Dolphins rally past Rams 14-10 for 5th straight win
Tannehill threw the game-winning touchdown, a nine-yard strike to DeVante Parker, with:40 left in the game. The victory, was the fifth in a row for the Dolphins who were outmatched by the Rams defense for 55 minutes of the game.
Miami barely kept alive its longest winning streak since 2008, and the future looks bright: None of the Dolphins’ next five opponents now has a winning record, which means the Dolphins are in prime position to claim their first playoff berth since 2008. The second is whether they can even really know when Goff is being coached by Fisher and first-year offensive coordinator Rob Boras, neither of whom have shown they understand how to develop a quarterback. “No delay of games, was in complete control of the huddle”, Fisher said.”I was disappointed in the outcome, but I think you could see the light”. The fact that Los Angeles has only scored 39 points over their last four games is the ideal example of just how bad this offense truly is.
Trailing 10-0 late in the 4th and having not converted a single 3rd down all game, the Dolphins drove the field and scored on a Tannehill to Jarvis Landry touchdown. Instead he led two huge scoring drives to give his team the win late against a good defense.
Goff was the first overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, selected out of the University of California.
Goff completed 17 of 31 passes for 134 yards.
“It felt good”, Goff said of his first career start. “They have a tough front, so we just tried to match that physicality and at the end of the day, we pulled out with the win, and that’s all that matters”.
Wilson threw for 272 yards and a touchdown, and caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Doug Baldwin as the Seahawks rolled past the Philadelphia Eagles 26-15 on Sunday.
Linebacker Spencer Paysinger said this about the flags: “I think there’s going to be a lot of speculation off of how they officiated the game”.
LOS ANGELES The Rams have allowed an average of just 12.5 points in the last four games. On the first play Todd Gurley rushed up the middle for 5 yards.
Goff may be framed as the Rams’ future franchise quarterback, but the biggest immediate effect of the quarterback change came in the ground game. “We kept building everybody’s spirits saying, ‘We’re one play away, one play away.’ It happened for us in the fourth quarter”.
His opposing quarterback, meanwhile, spent most of the afternoon in a perpetual state of discomfort.
“I couldn’t get there alone”, joked Landry after the game.
Jay Ajayi, the face of the resurgence with a pair of 200-yard rushing games last month, finished with 77 on 16 carries.
Tunsil, the team’s first-round pick who shifted from left guard to left tackle in place of Branden Albert (wrist), left the game in the second quarter with a shoulder injury and didn’t return. Backup RT Sam Young moved over to the left side.
In the first “home” game of his National Football League career, Tom Brady threw four touchdown passes without an interception, as his New England Patriots slammed the host San Francisco 49ers, 30-17. They recorded a forced fumble and recovery (both for Kiko Alonso), Cameron Wake had another sack, they forced eight punts, with three 3-and-outs.
Carolina really need to sort out how they tackle the final quarter of games, and even though they managed to hang on against the Saints, their fourth quarter performances have undermined their season badly.