Dolphins vs Raiders - No Ajayi, Yes Cutler. Win??


This Sunday at the Hard Rock Stadium the Miami Dolphins will host the Oakland Raiders at home. What has changed from our 0-40 embarrassment against the Ravens last Thursday? Ajayi is gone and Cutler is back. Is that good or bad? Well...Let us take a look at how the Dolphins have done this season so far and maybe we can answer that.

What we won't have?
Ajayi run stats for this season:

  • Attempts: 138
  • Yards: 465
  • Average: 3.4 yards
  • Longest: 21 yards
  • TD's: 0
Ajayi receiving stats for this season:




  • Received: 14
  • Yards: 67
  • Average: 4.8 yards
  • Longest: 15 yards
  • TD's: 0
As you can see, not so impressive this year as last year. His replacement is of concern due to his lack of experience. with only 10 attempts this season there is not a lot to go off of. This will definitely be a make or break for Kenyan Drake.

Looking towards under center we can expect to see Cutler back. Leaving my personal opinions to the side lets look at his numbers compared to Moore's

Moore's stats for this season:




  • Attempts: 65
  • Completions: 38
  • Yards: 364
  • Comp%: 58.5
  • Average: 5.6 yards
  • Longest: 29 yards
  • TD's: 2
  • Interceptions: 3
  • QBR: 31.5
  • Passer Rating: 65.2
Cutler's stats for this season:




  • Attempts: 180
  • Completions: 113
  • Yards: 995
  • Comp%: 62.8
  • Average: 5.53 yards
  • Longest: 36 yards
  • TD's: 7
  • Interceptions: 5
  • QBR: 35.0
  • Passer Rating: 78.8
Again, doing my best to not to keep my opinions and feeling neutral... by the numbers ...Cutler is the better QB... But not by much. Moore still has his flaws and there is a reason why he is stuck at backup. Cutler played almost twice as many games this season and has only racked up 5 interceptions. Moore had 3 in a game and a half. So whether we want him to or not, Cutler will be starting. As long as his injury does not affect his gameplay. We, at the very least, will put up some points. However, without Ajayi the fact of whether we win or lose completely rests on 2 factors. Is Kenyan Drake good enough, and can our defense hold it together long enough for our offense to pull it out. Whats my predictions... as much as it pains me I think we may lose this one. I'll say we have a 40% chance to win. 

TL;DR
Can we win? Yes. Are we going to win? Not sure but odds are we probably won't.

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