Miami was held to a season-low seven points in Saturday night's wild-card loss to Kansas City, but the Dolphins are putting their best foot forward despite the disappointing exit.
Star wide receiver Tyreek Hill believes the Dolphins have the right core of players to reach their Super Bowl aspirations, but they have lessons to learn from the 26-7 defeat.
"I feel in my heart that if this team were to come back together this is the right group of people to win," Hill told reporters after the game, via team transcript. "We got everything what it takes. You can see that the defense came along, and as an offense, we have to be able to put drives together and help those guys out. We just can't be a bunch of front-runners. Next year I feel like we'll learn from it."
Playing in one of the coldest games ever recorded in an NFL game, the high-powered Dolphins offense was put on ice. Miami mustered just 264 yards of total offense, struggled to move the chains (1 of 12 on third-down conversions) and failed to see a red-zone possession against the Chiefs.
Tua Tagovailoa couldn't overcome a slow start that included a second-quarter interception which led to Kansas City securing a 10-0 lead. Without an effective rushing attack at his side, Tagovailoa was constantly under duress (two sacks, 16 pressures), seemed hesitant to throw the ball downfield and finished with a season-low 51.3 completion percentage (20-of-39 passing for 199 yards).
Hill, who scored Miami's only touchdown on a 53-yard heave by Tagovailoa, credits Chiefs cornerbacks for disrupting the Dolphins' offensive rhythm.
"They did a good job of getting hands on us at the line of scrimmage," Hill said. "Spags (Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo), he does a good job of telling his corners
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