The Dolphins’ offense hasn’t been sharp through the first three weeks of the NFL season, but they appeared plenty confident early into their matchup against the Jets on Monday night.
While working the ball down field, Miami pulled out a bit of trickery in its play calling, dialing up an impressive behind-the-back flip from Tua Tagovailoa to Malik Washington after some convincing misdirection.
The Dolphins sent Devon Achane running behind Tagovailoa as if he’d be receiving a pitch. Tagovailoa then faked a handoff to running back Ollie Gordon before tossing the ball behind his back to Washington, who followed Achane’s route behind his quarterback. The play had many moving parts, but it worked out well and resulted in a gain of eight yards.
Behind the back flip?!
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NFL fans tuning into the Monday night showdown were blown away by the well-designed trick play, and they took to social media with praise for the Dolphins’ creative approach.
this flip was too clean
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That little flip behind the back from Tua. 👀 #PhinsUp pic.twitter.com/ETT2pGMLNw
— Cody V 🏴☠️ (@anakinskyvosler) September 29, 2025
That behind the back flip Tua did was better than 90% of his forward throws
— Brando Mags (@Mayo11Sauce) September 29, 2025
This behind the back toss from Tua was sickpic.twitter.com/8e0YVBGQnq
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) September 29, 2025
Tua behind-the-back ball flip??? pic.twitter.com/yz8ukWC1Zi
— Ian Hartitz (@Ihartitz) September 29, 2025
DAMN NEAR SHED A TEAR 🥲 https://t.co/IBDeM77jil
— Cherokee🇨🇺🇯🇲 (@WyFrosty) September 29, 2025
If that’s not a sign the Dolphins’ offense was feeling itself against the Jets, I’m not sure what is.
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