00:00It's over, Johnny. That's the Miami Dolphins season up in flames after a 28-15 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers last night.
00:07The Dolphins now sit 6-8. They are out of the playoffs. The Pittsburgh Steelers at 8-6, controlling their own destiny to make it into the playoffs, win their division, and get a home game here.
00:1628-15 final. Aaron Rodgers, he couldn't do anything through the first quarter and a half, and all of a sudden, that Steelers offense woke up.
00:22You want efficiency? You got it out of Rodgers, Joe. 23 of 27, 224 in the air and two touchdown passes, a pass rating of 125.9.
00:31Kenneth Gainwell filling in for the ill Jalen Warren. 13 carries 80 yards, then added seven more catches for 46 yards.
00:39The Dolphins seemingly had the game plan you thought they would want, Joe, in the first half.
00:44Hand the football off to Devon A. Chan in the second half. You weren't able to do that because you were getting roasted at that point.
00:49So many plays the Pittsburgh Steelers made, so many plays the Dolphins did not make, some boneheaded plays, some bad coaching decisions.
00:56That's what gets you a double-digit loss on the road. Pittsburgh can win in the cold. The Dolphins, they just can't, Joe.
01:03Well, you know, and no what, no problem, Donnie, right? And, you know, this was styles make fights this game here.
01:11And listen, the Steelers' run defense has been under a microscope. And then, you know, here's a Dolphins team that's been averaging since week 10, 192 rushing yards a game, right?
01:22They have been, they just ran for what, 249? I mean, and against the Jets, it was absurd.
01:30So you had to wonder, okay, they didn't have the rookie Derek Harmon, the tackle last night either. Could they stop the running game?
01:39And the answer is, yeah, Dolphins had 63 yards on the ground. That's their lowest rushing output since week five.
01:46That was why they won that game to Steelers. They took everything that the Dolphins have been successful with, Donnie, over this stretch,
01:55and they took it away and they had no second pitch, so to speak. They had no off-speed pitch to come back with them out.
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