Miami’s defense held strong in keeping Los Angeles out of the end zone on Monday night, as a pair of turnovers and four sacks helped secure the Dolphins’ 23-15 victory over the Rams at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa went 20-of-28 (71.4 pct.) for 207 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Miami’s offense added some explosive plays into the mix as they tallied three plays of 25+ yards in the air and two plays of 15+ yards on the ground.<\/p>\n
The game started off hot for Miami, with Tagovailoa connecting with wide receiver Jaylen Waddle for a gain of 19 on the first play from scrimmage. The two connected once again later in the drive on third-and-13 from their own 46-yard line, as Tagovailoa scrambled out of the pocket and delivered a pass to a wide-open Waddle who was brought down deep in Rams territory for a gain of 36 yards.<\/p>\n
Rookie wide receiver Malik Washington capped off the drive with an 18-yard rushing touchdown, the first score of his career, to give the Dolphins an early 7-0 lead with 12:01 remaining in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
The Dolphins’ defense started out just as strongly as their offense, forcing a Los Angeles three-and-out on their first two possessions. Defensive tackle Zach Sieler set the tone on the first defensive play of the series, tackling running back Kyren Williams in the backfield for a loss of 10 yards. After each team traded punts, rookie linebacker Chop Robinson notched the second sack of his career, taking down quarterback Matthew Stafford for a loss of 10 yards on third down to force the Rams to punt once more.<\/p>\n
The Rams began to pick up momentum on their next possession, but that was quickly halted as linebacker Anthony Walker Jr. picked off a pass by Stafford after defensive tackle Calais Campbell tipped it at the line of scrimmage, giving Miami the ball at their own 46-yard line.<\/p>\n
The Dolphins capitalized on the turnover, as a 15-yard run by running back De’Von Achane led to a 50-yard field goal by kicker Jason Sanders to extend Miami’s lead to 10-0 with 14:07 remaining in the second quarter.<\/p>\n
Following another Rams punt, Tagovailoa was picked off by linebacker Christian Rozeboom, but the Dolphins got the ball back a play later after defensive tackle Da’Shawn Hand forced Williams to fumble, which was recovered by cornerback Kendall Fuller.<\/p>\n
A strip-sack of Tagovailoa on the following drive led to the Rams’ first points of the game with a 34-yard field goal by kicker Joshua Karty. Los Angeles would score once more as time expired in the second quarter, after an 11-play, 54-yard drive resulted in a career-long 55-yard field goal for Karty to cut Miami’s lead to 10-6 at the break.<\/p>\n
Coming out of the half, the Rams began to gain momentum for what seemed to be a promising drive, but a missed 57-yard field goal attempt by Karty prevented Los Angeles from further chipping into the deficit.<\/p>\n
Miami capitalized on the field position to extend their lead on the following drive. Tagovailoa found tight end Jonnu Smith on second-and-8 for a gain of 10, pushing them into Rams territory. The two connected on a pivotal on third-and-3, as Smith broke multiple tackles on his rumble to the Rams’ one-yard line for a 33-yard gain. On the following play, wide receiver Tyreek Hill caught a 1-yard touchdown pass from Tagovailoa, giving the Dolphins a 17-6 advantage with 5:32 remaining in the third quarter.<\/p>\n
The Rams tacked on two more field goals while the game was still in reach, but after each score, Miami answered with points of their own.<\/p>\n
On Miami’s final scoring drive with less than seven minutes remaining in fourth quarter, Tagovailoa completed a critical third-down pass to wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. to move the sticks and then rifled a 17-yard strike to Washington on the ensuing play. The Dolphins utilized the run game to take time off the clock, which set up a 50-yard field goal by Sanders that gave Miami a commanding 23-12 lead with 2:38 left in the game.<\/p>\n
Sanders, who also made a 37-yard field goal earlier in the fourth quarter, is now 6-for-8 this season on field goals of 50-plus yards.<\/p>\n
Karty made a 31-yard field goal with 42 seconds left that cut Miami’s lead to eight, but the Dolphins came away with the ensuing onside kick, cementing the win.<\/p>\n
Miami returns to Hard Rock Stadium to face the Las Vegas Raiders (2-7) on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. on CBS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami’s defense held strong in keeping Los Angeles out of the end zone on Monday night, as a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":205081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[43502,2093,7,17420,1014,58,2444,2611,36816,6,424,36910,36909,2092],"class_list":{"0":"post-205080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-at-rams-2024","9":"tag-content-feature","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-game-recap","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-los-angeles-rams","14":"tag-losangeles","15":"tag-losangelesrams","16":"tag-miami-dolphins-at-los-angeles-rams-2024-reg-10","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-rams","19":"tag-written-content-game-recap","20":"tag-written-content-gameday","21":"tag-written-content-latest-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114848516356808316","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205080","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=205080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}