Dolphins can feel good about a win over the Rams, but it’s probably too late to matter

The Miami Dolphins and Los Angeles Rams were both in the playoffs last season. They both returned playoff quality rosters.

But you only get so many chances in an NFL season, and a few tough losses can create too big of a hole. The Dolphins can look at Monday night’s performance in a bittersweet way. They easily beat a pretty good Rams team on the road in a 23-15 win. They can also watch that film and wonder what might have been if Tua Tagovailoa hadn’t missed four games due to a concussion and they didn’t lose consecutive games on last-second field goals when he returned. If they had a couple more wins, maybe they’d be chasing another playoff spot instead of being far behind at 3-6.

The Rams will probably have regrets, too. They started the season slow but were 4-4 coming into Monday night’s game after three straight wins. Then they blew that momentum in an ugly performance against the Dolphins. They looked oddly unprepared, which is rarely the case with a Sean McVay team. At 4-5, the Rams aren’t dead, but their path to a playoff spot got a lot harder.

The Dolphins aren’t technically dead yet either. But barring an incredible finish, they’ll look back at games like Monday night and think about how things might have turned out differently for them with a couple breaks earlier in the season.

Rams have a bad 1st half

The Rams didn’t do much right in the first half. They gave up a very quick touchdown drive to start the game. The offensive line struggled to protect Matthew Stafford. Even when the Rams got an interception off a bad pass from Tagovailoa, Kyren Williams fumbled it away on the next play.

It’s rare to see the Rams look flat, but it was an ugly half for them.

The Dolphins weren’t much better. After their first touchdown drive, which ate up 70 yards in less than three minutes, the offense bogged down. Neither quarterback had 100 yards in the first half. There were six punts and four turnovers before halftime between the teams. The Rams did…

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Publish date : 2024-11-11 23:50:12

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