'The D took the day off': Fans, experts react to Miami Dolphins vs. Detroit Lions shootout
The Miami Dolphins and Detroit Lions have decided to let the defense sit this one out.
The Lions took a 27-17 lead into halftime of a game that has seen both offenses unleash an absurd aerial assault on each other.
Having Amon-Ra St. Brown and D'Andre Swift seems to have helped Jared Goff immensely. The beleaguered Lions quarterback threw for 264 yards and a touchdown in the first half, while Jamaal Williams ran in two more scores.
Meanwhile, Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa has been hitting Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle all over the field, as well. Hill picked up more than 100 yards shortly into the second quarter and had 142 at halftime. Tagovailoa and Waddle had two TD connections. After the Dolphins opened the third quarter with yet another touchdown drive, Tagovailoa went over 300 yards for the game.
There were 592 total yards in the 1st half of the Dolphins/Lions game 👀 pic.twitter.com/1T6uwcvhkF
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) October 30, 2022
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NFL reporters and fans on Twitter have been eating up the offensive onslaught and bemoaning the lack of defense in equal measure. Here's a look at some of the best reactions on social media.
The Lions score 6 total points the last two weeks… And 27 points in the first half today… Most hilarious team in football every single year
— Evan Fox (@evanfoxy) October 30, 2022
Spectres are getting open for catches in the Lions-Dolphins game pic.twitter.com/MgQV0YRcJP
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) October 30, 2022
The Dolphins and Lions are 8-for-10 on third downs
This game has sort of has an Arena League feel— Joe Schad (@schadjoe) October 30, 2022
We stopped the 1-5 Lions from scoring a TD 🙏🙏🙏 pic.twitter.com/wnFCc7t6eB
— KG 🎃 Seasons Over (@TyreekWaddle) October 30, 2022
The mystery has been solved. Brian Flores was calling the Dolphins defense during the winning streak. Josh Boyer has no answers for Jared Goff.
— Neal Driscoll (@NealDriscoll) October 30, 2022
Some @NextGenStats notes on Tua's first half -- he's averaging 12.8 air yards per attempt and has a +11.6% completion percentage over expectation
17-of-22, 252 yards, 2 TD, 144.7 rating— Marcel Louis-Jacques (@Marcel_LJ) October 30, 2022
Tua playing at an Elite level today but Josh Boyer and his sorry defense wanna ruin it 😒
— Kevin ☔️ (@HollywoodxKev) October 30, 2022
Tyreek Hill already over 100 receiving yards.
4 catches, 112 yards. We're two minutes into the second quarter.— Jordan McPherson (@J_McPherson1126) October 30, 2022
Tua & the offense about to have their best day of the season but the D took the day off 😭😭😭
— Bobby Shouse (@B_Shousejr) October 30, 2022
The Lions' offense ran out of gas at halftime, it seemed, as the Dolphins rallied to win 31-27.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Twitter reacts to Dolphins vs Lions as Tua Tagovailoa, Jared Goff duel
