Ryan Tannehill leads Dolphins over Raiders

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LONDON -- All those distractions didn't seem to fluster .The quarterback, who was in the middle of a storm all week because his coach declined to endorse him as the starter, led the way Sunday as Miami (2-2) beat the 38-14 at Wembley Stadium.Tannehill took advantage of a depleted Oakland defense, throwing plenty of short pa ses for big gains. The third-year quarterback completed 23 of 31 pa ses for 278 yards and two touchdowns."I know I wasn't playing up to standards the Joey Rickard Jersey last few weeks, so I wanted to come out and personally play better," Tannehill said. "My teammates demand that from me and they expect that from me, and to finally come out and do that felt good."Tannehill threw a 13-yard touchdown pa s to and an 18-yarder to . rushed for two more TDs, and cornerback ran back a fumble 50 yards for another.But the star was Tannehill."I thought he had good rhythm. He had good tempo. He had good command. He was very decisive out there," coach said.The (0-4) scored on their opening drive but struggled after that. And starting quarterback was injured in the third quarter, replaced by third-stringer .Oakland began the game without linebackers and , who were both inactive. , who started Dave Dravecky Jersey in place of Moore, was then injured on the first series, allowing Tannehill and his receivers to take even more advantage of the short pa s.The opened the season with a win over the , but back-to-back 19-point lo ses to Buffalo and Kansas City put Tannehill's starting job at stake.Philbin was repeatedly asked who his starter would be against the in London, but he declined to utter the name "Tannehill."That only seemed to spur Tannehill on."I felt like, regardle s of what people were writing or talking about me for whatever reason, I still wanted to play well," Tannehill said.But it was the who jumped out to a quick lead. Carr completed a 30-yard pa s to Burch Smith Jersey on the first play from scrimmage and soon after went ahead 7-0 on a 3-yard catch by .The took the lead for good early in the second quarter, with Tannehill completing six pa ses in a seven-play drive that culminated with Wallace's TD.Miller then scored the first of his touchdowns to make it 17-7, running San Francisco Giants Jersey in from 8 yards out, and Tannehill was soon at it again with the TD pa s to Sims for a 24-7 halftime lead."Ryan is a guy who rarely shows any fluster, who rarely shows that he is out of his element," receiver said. "He handles everything on the go."Things got worse for the when Carr injured his left ankle and knee in the third quarter and was replaced by McGloin. Backup did not make the trip to London.On his second play, McGloin watched a bad snap fly by and then saw Finnegan snatch it up and run it in.The have lost 10 straight dating to last season, putting the pre sure on coach ."Obviously, we did not play well," Allen said. "We turned the ball over; we did not stop them on defense. We gave up too many explosive plays."Notes: The are now 1-1 at Wembley Stadium, the home of England's national soccer team. Miami lost the first regular-season NFL game played in the stadium in 2007, falling to the 13-10. ... Sunday's matchup was the first of three NFL games at Wembley this season Dereck Rodriguez Jersey . The will face the on Oct. 26, and the will play the on Nov. 9.Copyright 2014 by The A sociated Pre s