12-Pack Recap: Dolphins at Titans

Several Miami Dolphins players vowed they'd be willing to "run through a brick wall" for interim head coach Dan Campbell.

Today they ran through the Tennessee Titans.

Miami's 38-10 mauling in Nashville was the team's largest victory since Week 9 of last season (37-0 vs. Chargers) as Campbell's rejuvenated squad pummeled the opposition in all three phases.

1) Game Ball: Cameron Wake

Cam only tallied four sacks and two forced fumbles in the first half (with a couple of holding penalties drawn as well) as some wondered during the bye week whether the Dolphins should trade the face of their defense of the last half-decade.

Wake looked significantly fresher after using the bye week to heal a hamstring injury. He displayed more burst and wrecked havoc as the Titans found themselves playing from behind, in plenty of 3rd-and-long situations.

2) Sore Loser: Ken Whisenhunt

"I think it was done with the idea of trying to hurt our QB and that's bulls--t football," Whisenhunt said after the game of Olivier Vernon's low hit on Marcus Mariota in the first half.

Here's the play he's referencing:

3) Number of the Game: +28

Now at 1-4, the Titans may have had their season pushed off a cliff today but this squad isn't as bad as their record might indicate, having lost their first three games by 17 points combined. The Dolphins nearly doubled that with a 28-point thrashing this afternoon.

It was their most dominant road win since November 2011 when they beat the Chiefs 31-3.

4) Fantasy Gem: Lamar Miller

Ryan Tannehill might've had more fantasy points (19) but Lamar Miller's breakout day of 113 yards rushing and a touchdown (17 fantasy points) nearly matched his first four games combined (18 fantasy points).

Expect a heavy dose of Lamar going forward.

5) Quote: Cameron Wake

"We are not Super Bowl champs. We won one game."

6) Highlight: Reshad Jones' pick-six.

Arguably Miami's best defensive player of the last two years, Reshad's 30-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter made it 24-3, blowing the game open. The Dolphins held a 98-percent win probability after this score.

7) In One Picture:

8) Gatorade Bath of the Game

9) Celebration

Jarvis Landry slithered his way into the end zone on a 22-yard run for the game's first touchdown. He borrowed his celebration from Cristiano Ronaldo.

10) Fans of the Game:

 

(Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images

11) Top Tweet:

12) If Dolphins-Titans was a movie: Demolition Man

Dan Campbell was Sly Stallone, annihilating anything and everything in his path.

... or in Joe Philbin's case, Cast Away.

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