Jaylen Waddle had his second-best game of the season on Monday Night Football, but it could’ve been even better if not for one dropped pass.
Troy Aikman and Joe Buck were on the ESPN call when the Dolphins beat the Rams 23-15 to improve to 3-6 on the season.
The biggest topic of discussion this week has been last Sunday’s game, when CeeDee Lamb missed an easy touchdown because the sun got in his eyes. Jerry Jones has been getting ripped for not covering the sun to prevent things like this.
During Monday night’s game, Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle had a bad drop in the second quarter.
The replay showed him blaming the sun for getting in his eyes.
It was a night game, so no sun was present.
That led to this back-and-forth between Aikman and Buck.
Aikman: “You see Jaylen Waddle saying the lights got in his eyes.”
Buck: “Go ahead, go ahead. It wasn’t the sun. It wasn’t the sun!”
Aikman:” I’m gonna leave that one alone. But now the lights are getting in people’s eyes. What are you gonna do?”
Joe Buck was likely trying to get Aikman to comment on the whole sunlight issue that’s become a major topic of interest with the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium, after Ceedee Lamb dropped an easy touchdown pass one day earlier against the Eagles because the sun was in his eyes.
Needless to say, Aikman wasn’t interested in going there.
Jaylen Waddle Gave The Dolphins Quite The Scare Last Week With An Injury
The Dolphins are just happy Jaylen Waddle was able to compete in this game after he gave them a scare last week.
The Miami Dolphins star wide receiver was forced to exit last week’s game, suffering an apparently scary ankle injury. After a play, Jaylen Waddle got his ankle stepped on by a Buffalo Bills defender.
He collapsed to the ground and held on to his ankle. Everyone was worried as he would soon remove his helmet, indicating the injury could be something significant.
Luckily, Waddle was able to return to the game but did not produce much.
Waddle had two catches for negative four yards and one touchdown in that loss.
It seems impossible, but his negative yards came at the end of the game.
Trailing by three with five seconds remaining, the Dolphins had one last chance from their own 30-yard line to pull out a victory.
Tua Tagovailoa tossed the ball to running back De’Von Achane a yard behind the line of scrimmage as he would lateral it to Waddle, who then became Miami’s last hope for a game-winning score.
Waddle had no path forward, so he went backward and got tackled.
