Dolphins Edge Jets 28-25 for First Win of the Season: Willis Accounts for Three TDs, Rookie Douglas Scores Twice
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Miami Dolphins picked up their first win of the season on Sunday, beating the New York Jets 28-25 at MetLife Stadium. Miami improved to 1-5, while the Jets (2-5) lost for the fifth time in six games and dropped their eighth straight game against an AFC East opponent.
Quarterback Malik Willis completed 14 of 21 passes for 208 yards, threw two touchdown passes to rookie Caleb Douglas and ran for another score, with 37 rushing yards on eight carries. Douglas, back after missing three games with an ankle injury, had been featured in GSM's Oct. 23 report on his return.
Miami scored touchdowns on its first two drives for the first time this season, taking its first lead of the year on Willis' 7-yard strike to Douglas. The Jets answered through Geno Smith's 13-yard touchdown pass to Mason Taylor before Ollie Gordon II's 1-yard dive capped a 14-play, 60-yard drive for a 14-7 lead.
Willis found Douglas down the sideline for a 63-yard score with 4:55 left in the fourth quarter to make it 28-17, Miami's highest scoring output of the season. Smith hit Taylor for a 12-yard touchdown and a two-point conversion to cut it to 28-25 with 3:24 left, but Miami ran out the clock, sealed by Willis' fourth-and-1 sneak with under two minutes to play.
Gordon finished with 103 rushing yards and a touchdown on 25 carries as Miami rushed for 156 yards. For the Jets, Smith threw for 287 yards and three touchdowns with one interception, Taylor caught five passes for 62 yards and two scores, Braelon Allen ran for 104 yards starting for the injured Breece Hall, and Omar Cooper Jr. caught five passes for 115 yards and a touchdown.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: New Jersey州East Rutherford的MetLife Stadium外景，本场比赛在此举行（资料图）。图：Thecoolone1223，CC BY 4.0，经维基共享资源。 / Exterior of MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, site of Sunday's game (file photo). Photo: Thecoolone1223, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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