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Miami Dolphins left guard Liam Eichenberg was carted off the field late in the third quarter of their game Sunday against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field, ...

[Robert Jones](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4570495/robert-jones) filled in at left guard in Eichenberg's stead. If Eichenberg is forced to miss any games moving forward, he will be the Dolphins' third starting offensive lineman to do so, following left tackle [Terron Armstead](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15821/terron-armstead) and right tackle [Austin Jackson](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4271632/austin-jackson). [Tua Tagovailoa](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4241479/tua-tagovailoa) to tight end [Mike Gesicki](http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3116164/mike-gesicki), remaining on the ground for several minutes after the play.

Follow along for live updates from Detroit News contributor Matthew Scheidel as the Lions play host to the Dolphins on Sunday.

That's a win for the Lions defense. The only way to stop those cries is to win games. The defense is looking to build upon an improved performance a week ago against Dallas. Lions up 7-0. Lions up 27-17 at the half. Hockenson, the Lions score again a few plays later. Goff hit Kalif Raymond for a 43-yard deep ball to set up the goal-to-go situation. -Q2 1:29: Lions go three-and-out, and not at a good time. -Q4 8:28: Lions defense finally able to get off the field. The problem is the offense went into a shell. The lead is down to 27-24. The result is another Lions loss, the fifth in a row.

Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa completed 29 of 36 passes for 382 yards and three touchdowns. Wide receiver Tyreek Hill caught 12 passes for 188 yards, while fellow ...

The Dolphins defense, playing without another starter after safety Brandon Jones’ season-ending ACL injury ,struggled in the first half against Goff, allowing scores on all five first-half drives. And an 11-yard pass to tight end Mike Gesicki gave the Dolphins their first lead of the game with 12 seconds remaining in the third quarter. But the Dolphins outscored Detroit, 14-0, in the second half, to defeat the Lions, 31-27, at Ford Field on Sunday.

Tim Twentyman takes a look at five things to watch in Sunday's Lions-Dolphins matchup.

The Lions are fifth in the NFL with a 5.3-yard average per rush and have seven rushing touchdowns on the year. The Dolphins like to get the ball in their hands in a number of different ways. Paschal played 56 snaps, which is pretty remarkable considering he missed all of training camp and the first five weeks of the season rehabbing from sports hernia surgery. He's got the most yards before contact per rushing attempt (4.1) by any running back in the NFL this season. But Miami also runs a lot of crossers and speed motions to get the ball in these guys' hands short and quick to let them use their run-after-catch ability to make big plays. Over the last two games in which Detroit failed to score a touchdown vs. The Dolphins are stout upfront and play a 3-4 read and react game. The Detroit Lions are looking to snap a four-game losing streak today as they host a Miami Dolphins team looking to keep pace with the rest of the current playoff teams in the AFC. They're hard to move off the ball. The Lions have been a consistently good running football team all season long, averaging 145.7 yards per game. The Lions are back in the friendly confines of Ford Field for the first time since Oct. And the Dolphins have a lot of it.

DETROIT -- — Tua Tagovailoa threw a go-ahead, 11-yard touchdown pass to Mike Gesicki late in the third quarter, capping the Miami Dolphins' rally from a ...

[D'Andre Swift](http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4259545/d'andre-swift) was healthy enough to play after a three-game absence and had a 7-yard touchdown reception that gave Detroit a 14-0 lead in the first quarter. Goff would have had a second scoring pass at the end of the first half, but [Josh Reynolds](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3115306/josh-reynolds) dropped a pass in the end zone and the Lions settled for a field goal. [Jared Goff](http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/3046779/jared-goff) was 27 of 37 for 321 yards with a touchdown. Parker (hip) was injured during the game. Miami was flagged four times in the first half, three times for being offside, and Detroit declined other penalties. “If I left it outside, maybe we had a chance." Hill and Waddle have 1,688 yards receiving combined, setting a Super Bowl era record for two teammates through the first eight games of a season. “We didn’t hit them at the line, and that was part of the game plan. [Liam Eichenberg](http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4046694/liam-eichenberg) had a game-ending knee injury in the second half. [Jamaal Williams](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2980453/jamaal-williams) had two touchdowns for the Lions, who had a 21-7 lead after he scored for a second time early in the second quarter. 4 in the progression." “It was No.

Miami went 67 yards in nine plays for a touchdown. Tight end Mike Gesicki caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Tua Tagovailoa on third-and-three. The Dolphins ...

