Mike McDaniel says Titans comeback against Dolphins was hard hard lesson that no lead in NFL is safe
Mike McDaniel says Titans comeback against Dolphins was hard hard lesson that no lead in NFL is safe
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The ' three-game winning streak is over, after the ' 28-27 comeback win on Monday night. Miami's first lo s since Nov. 5 was the first time since 1976 that a team trailed by at least 14 points with under three minutes remaining and went on to win in regulation, per Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said the way they lost is a "hard, hard le son" that a large lead in the is far from enough to win a game.With 3:59 to go in the fourth quarter, the Dolphins had a 99.7% chance of winning the game, per ESPN and then things took an ugly turn for the home team.With 2:40 remaining in the game Titans quarterback found for a 3-yard touchdown and the two Cam Reddish Jersey -point conversion was succe sful. The defense stepped up on the next drive, causing the Dolphins to go three-and-out. It only took the Titans 26 seconds to grab the lead. Running back capped off the 64-yard, four-play drive with a 3-yard touchdown to make it 28-27 and the game was sealed with the Dolphins turning the ball over on downs on the following drive. The 15 unanswered points humbled McDaniel."I think you have to because it's a humbling game, and you think that you're a good football team, but then each and every week you have to prove that on the field and you can't take anything for granted," McDaniel said (via ).The head coach said the goal is to not let the lo Dominique Wilkins Jersey s linger and disrupt the locker room. "Right now it feels terrible, but that's everything that we'll be trying to do moving forward because these types of lo ses can be very galvanizing, but it takes literally every person in the locker room and coaching staff Kevin Huerter Jersey , and you have to as long as guys aren't pointing fingers, which I feel like there's a lot of people looking internally, you have that chance, and that's what we'll be spending our time doing," he said.The Dolphins were without star wide receiver for most of the game, after he went down with an ankle injury in the first quarter and came back in the third. They were also thin on the offensive line and their defense allowed big plays in crucial moments.The Dolphins took five trips to the red zone and only got in the end zone twice, something McDaniel said was a major reason for the "legitimate team lo s." The Dolphins now sit at 9-4 and trail the 10-3 in the race for the No. 1 seed in the AFC. Up next for Miami is a divisional matchup at home against the .
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