Dolphins force four turnovers, dominate Jaguars
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Jonas Gray rushed for two touchdowns and the Miami Dolphins dominated defensively en route to a 27-3 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars in a preseason clash from EverBank Field.
Dustin Keller accounted for Miami's other touchdown by hauling in a 22-yard pass from Ryan Tannehill that gave the Dolphins a 7-0 advantage late in the first quarter. Gray extended the lead to 14-0 with a 1-yard plunge in the second, a score set up by Nolan Carroll's interception of Jaguars quarterback Blaine Gabbert, and added another 1-yard touchdown following a Jacksonville fumble deep in Dolphins' territory with under eight minutes left to play.
Tannehill operated Miami's first four offensive series and amassed 75 yards while completing 5-of-9 attempts in his second start of this preseason. The Dolphins opened the schedule with a 24-20 loss to Dallas in Sunday's Hall of Fame Game from Canton, OH.
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Jacksonville mustered just 289 total yards and committed four turnovers in new head coach Gus Bradley's preseason debut.
Ex-Dolphin Chad Henne, competing with Gabbert for the Jaguars' starting quarterback job, hit on 8-of-11 passes for 87 yards and led the team's lone scoring drive, a 16-play, 75-yard march capped by Josh Scobee's 23-yard field goal in the second quarter.
Gabbert, meanwhile, managed a mere 19 yards on a 5-of-10 success rate while working the entire opening quarter. Jacksonville punted on his first three possessions at the helm, with the final one ending in Carroll's pick.