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THURSDAY NIGHT NOTES: DOLPHINS AT BENGALS

September 29, 2016 Week 4 begins on Thursday night with the hosting the (NFL Network; 8:25 PM ET) at Stadium. The Bengals and Dolphins both enter Thursday’s matchup with 1-2 records. In Week 3, Miami defeated Cleveland 30-24 in , while Cincinnati lost to Denver 29-17. The Dolphins, whose win in Week 3 marked the first career victory for rookie , seek to win their fourth consecutive game against Cincinnati. In the last meeting, Dolphins DE had three sacks, including the game-winning safety in overtime. The Bengals look to even their record at 2-2. QB leads the AFC with 938 passing yards this season and RB rushed for 97 yards and two touchdowns in Week 3. REGULAR SEASON SERIES DOLPHINS BENGALS SERIES LEADER 15-5 STREAKS Past 3 COACHES VS. OPP. Adam Gase: 0-0 : 2-3 LAST WEEK W 30-24 (OT) vs. Cleveland L 29-17 at Denver LAST GAME 10/31/13: Cincinnati 20 at Miami 22 (OT). Miami CB Brent Grimes has 94-yard INT-TD. Dolphins DE Cameron Wake records GW safety in OT. LAST GAME AT SITE 10/7/12: Dolphins 17, Bengals 13. Miami RB Reggie Bush rushes for 48 yards & TD. Dolphins DL and S each record INT. REFEREE Walt Anderson BROADCAST NFLN (8:25 PM ET): Jim Nantz, , Tracy Wolfson (Field reporter). Westwood One: Ian Eagle, . STATS PASSING : 73-113-892-5-4-88.8 Andy Dalton: 75-115-938-2-2-89.0 RUSHING Kenyan Drake: 11-49-4.5-1 Jeremy Hill: 37-150-4.1-3 RECEIVING : 24-314-13.1-1 A.J. Green: 22-295-13.4-1 OFFENSE 365.7 375.0 TAKE/GIVE -3 -1 DEFENSE 415.0 356.3 SACKS Ndamukong Suh: 2.5 Will Clarke: 2 INTs Isa Abdul-Quddus: 1 3 tied: 1 PUNTING Matt Darr: 48.2 : 46.0 KICKING Andrew Franks: 16 (7/7 PAT; 3/4 FG) : 26 (5/5 PAT; 7/8 FG) NOTES DOLPHINS: QB RYAN TANNEHILL has won both starts vs. Cin. & has 92.4 rating. Passed for 319 yards & 3 TDs last week & aims for 3rd in row with 300+ yards…RB had GW TD run in OT last week. RB ARIAN FOSTER is only NFL player since 2010 with 6,000+ rush yards (6,262), 50+ rush TDs (51) & 2,000+ rec. yards (2,237)…WR JARVIS LANDRY ties for NFL lead with 24 catches & leads AFC with 314 rec. yards. Aims for 3rd in row with 100+ yards. In past 3 on road, WR DE VANTE PARKER has 16 catches for 273 yards (91 per game) & TD…DE CAMERON WAKE had 3 sacks, FF, FR & GW safety in last meeting. Since 2010, has 65.5 sacks, 3rd most in NFL. Since entering NFL in 2010, DT NDAMUKONG SUH has 44.5 sacks, most by NFL DT. Since 2015, S RESHAD JONES is only NFL player with 150+ tackles (166), 5+ INTs (5) & 2+ sacks (2). Since 2007, DE MARIO WILLIAMS ranks 3rd in NFL with 92.5 sacks… BENGALS: QB ANDY DALTON leads AFC with 938 pass yards. Has 16 TDs vs. 6 INTs for 103 rating in past 10 at home. Has 29 games with 100+ rating & Cin. is 26-3 (.897)…RB JEREMY HILL rushed for 2 TDs last week & has 10 rush TDs in past 11 (incl. playoffs). RB had 104 scrimmage yards & 2 rush TDs in last meeting…WR A.J. GREEN had 11 catches for 128 yards in last game vs. Mia. Incl. playoffs, has 5 TDs in past 5 at home…DT aims for 3rd meeting in row with sack. Has 41 sacks since 2011, most by NFL DT. CB ADAM JONES is only active player with 2+ INT-TDs (2) & 5+ PR-TDs (5) in career. DE has 9 sacks in past 10 home games. DE MICHAEL JOHNSON aims for 3rd in row vs. Mia. with sack. DE WILL CLARKE aims for 3rd in row with sack.