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Receiver Albert Wilson threw a 52-yard touchdown pass to put the Miami Dolphins ahead midway through the fourth quarter Nat Moore Jersey , and then turned a short reception into a 74-yard score that sealed a 28-20 victory over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.Miami coach Adam Gase used creative play-calling to overcome a wave of injuries and penalties, and a 17-minute deficit in time of possession. The Dolphins scored on a pair of shovel passes by Ryan Tannehill that each traveled less than a yard — one on the flip to Wilson, and an earlier similar pass that Jakeem Grant caught before turning the corner for an 18-yard score.“We made some big plays when it mattered,” Tannehill said. “With the explosiveness we have, we just have to keep doing our job and not press.”Thanks to all the flashy plays, the Dolphins are 3-0 for only the third time since 1998, with a game at AFC East rival New England next.“We’re on the right track,” Tannehill said. “Are we there yet? No. But the patterns we’re establishing are going to take us there.”The Raiders, led by first-year coach Jon Gruden, are 0-3 for the first time since 2014, when they started 0-10. They’ve blown a second-half lead in all three defeats.Oakland outgained the Dolphins, and Derek Carr threw for 345 yards. But Xavien Howard intercepted him twice deep in Miami territory, and the Dolphins mounted a first-half goal line stand to stay in the game.“We got hurt on a trick play and didn’t finish some drives in the red zone Mark Duper Jersey ,” Gruden said. “That’s the story of the game.”Trickery gave the Dolphins their first lead in the fourth quarter. Tannehill handed off to Frank Gore, who tossed the ball to Wilson on an end-around. Wilson — a quarterback in high school — then lobbed the first pass of his career to a wide-open Grant, who outmaneuvered two Raiders to the end zone.“I said he better catch it, and he better not get tackled,” Wilson said.Following Howard’s second interception, Wilson scooted around the end after taking Tannehill’s short pitch and scored the clincher. Wilson and Grant ran side by side in the clear for the final 30 yards and exchanged a gleeful high five approaching the end zone.“We’ve got guys who can do a lot of different things,” Gase said. “They can throw it, they can run it.”Oakland’s ball-control approach took a toll on a Miami front four that lost three players. Akeem Spence was ejected, and William Hayes and Andre Branch suffered knee injuries.The Raiders’ Jordy Nelson had 139 yards receiving in the first seven minutes, and finished with 173 on six catches.Tannehill went 17 for 23 for 289 yards and three scores with no turnovers.JARRINGMiami’s Kenny Stills took a big hit when he made a 34-yard touchdown reception in stride in the back of the end zone and slammed into the cushioned retaining wall.NELSON’S STARTMiami missed injured safety Reshad Jones at the start, with rookie replacement Minkah Fitzpatrick burned on the second play when Nelson turned a short pass over the middle into a 61-yard gain. That set up Nelson’s 12-yard touchdown catch, again over the middle.On the Raiders’ next possession, Nelson beat Bobby McCain deep for a 66-yard gain — his longest since 2014 — before Miami made a goal-line stand.COSTLY FLAGSSpence was ejected in the second quarter for ripping off guard Kelechi Osemele’s helmet. Spence was penalized for unnecessary roughness Mark Clayton Jersey , which negated a third-down sack by teammate Cameron Wake and led to an Oakland field goal.INJURY REPORTDolphins: Hayes (right knee) was hurt when he sacked Carr and missed the second half. … Branch hurt his knee in the second half. … TE A.J. Derby (foot) also sat out the second half. … McCain was shaken up in the final minutes. … LB Chase Allen suffered a foot injury in the first half. … S Reshad Jones was inactive because of a shoulder injury.Raiders: T Donald Penn (concussion) and S Karl Joseph (lower leg) sat out the second half. … WR Seth Roberts was among Oakland’s inactives.ANTHEMStills and Wilson kneeled during the national anthem, and defensive end Robert Quinn raised his right fist. All three Dolphins have staged similar protests before their team’s other games this season.UP NEXTDolphins: Play next Sunday at New England, where they’ve lost nine games in a row.Raiders: Return home to play Cleveland next Sunday. MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The placard at the interview table identifying Alabama’s coach was unnecessary, because his gestures did the trick.There was the familiar shoulder shrug, the palm patting the chest, the side of his