The Miami Dolphins suffered a brutal loss to the Detroit Lions in Week 9. Miami was hoping to stun Detroit, who entered this game on a three-game winning streak. Head coach Jeff Hafley watched as his team fought but could not overcome the Lions at home.
Miami certainly put their best foot forward. They held quarterback Jared Goff without a touchdown in a game for the first time in two years. In fact, the Lions only scored one touchdown in this game. On Sunday, Hafley spoke about this performance as a reason to have hope moving forward.
“I'm encouraged with this team… the Detroit Lions are probably the most physical team in the NFL and that's the way we coach and that's the way we play and I would say we went toe-to-toe with them in physicality,” the Dolphins head coach said, via FinsXtra.
The Dolphins defense came up big in this game. In addition to preventing Goff from finding the endzone, they also picked him off in the first quarter. This is just Goff's second interception of the season, and his second in the last two games.
Unfortunately, the Lions' high-powered offense finally broke through. Jahmyr Gibbs found the endzone in the third quarter to give Detroit's offense the only touchdown of the game. Kicker Jake Bates knocked through four field goals to give Detroit a hard-fought 19-9 victory.
The Dolphins have fallen to 1-7, an unsurprising development considering pre-season expectations. In Week 10, though, they have a chance to pick up their second win of the year. Miami will hit the road to face what could be a new-look Indianapolis Colts team following the upcoming NFL trade deadline.