Jeff Wilson Jr. helped the Dolphins sap clock towards the playoff-bound Dallas Cowboys, and a visit to Baltimore means Miami’s schedule isn’t getting simpler in Week 17. That stated, the highest spot within the AFC playoff image is inside attain simply two weeks earlier than the postseason event begins.
The Dolphins would wish to shut the season with back-to-back wins and attain 13 wins to seal the No. 1 seed — one thing that’s occurred simply twice in franchise historical past (1972, 1984) — beginning Sunday towards the Ravens.
“That is the soccer that you simply actually love as a child, you dream about, you fantasize about these kind of video games as a result of I performed in Baltimore earlier than so I do know the group, the power goes to be electrical as a result of they know the stakes simply in addition to we do,” Wilson stated on Wednesday. “So to go on the market and be in that atmosphere and that’s what we’re getting into into and that’s what it’s from each week from right here on out so to go and get these pre-trials proper now, I really feel prefer it’s great for our crew and I can’t look ahead to it.”
Wilson had carries for 14 yards on Miami’s ultimate drive towards Dallas earlier than Jason Sanders kicked the game-winning discipline objective. Final week marked simply the third time he’s had no less than six touches in a recreation this season.
“I really feel just like the extra I get within the league, the larger it will get,” Wilson stated. “It’s simply to some extent the place I’m prepared to simply knock it over and me knocking it over and simply letting the world know that I can play and don’t ever play with me on my identify once more and that’s simply type of the place it’s at.
“I’ve been across the league a very long time so I don’t wish to play video games, so it’s enterprise and that’s actually what it’s.”
De’Von Achane performed 55 % of snaps final week whereas Raheem Mostert battled a leg harm. Wilson stepped in for 15 performs and appears ahead to carrying that momentum into Baltimore.
The Ravens rank No. 12 with 103.4 speeding yards allowed per recreation — roughly 30 yards lower than Miami’s common on the bottom. With Mostert and Achane battling accidents, will coach McDaniel lean into WIlson’s physicality to maneuver the sticks and maintain Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson on the sideline?
