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Miami Dolphins backmost Jacoby Brissett flashed a shy, humble grin aft a 31-28 overtime nonaccomplishment to the Raiders connected Sunday astatine Allegiant Stadium. He knew his walk to Jaylen Waddle successful his ain extremity portion was egregious — and helium owned it.
“It conscionable wasn’t a bully play. It’s a dumb determination connected my part,” Brissett said of the throw, which resulted successful a information precocious successful the archetypal quarter. “It’s a large learning acquisition successful that situation.”
The 28-year-old proved a speedy study.
Brissett atoned for his aboriginal mistake by rallying the Dolphins from an 11-point shortage successful the 4th fourth of his archetypal commencement this season. He extended plays with his legs truthful helium could marque plays with his arm, finishing with 215 passing yards, a rushing touchdown and 3 cardinal fourth-down conversions.
One extended the thrust connected which Miami tied the crippled to unit overtime. Another was the game-tying touchdown. The 3rd and last fourth-down conversion covered 27 yards, turning an improbable fourth-and-20 into a affirmative play that preceded the game-tying tract extremity successful overtime.
But Brissett lamented his mistakes alternatively than observe his success.
“We had our chances, obviously, and hats disconnected to the (Raiders). They capitalized connected immoderate of our mistakes,” helium said. “We took a measurement guardant and got better. A batch of guys came up and made a batch of plays. We prepared well. Some of it showed. We evidently near a mates plays retired there. I cognize I did personally.”
Brissett came disconnected the seat past week, replacing Tua Tagovailoa, who was placed connected injured reserve during the week with fractured ribs. He’s among the NFL’s astir accomplished backup quarterbacks, having started 32 games successful his archetypal 5 seasons.
And helium recovered a bushed precocious aft slogging done a dilatory start.
Miami’s defence helped spot Brissett a 14-0 pb earlier helium fired the ill-advised walk to Waddle successful the extremity zone. The Dolphins didn’t people connected their adjacent 4 drives, and a 14-0 pb turned into a 25-14 shortage with 6:05 to play.
But Brissett wouldn’t waver, powering an 11-play, 47-yard thrust with a 19-yard scramble that acceptable up a tract goal. His adjacent thrust covered 82 yards successful 13 plays, including a 15-yard onslaught to a slanting DeVante Parker connected fourth-and-8 and a 1-yard touchdown tally during which helium juked Raiders linebacker Denzel Perryman.
Brissett past fired a dime to Will Fuller connected the 2-point conversion to necktie the crippled and unit overtime.
“There was decidedly a lull determination successful the mediate of the game, 2nd and 3rd quarters,” Miami manager Brian Flores said. “And past helium got a batch much comfy arsenic the crippled went on.”
Brissett mustered much magic successful overtime, eluding 4 rushers to occurrence a rocket to choky extremity Mike Gesicki connected the fourth-and-20 play.
The thrust stalled aft 2 errant heavy incompletions, resulting successful a tying tract extremity alternatively of a winning touchdown.
Gesicki praised his quarterback’s play, noting that “he did a large occupation fighting” down the stretch. And truthful did the antheral who tackled Waddle successful the extremity zone.
“He’s a feline that tin propulsion the ball. He’s a feline that has seasoned presence,” Raiders cornerback Casey Hayward said. “I deliberation aboriginal on, we had him rattled a small bit. But successful the 4th quarter, helium benignant of settled in.”
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