Miami Dolphins Week 4 Full Preview and Final Score Prediction

The Miami Dolphins will look to bounce back when they face the Tennessee Titans on Monday night at Hard Rock Stadium.

Here you will find all relevant information about the duel between the Dolphins and Titans in Week 4.

Date: Monday, September 30, 2024

Time: 8:15 p.m. EDT

Website: Hard Rock Stadium; Miami Gardens, Florida

Weather.com forecast: The temperature around Miami Gardens is expected to be 83-85 degrees (feels like 92 degrees) between 8 p.m. and midnight ET on Monday, with mostly cloudy skies. No precipitation is forecast and wind speeds are expected to be 5-7 mph.

TV: ESPN

Announcer: Chris Fowler (play-by-play), Dan Orlovsky (color analyst), Louis Riddick (color analyst), Laura Rutledge (supporting actor)

Dolphins – T Terron Armstead (concussion) and CB Kendall Fuller (concussion) are out; LB David Long Jr. (hamstring) is doubtful; RB Raheem Mostert (chest), QB Skylar Thompson (ribs) and WR Malik Washington (quadriceps) are questionable.

Titans – DT Jeffery Simmons (elbow) is doubtful; S Amani Hooker (face) and CB L’Jarius Sneed (hamstring) are questionable.

Regular Season Series History: The Dolphins lead 21-18

The last five meetings:

December 12, 2023 in Miami – Titans 28, Dolphins 27

January 2, 2022, at Tennessee – Titans 34, Dolphins 3

September 9, 2018, Miami – Dolphins 27, Titans 20

October 8, 2017 in Miami – Dolphins 16, Titans 10

October 9, 2016 in Miami – Titans 30, Dolphins 17

Dolphins’ largest margin of victory: 28 (2015 at Tennessee; Dolphins 38, Titans 10)

The Dolphins’ biggest defeat: 34 (2012 in Miami; Titans 37, Dolphins 3)

Highest scoring matchup: 65 points (1978 in Houston; Oilers 35, Dolphins 30)

Lowest scoring matchup: 15 points (1979 in Miami; Oilers 9, Dolphins 6)

Former Titans players on the Dolphins: TE Jonnu Smith (2017-20), LB David Long Jr. (2019-22), OL Aaron Brewer (2020-23), T Kendall Lamm (2021), DT Da’Shawn Hand (2021-22)

Former Titans coaches with the Dolphins: Senior offensive assistant Chandler Henley, OLB coach Ryan Crowe

Former Dolphins players on the Titans: None

Former Dolphins coaches with the Titans: QB coach Bo Hardegree, LB Frank Bush

For the second week in a row, the Dolphins face a team with a new head, but Brian Callahan didn’t get off to nearly as good a start as Mike Macdonald did in Seattle. Callahan replaced Mike Vrabel after the 2023 season in an apparent power struggle. The Titans have been competitive in each of their first two games against the Chicago Bears and New York Jets, but mistakes have been a problem so far this season. Tennessee hopes to return to the playoffs after a two-year absence, but they need to turn things around very quickly.

The answer here has to start and end with the defense’s ability to create takeaways, because quarterback Will Levis leads the NFL in that dubious category and because the Titans’ offensive line has had major problems in pass defense, particularly with right tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere , whose starting position is actually questionable these days. Turnovers were the reason the Dolphins were able to win the Monday night game against Tennessee last Monday night before their defense collapsed as they struggled offensively the entire game. Speaking of offense, perhaps new starting quarterback Tyler “Snoop” Huntley can turn some heads and even get Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle going.

Who would have ever thought we’d be at this point with Mike McDaniel’s offense, but is it so ridiculous to fear the offense won’t be able to hold up against a mediocre opponent? While Huntley has intriguing skills, his career resume doesn’t boast particularly impressive stats. Additionally, the offense will be without its best player as Terron Armstead is sidelined with a concussion. On the other side of the ball, Levis is unpredictable, but also has very good raw skills and his wide receiver team of DeAndre Hopkins, Calvin Ridley and Tyler Boyd is among the best in the NFL. If the Dolphins don’t get going with their pass rush, it will be a challenge for the defense.

Yes, the Dolphins season is definitely a crossroads, and while the loss in Seattle can be explained by them facing a quality opponent in one of the NFL’s toughest venues, there can be no excuse against one of the NFL’s three winless teams League. That doesn’t include excuses for injuries, because while Miami is without Tua Tagovailoa, Terron Armstead and Kendall Fuller, the Titans are dealing with injuries to their two best defensive players, Jeffery Simmons and Tyreek Hill’s nemesis L’Jarius Sneed. The Dolphins are not currently at a stage where they can be expected to knock out any team, no matter how bad that team is, and we certainly don’t expect that to happen here. But we expect the pass rush to take advantage of the error-prone Tennessee offense and that Huntley can do just enough to at least get the offense going better than it did last week. ESPN play-by-play man Chris Fowler said while talking about Saturday night’s exciting game between Georgia and Alamaba that he didn’t expect such fireworks on Monday night, and he’s probably right. But at this point, all that matters is a Dolphins win.

Final result: Dolphins 17, Titans 13