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Miami Dolphins at Pittsburgh Steelers - Week 14
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

HOU
JAC		 20
 27
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KC
WAS		 45
 10
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MIN
BAL		 26
 29
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IND
CIN		 28
 42
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DET
PHI		 20
 34
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OAK
NYJ		 27
 37
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CLE
NE		 26
 27
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CAR
NO		 13
 31
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BUF
TB		 6
 27
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MIA
PIT		 34
 28
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TEN
DEN		 28
 51
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NYG
SD		 14
 37
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SEA
SF		 17
 19
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STL
ARI		 10
 30
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ATL
GB		 21
 22
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DAL
CHI		 28
 45
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Prediction: Steelers 23, Dolphins 17
by Mike Krueger | Follow @FF_Today

Player Rankings and Projections
Miami Dolphins
Rank  Player Projections
QB 26 Ryan Tannehill Pass: 240, 1 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 31 Lamar Miller Rush: 60, 0 TD Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 17 Mike Wallace Rec: 5-80, 1 TD
WR 38 Brian Hartline Rec: 5-60, 0 TD
WR 77 Rishard Matthews Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 21 Charles Clay Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
K 29 Caleb Sturgis FG: 1/1 XP: 2/2
DEF 11 Defense / ST  
 
Pittsburgh Steelers
Rank  Player Projections
QB 12 Ben Roethlisberger Pass: 270, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 20 Le'Veon Bell Rush: 80, 0 TD Rec: 5-30, 0
WR 9 Antonio Brown Rec: 6-90, 1 TD
WR 53 Emmanuel Sanders Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
WR 69 Jerricho Cotchery Rec: 2-30, 0 TD
TE 6 Heath Miller Rec: 4-60, 1 TD
K 9 Shaun Suisham FG: 3/3 XP: 2/2
DEF 2 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill passed for 331 yards last week, 2nd-most in game in career (431 at Arz. on 9/30/12). Aims for 3rd straight game with 300+ pass yards. Tannehill (3,115) is 1st Dolphin QB to pass for 3,000 yards in 1st 2 seasons of career...RB Lamar Miller totaled 85 scrim. yards last week... WR Mike Wallace spent 4 seasons (2009-12) in Pit. Selected in 3rd round of 2009 NFL Draft (No. 84 overall) by Steelers. In past 2, Wallace has 12 catches for 209 yards with 2 TDs. WR BRAIN HARTLINE posted 2nd 100-yard rec. game of season last week, & Mia. is 2-0 in such games... TE Charles Clay has career-best in catches (53), rec. yards (581) & TD rec. (4) in '13. Needs 19 rec. yards to join RANDY MC MICHAEL & KEITH JACKSON as only Dolphin TEs to reach 600 rec. yards in season... LB Olivier Vernon has career-best 10 sacks in 2013. Aims for 4th straight game with sack... DE Cameron Wake (49.5) needs half sack to join JASON TAYLOR, JEFF CROSS & TRACE ARMSTRONG as only Dolphins to reach 50 career sacks since 1982.

Steelers Seek 4th straight win at home vs. Mia... QB Ben Roethlisberger (212) needs TD pass to surpass HOFer TERRY BRADSHAW (212) for most career TD passes by Steeler. Has 3,375 passing yards, most in 1st 12 games of season in franchise history. Is 4-0 vs. Dolphins with 108.2 rating... Rookie RB LE'VEON BELL totaled 136 scrim. yards last week (73 rush, 63 rec.), 2nd-most in career. Has 5 rush TDs, most among AFC rookies... WR Antonio Brown (85) needs 5 catches to join HINES WARD as only Steelers to register 90 catches in single-season. Brown (1,103) needs 6 rec. yards to surpass career-best of 1,109 in 2011. WR Jerricho Cotchery has career-best 8 TD rec. in '13... TE Heath Miller (5,148) surpassed ELBIE NICKEL (5,131) for most career rec. yards by TE in club history last week... LB LaMarr Woodley has 5th-most sacks (57) in club annals since '82. LB Jason Worilds tied career-high with 2 sacks last week... S Troy Polamalu has 2 INTs in 3 career games vs. Mia.


