Miami Dolphins Postgame Notes – Pregame Week 1 – Atlanta

ATLANTA FALCONS AT MIAMI DOLPHINS
HARD ROCK STADIUM
AUG. 11, 2023 | 7 PM
POSTGAME NOTES
DOLPHINS TOTAL 205 YARD S IN FIRST HALF

  • The Dolphins totaled 205 yards in the first half with 129 coming on the ground. RB Myles Gaskin led the team with 57 rushing yards in the first half while WR Erik Ezukanma added 52 and RB De’Von Achane had 20.
  • Miami’s 129 first-half rushing yards were their most in the first half of a preseason game since at least 2000.
    SANDERS BOOTS 49 – YARD FIELD GOAL
  • K Jason Sanders converted his only kick of the game, a 49-yard field goal with 9:29 to play in the fourth quarter to cut the score to 6-3.
  • Sanders is the team’s record-holder in career field goal percentage. He’s converted 82.9 pct. of his field goals (126-of-152) in his career.
    TINDALL TALLIES NINE STOPS
  • LB Channing Tindall led the Dolphins defense with nine tackles and 1.0 sack.
  • It was the most tackles in a preseason game by a Dolphins player since Aug. 21, 2021, when LB Sam Eguavoen had 11 stops.
  • Tindall was Miami’s third-round pick (102nd overall) in the 2022 NFL Draft and played in 16 games as a rookie last year.
    DOLPHINS HAVE 16 PLAYERS MAKE THEIR PRESEASON DEBUTS
  • The Dolphins had 16 players make their preseason debuts tonight:
    o RB De’Von Achane, LB Mitchell Agude, RB Chris Brooks, DE Randy Charlton, WR Chris Coleman, WR
    Daewood Davis, T Ryan Hayes, TE Elijah Higgins, TE Julian Hill, LB Aubrey Miller II, LB Garrett Nelson,
    DT Brandon Pili, CB Cam Smith, S Keidron Smith, T James Tunstall and OL Alama Uluave.
    CAPTAINS

MIAMI DOLPHINS

  • DB Elijah Campbell, LS Blake Ferguson and QB Mike White
    QUICK HITS
  • There were 64,638 tickets distributed to today’s game.

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