hand repeatedly tapping the table as he spoke. He made air quotes, drew circles with his index finger and crossed his arms so tightly his crimson sweater seemed to turn even redder.Nick Saban was back in town.His No. 1-ranked Crimson Tide play Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl on Saturday for a berth in the College Football Playoff final. Saban’s return to South Florida stirs memories of the most notorious busted play of his career, a two-year NFL dalliance that ended with his only losing season and a badly scripted departure.The Alabama bowl media guide summary of Saban’s year-by-year coaching record curiously excludes his stint with the Miami Dolphins, but it happened. After five seasons at Louisiana State, he went 9-7 in 2005 and 6-10 in 2006 with the Dolphins, and then left to take the Alabama job two weeks after saying he wouldn’t.A dozen years later, Saban still speaks sheepishly of the episode.“I learned from my experience coming here. I learned something about myself. At the time it was a tough consequence to have to deal with Adam Joseph Duhe Jersey ,” he said Thursday at Orange Bowl media day. “I couldn’t have been in a better situation with better people here in Miami. But I found out maybe I was a little more suited to be a college coach. That was a tough realization because of the obligations I had to the people I worked for, and the players.”Saban recovered nicely; the Dolphins did not. He needs two more victories this season for the Tide’s sixth national championship in the past decade. The Dolphins, by contrast, still haven’t won a playoff game since 2000.It could have all been different had Saban signed a free agent quarterback named Drew Brees in 2006. The Dolphins might still have the same coach and quarterback, along with a bunch of postseason success.But Saban was wary of a deal with Brees, who was coming off shoulder surgery. Instead Saban lost more games that year than he has lost in the past eight seasons combined at Alabama.He might have wound up in Tuscaloosa regardless, because at some point he concluded college coaching is a better fit for him. He likes the setting. He likes the mentoring. And while he didn’t say so, he surely likes the winning.“I enjoyed coaching in the NFL,” Saban said. “I love college coaching.”So Saban got off the coaching carousel. He has been at Alabama for 12 seasons and might be good for 12 more. Meanwhile, his Orange Bowl counterpart, Oklahoma’s 35-year-old Lincoln Riley, is the subject of reports about a possible move to the NFL.Riley said he doesn’t draw any lessons from Saban’s unsuccessful go at the pros.“There are million things that go into making it work at Alabama or the Miami Dolphins or LSU or wherever you’re at,” Riley said.Saban knows about all of them. Seated in the Dolphins’ stadium Larry Csonka Jersey , he fielded questions for 45 minutes regarding such subjects as Oklahoma’s shaky defense (“they’re opportunistic”), whether he favors expanding the playoffs (“no”), and his methodology known as the process (“it’s ongoing forever”). He referenced Bear Bryant and Joe Namath, and spun a few Sabanisms for a phalanx of TV cameras.“The road to success is always under construction,” he said.Twice Saban smiled, including when he was asked about the rumor he has a sense of humor, which even his wife, Terry, acknowledges as difficult to confirm.“Look, it’s my fault. I get that,” Saban said with a grin. “For a long time I thought I was misunderstood. Miss Terry talks about having a blind spot about how you perceive yourself and how everybody else perceives you — you know, the part in the middle. She said mine is as big as the Grand Canyon.”Saban worked at his dad’s service station growing up and figured he might run a car dealership someday. He didn’t think of himself as a future coach, and at 67 Dan Marino Jersey , doesn’t love everything about the job.“I have a granddaughter who’s 5,” he said. “There are times when I’m saying, ‘I haven’t seen her for two weeks.’ That bothers me.”The bottom line shows no evidence of his misgivings. Some argue he should already be considered football’s greatest college coach, and their case may be strengthened in the next few weeks. His legacy is secure thanks partly to an enormous coaching tree that includes a former graduate assistant, Adam Gase, who happens to coach the Dolphins.Gase’s job is in jeopardy after three seasons in Miami, and Saban said the Dolphins would be wise to keep him.“It takes time to build a program,” Saban said. “Sometimes when you make changes, you take two steps back to go one step forward.”That description fits Saban’s move to Miami, his worst stumble.