play against an AFC West squad that finished successful the aforesaid presumption successful its part adjacent year. Miami is locked successful astatine No. 3 successful the East, and the loser betwixt Los Angeles and Las Vegas volition beryllium the third-place finisher of the West.
The aforesaid conception goes for the AFC South, arsenic the Dolphins volition big the Texans, who finished 3rd successful that division.
The remainder of Miami’s schedule: The yearly home-and-home against AFC East foes the Patriots, New York Jets and Buffalo Bills; the full AFC North with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns astatine location and Cincinnati Bengals and Baltimore Ravens connected the road; the full NFC North with the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings astatine location and Chicago Bears and Detroit Lions connected the road; and the other 17th crippled of the regular play volition beryllium a travel to San Francisco to instrumentality connected the 49ers, who finished 3rd successful the NFC West, similar the Dolphins did successful the AFC East.
If Chargers-Raiders ends successful a tie, Las Vegas finishes down Los Angeles and the Raiders big the Dolphins successful a regular play crippled for a 3rd consecutive season.
Dates for each matchups are yet to beryllium announced.
Dolphins-Patriots inactives
If the Dolphins are consenting to fto Mike Gesicki locomotion successful escaped agency due to the fact that they consciousness rookie Hunter Long is acceptable to measurement up successful the choky extremity rotation, they’ll person to basal it disconnected of mostly signifier reps for Long.
Long was 1 of the 5 steadfast inactives announced by the Dolphins anterior to kickoff, on with moving backmost Salvon Ahmed, wide receiver Preston Williams and linebackers Vince Biegel and Darius Hodge. No Dolphins players entered Sunday with an wounded designation, portion cornerback Noah Igbinoghene and information Sheldrick Redwine were the lone 2 connected the reserve/COVID-19 list.
Long was inactive for 10 games successful his rookie year. He played seven, started 2 and finished with 1 reception for 8 yards.
The Patriots had 2 cardinal defenders already announced arsenic retired anterior to Sunday, information Kyle Dugger and linebacker Dont’a Hightower. The lone 3 different inactive players for New England were backmost Jarrett Stidham, choky extremity Devin Asiasi and moving backmost J.J. Taylor. …
Rookie undrafted escaped cause Robert Jones started astatine close tackle connected Sunday successful spot of seasoned Jesse Davis.
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