Week 1: Dolphins @ Rams
Dolphins: 31
Rams: 28
Rams Defense: 3.5 Sacks, 2 Interception
Rams Offense: 225 Yards Passing, 1 TD / 93 Rushing Yards, 2 TD
Miami's Defense: 5 Sacks, 5 Interception,1 Forced Fumble
Miami's Offense: 64 Yards Passing, 1 TD / 203 Yards Rushing, 3 TD
In a Game Where the Dolphins Unveiled 2 New Starters on Offense, they both were needed in order to help the Dolphins pull out a tough one.
The first quarter was a rather boring affair in Which we saw a Punt by the Dolphins on their first Posession, followed by an interception by Karlos Dansby on the Rams First Drive of the game. Dan Carpenter also managed to just barely miss a 59 Yard Field Goal by Bouncing it off the crossbar on the Dolphins 2nd Drive of the Game.The 2nd drive by the Rams was ended prematurely by a Ras-I Dowling Interception. The Dolphins Punted to end out the quarter.
The 2nd Quarter saw an impressive drive by the Rams(a 61 Yard Pass to L. Kendricks starting out the drive) with a 3 Yard pass to N. Tahi to make the score 7-0. The Dolphins answered back with a 63 yard Run by Rookie HB A. Bolton for a Td. Karlos Dansby picked off Rams QB Sam Bradford on the following drive, and the Dolphins turned this interception into a 24 yard Field Goal to take a 10-7 Lead. The Rams Got the ball Back, which ended in a Chris Clemons Interception. Dolphins couldn't move the ball at all and ended up giving the ball back to the Rams via punt with 1 Second Left in the half.
10-7 Dolphins at the Half
3rd Quarter was all St. Louis as the Rams put up a Touchdown on a 9 yard run by N. Tahi to make the score 14-10. Peter Newcomer threw an interception to Q. Mikell with 2 minutes left in the 3rd Quarter, followed by a Rams Punt. The Dolphins, always wanting to keep it exciting... Punted Back with 40 seconds left in the 3rd.
The 4th quarter came around, Rams with the ball on their own 45, a couple of sucessful runs and the Rams Kick a 32 Yard Field Goal with 4 Minutes left in the 4th. Miami proceeds to throw an interception on their first drive of the Quarter to Q.Mikell (AGAIN!),Dolphins hold them to 3 and out, which leads to another 37 Yard Field Goal with 2 Minutes and 50 Seconds Left in the 4th. Dolphins are down 20-10 at this point, and completely out of timeouts. This Game by all rights should be over!
Newcomer(no, not the QB) A. Bolton(HB) came to the sideline and begged the coach to let him run the Ball.
A Beautiful 80 yard Run followed this request for a Touchdown. (Coach was happy!) The dolphins, having no timeouts left with 2:40 Seconds left in the 4th, choose to kick an onside kick, not trusting in their defense being down 20-17. Newcomer W.R. J. Lofton Steps up and Recovers the Onside Kick. Awesome. So Far throughout this game, the Rams have held Peter Newcomer(QB) in check, picking him off twice and only allowing him to throw for a total of 3 yards. J. Lofton(Rookie WR) is amped up after recovering the onside kick and tells Peter Newcomer (QB) to Call his number on this drive. Low and Behold, the rookie gets open on a nice route to the sideline and takes it 61 yards for a Touchdown with 2:27 left in the game. Dolphins now up 24-20. (still in shock at this point.) Rams get the ball back with a chance to win the game with 2:18 left in the 4th. First play is a run up the middle, stopped. 2nd Play ends up being an interception to Ras-I Dowling in the middle of the field. 2 Minutes left at this point. Dolphins rush for 2 yards up the middle. Rams call Timeout. Dolphins rush for 3 yards, Rams call timeout. 3rd and 6, doplhins get a beautiful 35 yard HB toss to the right for a Touchdown, Dolphins now up 31-20. Rams proceed to move the ball down the field and we see a 3 yard QB Rush by Troy Smith (Who???) for the Touchdown. Rams Go for 2 with 11 seconds left, No timeouts. They Get it.
11 Seconds left, Rams choose to kick the onside kick, Dolphins Recover, Peter Newcomer Kneels the ball to end the game out..
Final Score, Dolphins 31 - Rams 28.
I know i've written a wall of text, but after being down by 10 or so...i usually get really down on myself and tend to "quit early"
Thankfully I didnt, that was a very exciting and enjoyable game, win or lose!
gg gpninja
Dolphins and Rams both had injury Scares as the following went down with injuries:
QB Sam Bradford went down after a hard hit for 1 down, thankfully He was ok.
MLB Karlos Dansby (after picking the ball off twice) went down with a strained forearm for the game
DT Paul Soliai went down for the game after straining his lower quadricep
Both new Rookies ROLB Nagui Frederick (4 Tackles and 1 Sack) and DT C. Heim (1 Tackle) Saw playing time thanks to these injuries.