EAST RUTHERFORD (CBSMiami/AP) — For at least a day, the Miami Dolphins are back in a playoff spot.
The Dolphins can relax Sunday, watch some football and know they kept themselves in a strong position to make the playoffs.
Miami’s 34-13 rout of the New York Jets on Saturday night was its eighth win in nine games.
At 9-5, the Dolphins guaranteed themselves a winning record for the first time in eight years and put some pressure on other wild-card contenders such as Denver, Baltimore, Houston and/or Tennessee to keep winning.
Not that coach Adam Gase or backup quarterback Matt Moore — who, with Ryan Tannehill (knee) sidelined, threw for four touchdowns in his first start since Jan.