SUNDAY, JAN. 2, 2022 // 1:00 PM ET // NISSAN STADIUM // REFEREE: SHAWN SMITH
ON THE AIRWAVES
TV: CBS (1:00 PM ET): Kevin Harlan, Trent Green, Melanie Collins (field reporter)
SIRIUS: 98 (Mia.), 111 (Ten.), | XM: 388 (Mia.), 233 (Ten.) | SXM App: 819 (Mia.), 830 (Ten.)
REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY
LEADER: Dolphins lead all-time series, 21-16
STREAKS: Dolphins have won past 2
LAST GAME: 9/9/18: Titans 20 at Dolphins 27
LAST GAME AT SITE: 10/18/15: Dolphins 38, Titans 10
DOLPHINS NOTES
• QB TUA TAGOVAILOA completed 19 of 26 atts. (73.1 pct.) for 198 yards & TD vs. INT for 91.5 rating last week. Has 90+ rating in 5 of his past 6 starts. Aims for his 3rd in row on road with 70+ comp. pct. & 90+ rating. Leads NFL with 70.1 comp. pct. this season.
• RB DUKE JOHNSON has 166 scrimmage yards (83 per game) in 2 starts this season. Ranks 6th among active RBs with 308 catches & 2,849 rec. yards. RB MYLES GASKIN has 50+ scrimmage yards in 2 of his past 3 on road.
• WR JAYLEN WADDLE led team with 10 catches for 92 yards & TD last week, his 3rd game with 10+ catches this season, 2nd-most ever by a rookie. Aims for 5th in row with 8+ catches & 65+ rec. yards. Has rec. TD in 2 of past 3. Leads rookies with 96 catches & needs 6 more to surpass ANQUAN BOLDIN (101 in 2003) for most-ever by rookie. WR DEVANTE PARKER has 60+ rec. yards in 4 of his past 5. TE MIKE GESICKI has 5+ catches in 2 of past 3. Aims for his 4th in row vs. AFC South with 50+ rec. yards. Is 1 of 4 TEs with 50+ catches in each of past 3 seasons.
• CB XAVIEN HOWARD had 2nd-career sack last week. Has PD in 4 of his past 5 on road. Has 33 PD since 2020, tied 3rd-most in NFL. CB NIK NEEDHAM had 28-yard INT-TD in Week 16, his 1stcareer TD. S BRANDON JONES had sack & 1st INT of season last
week. Aims for 4th in row with sack. DE EMMANUEL OGBAH led team with 2 sacks in Week 16. Aims for 3rd in row with sack. Has sack in 2 of 3 career games vs. Ten.
TITANS NOTES
• QB RYAN TANNEHILL completed 22 of 29 atts. (75.9 pct.) for 209 yards & TD vs. 0 INTs for 106.8 rating last week. Aims for 3rd in row with 70+ comp. pct. Spent 7 seasons with Mia. (2012-18) & ranks 3rd in franchise history in passing yards (20,434) and TD passes (123). Ranks 2nd among QBs with 7 rush TDs & is only QB with 7+ rush TDs in each of past 2 seasons.
• RB D’ONTA FOREMAN rushed for TD last week & has rush TD in 2 of past 3. Aims for 3rd in row at home with rush TD. Has 60+ scrimmage yards in 3 of past 4.
• WR A.J. BROWN led team with career-high 11 catches for 145 yards & TD last week. Has 5+ catches in 6 of his past 7. Leads team with 760 rec. yards, his 3rd-straight season with 750+ rec. yards. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. AFC East with 80+ rec. yards. WR JULIO JONES aims for his 3rd in row vs. Mia. with 6+ catches & 70+ rec. yards. TE ANTHONY FIRKSER has 4+ catches in 2 of his past 3 at home.
• S KEVIN BYARD had 6 tackles & 2nd FF of season last week. Has 5+ tackles in 5 of past 6. Leads safeties with 13 PD in 2021 & ties for lead among safeties with 5 INTs. S AMANI HOOKER had 5 tackles & 1st INT of season last week. Has PD in 2 of past 3. CB JANORIS JENKINS had 1st INT of season in Week 16. Has PD in 3 of past 4. Aims for 3rd in row at home with PD. LB BUD DUPREE aims for 3rd in row with sack. Had sack in only career game vs. Mia. (10/28/19 w/ Pit.). DT DENICO AUTRY aims for 4th in row with sack.
