What started out as a closely contested game got away from the Miami Dolphins in the second half, as they fell 31-12 to the Tennessee Titans on Monday night at Hard Rock Stadium.<\/p>\n
Starting in his first game with the Dolphins after being signed off the Baltimore Ravens’ practice squad on Sept. 17, quarterback Tyler Huntley completed 14-of-22 passes for 96 yards and ran for a team-high 40 yards and a touchdown on eight carries.<\/p>\n
Linebacker Emmanuel Ogbah spearheaded a strong defensive start for Miami with a turnover. Dropping back into coverage on second-and-9 on Tennessee’s opening drive, Ogbah picked off quarterback Will Levis on a pass intended for wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins. This was Ogbah’s second career interception \u2013 his first being in Week 3 of the 2023 season.<\/p>\n
Huntley hit wide receiver Jaylen Waddle on a pass up the middle of the field for a gain of 14 on the team’s first play from scrimmage after the takeaway, which was followed by a 16-yard run by wide receiver Tyreek Hill. This promising drive came to a halt on Tennessee’s 32-yard line, as Titans linebacker Arden Key recovered a Miami fumble.<\/p>\n
Levis suffered a shoulder injury reaching for the marker on third-and-4 and was questionable to return. Quarterback Mason Rudolph entered the game on the next series and played the remainder of the game for Tennessee.<\/p>\n
Tennessee scored first, as Rudolph guided the Titans 21 yards downfield to set up a 53-yard field goal by Nick Folk. After the Dolphins went three-and-out, Folk connected on a 52-yard field goal with 8:20 to go in the first half, giving the Titans a 6-0 lead.<\/p>\n
Following the Folk field goal, Miami ventured on its best drive yet of the night going 10 plays for 44 yards. A 12-yard scramble by Huntley put the Dolphins in field goal range and a pair of passes to running back De’Von Achane and Waddle led to a 44-yard field goal by kicker Jason Sanders.<\/p>\n
Both teams continued to trade punts throughout the second quarter until the final drive of the half. Starting at their own 44-yard line with 16 seconds left, Rudolph connected on a 29-yard pass up the middle of the field to wide receiver Tyler Boyd, setting up a 47-yard field goal by Folk to give Tennessee a 9-3 lead heading into halftime.<\/p>\n
The second half started positively for the Dolphins. A sack by linebacker Jordyn Brooks on third down led to an electric 27-yard punt return by wide receiver Braxton Berrios that started off Miami’s offense on the Tennessee 48-yard line. A 56-yard field goal by Sanders, one yard shy of his career long, brought the Dolphins within three with 9:02 left in the third quarter.<\/p>\n
Miami’s momentum was short-lived, as the Titans responded with their most explosive possession of the game \u2013 a five play, 70-yard touchdown drive that was set up by a 41-yard run by running back Tony Pollard and capped off by a seven-yard run by running back Tyjae Spears.<\/p>\n
Field goals of 51 and 29 yards by Folk extended Tennessee’s lead to 22-6 with 10:45 left in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n
Miami answered on the following offensive series, traveling 70 yards downfield on 11 plays, capping the drive with a one-yard Huntley touchdown run. An intercepted two-point conversion attempt left the Dolphins trailing by two possessions with less than four minutes remaining in the game.<\/p>\n
After a failed onside kick attempt, Miami’s defense forced Tennessee to punt with 2:42 remaining. Starting the drive on their own eight-yard line, Huntley was flagged for intentional grounding while in the end zone, adding an extra two points to the Titans’ lead.<\/p>\n
Tennessee extended its advantage on its last drive of the game, scoring a touchdown on a four-yard outside run by Pollard, who led all players with a game-high 88 yards on 22 carries.<\/p>\n
The Dolphins will travel to Foxborough, Massachusetts for their next game against the New England Patriots. Sunday’s kickoff is set for 1 p.m. on FOX.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What started out as a closely contested game got away from the Miami Dolphins in the second half,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":182737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[2093,7,17420,6,526,394,37832,2411,527,39459,36910,36909,2092],"class_list":{"0":"post-182736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-content-feature","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-game-recap","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-tennessee","13":"tag-tennessee-titans","14":"tag-tennessee-titans-at-miami-dolphins-2024-reg-4","15":"tag-tennesseetitans","16":"tag-titans","17":"tag-vs-titans-2024","18":"tag-written-content-game-recap","19":"tag-written-content-gameday","20":"tag-written-content-latest-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114799199182574950","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}