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WEEK 4 NFL CAPSULES

By Cindy Boren

The Buffalo Bills have faced nothing like the 2023 Miami Dolphins offense, which has been killing opponents with speed.

Coupled with Tua Tagovailoa’s quick release and accuracy, Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, Raheem Mostert and De’Von Achane made life miserable for the Denver Broncos, who were on the wrong end of a 70-20 score.

Now the Miami speed machine faces a defense that has allowed 16, 10, and 3 points and held opponents under 300 yards in its first three games, with coach Sean McDermott doing the defensive play-calling. But the New York Jets, Las Vegas Raiders and Washington Commanders are a far cry from the Dolphins, who’ve evolved in how they use their speedy players.

“It seems like they added to it this offseason, right?” McDermott said. “... Tua is throwing the ball extremely well. And their schematics are almost revolutionary in what they do. Coach [Mike] McDaniel is very creative and does a lot of things to get you out of position on defense.”

BROADCAST LOCALLY Falcons at Jaguars

7:30 a.m. ESPN Plus

Atlanta’s Bijan Robinson, the eighth overall pick in the draft, leads all NFL running backs with 14 receptions and all rookie running backs with 315 yards from scrimmage. His Falcons are set to face the Jaguars in London.

Broncos at Bears

11 a.m. CBS

Denver has won two of the teams’ last three meetings, but the overall series is tied at 8-8 and both defenses are a little demoralized after Denver gave up 70 points and Chicago 41 last week.

Commanders at Eagles

11 a.m. Fox

Washington begins and ends the month of October with NFC East games against Philadelphia in a critical stretch of the schedule. Philly hopes to become the first NFL team to start 4-0 or better after losing the previous season’s Super Bowl.

Patriots at Cowboys

2:25 p.m. Fox

Micah Parsons drew lofty comparisons to Lawrence Taylor from Bill Belichick, who coached LT in New York, but Parsons’s only game against New England (2021) was one of just two games all season in which he had neither a sack nor a quarterback hit.

K.C. at Jets

6:20 p.m. NBC

Keep an eye on Jawaan Taylor in this primetime game. The Kansas City right tackle has been flagged seven times in the past two games (after his presnap depth and subsequent jump at the snap became a national topic in the NFL season opener). Andy Reid called out what he deems to be uneven application of the rule. “They’ve got an eye on him, and they better keep an eye on everybody else, too, because it’s to the point of being ridiculous.”

Seahawks at Giants

6:15 p.m. Monday, ABC, ESPN, ESPN Deportes

Here are the Giants’ scoring totals in the season’s first 12 quarters: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 14, 17, 3, 3, 6, 0.

OTHER GAMES Dolphins at Bills

11 a.m.

Buffalo is 9-1 in the last 10 games between the teams, with Miami’s last victory in Buffalo coming when Tua Tagovailoa was a high school senior in Honolulu. The Dolphins haven’t been 4-0 since 1995.

Ravens at Browns

11 a.m.

All of Baltimore’s AFC North road games will be played over the first 29 days of its season, which isn’t going to ease the sting of the Ravens’ mounting injury list.

Steelers at Texans

11 a.m.

C.J. Stroud, Houston’s second-overall pick in the NFL draft, is the first rookie in NFL history to throw for 900 yards and four touchdowns without an interception.

Vikings at Panthers

11 a.m.

Minnesota receiver Justin Jefferson (with 457 yards receiving in the first three games) can become the fourth player since 2000 (joining Isaac Bruce, Randy Moss and Adam Thielen) with 100 or more receiving yards in each of his team’s first four games.

Rams at Colts

11 a.m.

With Gardner Minshew mostly at quarterback, Indianapolis is the AFC South leader with two straight road wins, including an OT victory over the AFC North’s Ravens.

Buccaneers at Saints

11 a.m.

Defense has been the story in the teams’ last three meetings, with the winners’ average score being 15.

Bengals at Titans

11 a.m.

Tennessee’s defense has held opposing offenses under 100 rushing yards for nine consecutive games, the longest active streak in the league, and hasn’t allowed an opposing player to reach the 100-yard rushing mark in 19 consecutive games.

Raiders at Chargers

2:05 p.m.

Davante Adams needs 41 receiving yards to reach 10,000 and 11 touchdowns to pass the Raiders’ Tim Brown in career receiving touchdowns and rank ninth on the NFL’s all-time list.

Cardinals at 49ers

2:25 p.m.

Arizona had seven plays of at least 20 yards, and Greg Dortch had a 19-yard punt return against Dallas. San Francisco has won 13 consecutive regular season games dating to Week 8 of 2022 — the longest active streak in the NFL.

SPORTS

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