0 —Previous times in his career that Jay Cutler had rallied his team from a
17-point deficit.
17 —The Dolphins tied their franchise record for largest halftime deficit
overcome in a victory. They trailed the Buffalo Bills 17-0 in 1968 before winning
21-17.
15 —Years since the Dolphins had a better 16-game regular season
stretch than they did from Week 6 of the 2016 season through the Atlanta vic-
tory. The Dolphins were 12-4 in that stretch; they were 13-3 from Oct. 28, 2001
through Oct. 13, 2002.
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Players in Dolphins history with a touchdown catch in two different
tenures with the team after Anthony Fasano did it with his score against
the Jets. The others were Larry Csonka, Tony Martin and James Pruitt.
23
Fourth-quarter or overtime comeback victories for Jay
Cutler after the Dolphins rallied to beat Atlanta.12 Dolphin Digest OCTOBER 28, 2017
37 —Years since the Dolphins had last come back from
deficits of 14 points or more in consecutive games before
they did it against Atlanta and the Jets. The Dolphins actually
did it three consecutive weeks in 1980.14 —Years since the Dolphins had last had four victories or
more through six games. The 2003 Dolphins started 4-2.24 —Years since the Dolphins had last had two quarter-
backs each throw two touchdowns in the same game before
Jay Cutler and Matt Moore did it against the Jets. Scott
Mitchell and Steve DeBerg did it in 1993 in a 42-31 loss
against the Buffalo Bills.14 — First-half points against the Jets for the Dolphins, who
came in with 13 first-half points in their first five games com-
bined.8:43 — Time of possession of the Dolphins’ first touch-
down drive against Atlanta, the team’s longest since Dec. 1,
2013 since they had a drive of 9:10 against the New York
Jets.Digest photos / STEVEN MURPHY