Eichenberg was carted off with a knee injury, and the Dolphins have ruled him out. They punted on their first possession of the second half. [Mike Gesicki](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/football/nfl/player/9505/mike-gesicki) caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from [Tua Tagovailoa](https://www.nbcsportsedge.com/football/nfl/player/57496/tua-tagovailoa) on third-and-three.

Miami Dolphins left guard Liam Eichenberg appeared to suffer a pretty serious knee injury during the third quarter of their Week 8 game.

Miami will have a decision to make regarding who will take his spot. There’s also a chance that center Connor Williams moves back to his natural position with Deiter coming back at center. The former Fighting Irish offensive lineman did well to hold his blocker off of Tua Tagovailoa on the play that he was injured, resulting in a receiving touchdown for tight end Mike Gesicki.

Tua Tagovailoa conecta con Mike Gesicki en un pase de touchdown de 11 yardas para dar a Miami la ventaja cerca del final del tercer cuarto, coronando la ...

Tyreek Hill sumó 12 recepciones para 188 yardas por los Dolphins. Detroit anotó en sus cinco series ofensivas en la primera mitad para irse arriba 27-17 luego de anotar un total de seis puntos en sus dos juegos anteriores. Tua Tagovailoa conectó con Mike Gesicki en un pase de touchdown de 11 yardas para dar a Miami la ventaja cerca del final del tercer cuarto, coronando la remontada de los Dolphins de un déficit de dos dígitos en la segunda mitad y llevarse una victoria de 31-27 sobre los Lions de Detroit el domingo.

The Miami Dolphins defeated the Detroit Lions, 31-27, on Sunday afternoon at Ford Field, earning their fifth win under head coach Mike McDaniel.

This mess is on the heads of the Dolphins coaching staff. [October 30, 2022]

The Detroit Lions offense jumped to a nice lead, but after getting shut out in the second half, the Dolphins took the lead and held it.

The Lions finally got a defensive stop on the next drive. Goff targeted Josh Reynolds for a deep shot, and couldn’t connect, giving the Dolphins the ball back with 2:52 left. Detroit would eventually get a stop on a third-and-16 after a JuJu Hughes sack, but the Dolphins kicked a 45-yard field goal to push it back to a one-possession game with 2:06 left in the half. The Lions still didn’t have an answer for Tagovailoa and company. During the drive, the Lions announced that starting nickelback AJ Parker was questionable to return with a hip injury. Detroit went to the ground game to try to slow down the shootout a little bit. Tagovailoa answered with a 42-yard bomb to Hill to start the next drive. Detroit appeared to have gotten a stop to hold the Dolphins to a field goal, but an illegal contact on Detroit gave Miami a fresh set of downs. Goff uncorked a deep shot on the first play of the second quarter, and although it was underthrown, Kalif Raymond adjusted and made the 43-yard catch all the way down to the Dolphins’ 5-yard line. In the end, the Lions need someone, anyone to make a play in the final quarter, and as has become customary for this team, no one was up for the challenge. A couple of run plays got the Dolphins to midfield, but a sack from Malcolm Rodriguez pushed Miami back. Detroit failed to score a single point in the second half.

Breaking down the five plays that most decided the outcome in the Miami Dolphins' 31-27 victory against the Detroit Lions at Ford Field.

After Detroit scored a third touchdown to go up 21-7, the Dolphins came right back on first down after the touchback with another bomb to Hill, this one good for 42 yards. That play set up the 29-yard TD pass to Waddle and kept the Dolphins right on the Lions' heels — until they eventually caught up and passed them. Tua had a good number of really pretty throws, and his 29-yard pass to Waddle on third-and-6 in the second quarter was right up there. This came with the Dolphins trailing 27-24 in the third quarter when Tua felt pressure from the outside, saw the big hole in front of him and then ran 18 yards for a first down at the Detroit 29, setting up his touchdown pass to Mike Gesicki. It might be weird to point to a play in the first quarter when the Dolphins were down 14-0 but wasn't a touchdown as the biggest play, but this was about slowing the Detroit momentum. In a normal four-point game, this likely would have ranked higher, but does anybody really think Detroit would have stopped the Dolphins offense had the Lions left any time on the clock?

Miami was looking to counter on their first possession of the game, but rookie safety Kerby Joseph forced the ball loose from Dolphins wide receiver Braylon ...

