Miami Dolphins Ted Larsen makes the biggest block of career

The Miami Dolphins win on Sunday, now known forever as the “Miami Miracle”, is still a hot topic this Monday morning and Ted Larsen redeemed himself.

Walking through the play so many things happened to spring Kenyan Drake to the end-zone to pull off not only an upset but one of the craziest come from behind late second wins in Dolphins history but it was Ted Larsen of all people who made it happen.

On Sunday night I received a text from a friend who informed that yesterday’s win was the first time in franchise history that the Dolphins won a game with no time on the clock with a touchdown. Throughout last night and this morning the replays of that play are everywhere but again Larsen isn’t getting nearly enough credit.

In the above video we can break down exactly what happened with Larsen and why he needs to be heralded as much maybe even more than Drake. First watch this video and just enjoy it because this vantage point and the roar of the crowd is incredible. O.k. back to Larsen.

At the start of the video Miami snaps the ball and the play develops downfield but watch the upper right of the field and you will see a big body lineman kind of jogging down the field. He disappears when the camera moves to the left right about the time the lineman makes it to the 50 yard line.

Drake is on the left sideline about right now but before he makes his turn back towards the center of the field, Ted Larsen number 62 comes back into the frame and running at what must be full speed cuts to the left of the field inside Drake and takes out not one but two defenders. Drake immediately shifts to the left (this is where the crowd in the video realize it could happen) and by doing so catches Rob Gronkowski out of position.

The entire play took an incredible team effort. Not seen on this particular video was a receiver who was all the way on the right off the screen. He slowed up as Drake began to cut across the field and pulled coverage towards him. When Larsen made the block and Drake cut back, no one was in position to take him down.

Drake entered the locker room after the game to a big welcome but none of this would have happened if not for the play of Larsen. Larsen the one player that has had fans and media alike calling for him to be benched or released stepped up and made the biggest block of his Dolphins career.

Correction: A previous version of this article listed Danny Amendola as the receiver on the far right of the play that drew coverage but Amendola was actually involved in the blocking nearer Kenyan Drake.