Results and Schedule

Miami Dolphins
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2013-09-08 CLE A W 23-10 +13
2 2013-09-15 IND A W 24-20 +4
3 2013-09-22 ATL H W 27-23 +4
4 2013-09-30 NO A L 17-38 -21
5 2013-10-06 BAL H L 23-26 -3
6   Bye      
7 2013-10-20 BUF H L 21-23 -2
8 2013-10-27 NE A L 17-27 -10
9 2013-10-31 CIN H W 22-20 +2
10 2013-11-11 TB A    
11 2013-11-17 SD H W 20-16 +4
12 2013-11-24 CAR H L 16-20 -4
13 2013-12-01 NYJ A W 23-3 +20
14 2013-12-08 PIT A    
15 2013-12-15 NE H    
16 2013-12-22 BUF A    
17 2013-12-29 NYJ H    
   

Pittsburgh Steelers
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2013-09-08 TEN H L 9-16 -7
2 2013-09-16 CIN A L 10-20 -10
3 2013-09-22 CHI H L 23-40 -17
4 2013-09-29 MIN A L 27-34 -7
5   Bye      
6 2013-10-13 NYJ A W 19-6 +13
7 2013-10-20 BAL H W 19-16 +3
8 2013-10-27 OAK A L 18-21 -3
9 2013-11-03 NE A L 31-55 -24
10 2013-11-10 BUF H W 23-10 +13
11 2013-11-17 DET H W 37-27 +10
12 2013-11-24 CLE A W 27-11 +16
13 2013-11-28 BAL A L 20-22 -2
14 2013-12-08 MIA H    
15 2013-12-15 CIN H    
16 2013-12-22 GB A    
17 2013-12-29 CLE H    

Injury Report

Miami Dolphins
Out  CB Jamar Taylor (hamstring)
Questionable  CB Dimitri Patterson (groin)
 RB Daniel Thomas (ankle)
Probable  FS Chris Clemons (knee)
 TE Michael Egnew (neck)
 RB Lamar Miller (pectoral)
 QB Ryan Tannehill (thumb)
IR  WR Brandon Gibson (knee, 10/29/2013)
 TE Dustin Keller (knee, 8/20/2013)
   

Pittsburgh Steelers
Out  DE Brett Keisel (foot)
Questionable  NT Steve McLendon (ankle)
Probable  RB Le'Veon Bell (head)
 OLB LaMarr Woodley (calf)
IR  CB Curtis Brown (knee, 11/26/2013)
 WR Plaxico Burress (shoulder, 8/12/2013)
 ILB Larry Foote (biceps, 9/9/2013)
 TE Matt Spaeth (foot, 9/3/2013)
 RB LaRod Stephens-Howling (knee, 9/9/2013)
 DE Nick Williams (knee, 8/25/2013)

Offense Stats Comparison

  MIA
 Offense 		 PIT
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 19.7 25.3 23.6 PIT
Rushing yards 128.3 76.3 118.5 MIA
Rushing yards per attempt 4.47 3.15 4.29 MIA
Completion % 63.2% 62.6% 61.1% MIA
Passing yards 235.7 268.3 233.1 PIT
Passing yards per completion 9.83 10.44 10.88 PIT
Passing yards per attempt 6.21 6.54 6.65 PIT
Interceptions 1.0 0.8 0.9 PIT
Fumbles lost 0.3 0.0 0.6 PIT
Sacks allowed 3.3 2.5 2.5 PIT
3rd down conversions 32.9% 38.6% 38.1% PIT
4th down conversions 25.0% 42.9% 48.4% PIT
Time of possession 31:12 31:52 30:29 PIT
  Defense Stats Comparison

  MIA
 Defense 		 PIT
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 18.7 20.3 23.6 MIA
Rushing yards 147.3 118.3 118.5 PIT
Rushing yards per attempt 4.72 4.50 4.29 PIT
Completion % 56.6% 55.8% 61.1% PIT
Passing yards 180.0 256.3 233.1 MIA
Passing yards per completion 9.29 12.16 10.88 MIA
Passing yards per attempt 5.26 6.79 6.65 MIA
INT return 1.3 0.8 0.9 MIA
Fumble recoveries 0.3 1.0 0.6 PIT
Sacks 3.3 2.5 2.5 MIA
3rd down conversions 34.3% 41.1% 38.1% MIA
4th down conversions 66.7% 37.5% 48.4% PIT
Time of possession 28:36 28:08 30:29 PIT

Special Teams Stats Comparison

   MIA   PIT  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 9.9 16.5 9.5 PIT
Yards per kick return 23.6 21.7 22.9 MIA
Yards allowed per punt return 11.1 8.1 9.5 PIT
Yards allowed per kick return 22.1 21.4 22.9 PIT
  Misc Stats Comparison

   MIA   PIT  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 4.0 4.3 6.0 MIA
Penalty yards 36.0 32.0 51.1 PIT

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 8 to 13 of the 2013 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt, 3rd and 4th down conversions, special teams and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 8 to 13 with no adjustment.

Weather


Team vs. Team History

Miami Dolphins vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2004 3 2004-09-26 PIT MIA 13-3 PIT
2006 1 2006-09-07 MIA PIT 17-28 PIT
2007 12 2007-11-26 MIA PIT 0-3 PIT
2009 17 2010-01-03 PIT MIA 30-24 PIT
2010 7 2010-10-24 PIT MIA 23-22 PIT

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.