Trailing 31-27 in the final minutes of the game, the Lions were driving in Dolphins territory at the Miami 36. Miami struck first in the second half taking their opening drive of the third quarter 75 yards in nine plays capped off by a Alec Ingold 1-yard run that trimmed Detroit's lead to 27-24. Miami chipped into the lead late in the first quarter on a 5-yard touchdown pass from Tua Tagovailoa to Jaylen Waddle. Both teams combined for 592 yards of offense in the first half alone. The Dolphins racked up 476 yards in total offense on the afternoon. The Detroit Lions were looking to get out of their offensive funk Sunday against the Miami Dolphins at Ford Field.

-- The really good news was that all six players listed as questionable on the final injury report, including cornerback Xavien Howard, defensive end Emmanuel ...

-- On third-and-3 from the Lions 11, Tua threw a beautiful floating pass over a defender to Mike Gesicki for the go-ahead touchdown. -- The Dolphins again came right back to cut the lead back to seven, with Tua connecting with Hill for a 42-yard gain on first down and capping the drive with a 29-yard touchdown pass to Waddle on third-and-6. -- After having Chase Edmonds run on first and second down, the Dolphins botched a third-and-8 when Connor Williams snapped prematurely as Tua was moving forward in the shotgun to shout something. The turnover on downs gave the Dolphins the ball at their 36 (yard-line change) with a chance to kill the clock. -- The Dolphins then watched the Lions offense self-destruct on their next possession to get the ball back. -- The defense gave up three runs for 26 yards at the start of Detroit's next possession and then allowed a 12-yard completion to Amon-Ra St. but that was until the Lions ran a fake punt on fourth-and-2 from their own 33. -- On the final play of the quarter, a third-and-4 from the Lions 31, Noah Igbinoghene appeared to have man coverage against St. -- But Tua completions of 14 yards to Trent Sherfield and 13 yards to Waddle converted third-and-13 and third-and-6 situations. -- The second quarter began with another bad play by the defense, who let Raymond get free deep for a 43-yard gain that should have been a touchdown if not for an underthrown ball by Goff. Hockenson beating Jevon Holland to the sideline on a third-and-2 and then turning upfield for a 58-yard gain. -- Jevon Holland had a nice pass breakup in the final minute of the first quarter when he punched the ball out of Amon-Ra St.

The Miami Dolphins offense rediscovered its rhythm on Sunday afternoon at Ford Field, totaling 476 yards in a 31-27 victory over the Detroit Lions for their ...

Tua Tagovailoa needed to battle back in this contest between the Miami Dolphins and Detroit Lions, but with the help of Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, ...

But Tagovailoa was forced to get the Dolphins back in this game through the air, and he didn’t disappoint with his second game of the season of more than 380 yards. Williams would finish the game with two touchdowns for the Lions on the ground, with 53 total yards on 10 carries. Hockenson was also the Lions’ most productive target through the air with 80 yards on three catches, and Kalif Raymond had 76 yards on three receptions. [Tyreek Hill](https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/tyreek-hill), all game long to wreak havoc on the Lions’ defense, and it started on their second drive where Hill totaled 60 of the 80 yards needed to set up a Jaylen Waddle touchdown. And that’s not even the most yards he has in one game this season; he had 190 in Week 2 against the Baltimore Ravens. Waddle would finish the game with 106 yards and two touchdowns on eight catches.

On the eighth Sunday of the NFL's 2022 season, 39 alumni of Alabama high schools and colleges (excluding Alabama and Auburn) got on the field.

· Quincy Williams (Wenonah) started at linebacker for the Jets. · Giants cornerback Cordale Flott (Saraland) was designated as a game-day inactive. · Rams offensive tackle Chandler Brewer (Florence) played but did not record any stats. · Texans cornerback Tremon Smith (Saks) returned two kickoffs for 39 yards. · Mike Jackson (Spain Park) started at left cornerback for the Seahawks. · Saints quarterback Jameis Winston (Hueytown) dressed for the game but did not play. The longer return gave New England possession at the New York 27-yard line and set up a third-quarter field goal. · Broncos punter Corliss Waitman (South Alabama) averaged 51.2 yards on six punts, with a 47.0-yard net. Winston was a full participant in practice last week, but the Saints decided to stick with Andy Dalton as the starting quarterback for Sunday’s game. · Cardinals center Rodney Hudson (B.C. Rain) was designated as a game-day inactive. By boosting his 2022 production to 961 receiving yards on 69 receptions, Hill holds the NFL lead with a total that is the third-highest for receiving yards eight games into a season in the league’s Super Bowl era.