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The Dolphins took an 8-3 record out west to California and return back to South Florida an 8-5 team. An opportunity to respond and get back on track will ...

"Those types of things happen when you're hustling to block and when you're hustling and straining as offensive linemen, sometimes when the ball does come out, you can find yourself in a fortunate situation," McDaniel said of the first touchdown. Sunday night, in Los Angeles, it was a 60-yard dime in the third quarter that brought Miami to within three. "I thought the defense played well enough for us to win," McDaniel said. It was Hill's second touchdown of 50-plus yards following a wild offensive fumble return for a 57-yard touchdown in the first half. It's easy to point fingers one way or another, but what I'll challenge the team is to do exactly as I'm going to do, which is you're just accountable and look at everything you can do better." Still, games never feel over with the Dolphins quick-strike ability on offense. Unfortunately, we had to learn it the hard way. Tagovailoa was just 10-of-28 throwing the football with just two completions on seven throws of 10-plus air yards between the numbers. The Dolphins took an 8-3 record out west to California and return back to South Florida an 8-5 team. Coming into the game, the Chargers were allowing a league-high 5.4 yards per rush. It's very disappointing for us to go out there as an offense and show what we showed. One area the Dolphins offense had really exploited defenses this season was the intermediate passing game.

Breaking down the five plays that most decided the outcome in the Miami Dolphins' 23-17 loss against the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium.

The Dolphins pretty much were done after the Chargers chewed up 8:35 off the clock — not to mention the Dolphins timeouts — and tacked on a Cameron Dicker field goal that made it a two-score game. There's certainly no guarantee the Dolphins would have driven 50 yards for a touchdown in 1:07 without a timeout even had they recovered, but at least they would have had a shot. The Dolphins were looking at the possibility of a comeback win when they got the ball on offense at the start of the fourth quarter trailing 20-14 and quickly moved to the Chargers 44 after a 19-yard completion from Tua Tagovailoa to Jaylen Waddle followed by a 9-yard scramble by Tua. Also, you can follow me on Twitter at @PoupartNFL, and that's where you can ask questions for the regular All Dolphins mailbags. The one defender with a shot to stop Ekeler around the 5 — which likely would have brought on the field goal unit — was cornerback Xavien Howard, but he couldn't disengage from the block of wide receiver Mike Williams. The Dolphins were badly outplayed in the first half, but still had a chance to get into the locker room down only 10-7 had they come up with a second stop on fourth-and-goal.

Feel free to discuss anything and everything in the comments below. I'm also leaving you with the video from the locker room after the win. Brandon Staley ...

I’m also leaving you with the video from the locker room after the win. You don’t want to miss it. Why SNF should end the Feel free to discuss anything and everything in the comments below. The Bolts won in primetime last night which means we get to continue the celebrations into this #VictoryMonday. [Chargers](https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/teams/los-angeles-chargers) News: [Five takeaways](https://www.chargers.com/news/chargers-dolphins-justin-herbert-defense-mike-williams-sunday-night-football) from the Chargers’ win over the Dolphins (Chargers.com) [Top social media reactions](https://www.chargers.com/news/top-reactions-chargers-dolphins-justin-herbert-sunday-night-football) to the Chargers’ 23-17 win over the Dolphins (Chargers.com) [Studs and duds](https://chargerswire.usatoday.com/2022/12/11/chargers-dolphins-winners-losers-justin-herbert-brandon-staley/) from Sunday Night Football (Chargers Wire) [Chargers were on the wrong end](https://boltbeat.com/posts/tyreek-hill-fumble-return-touchdown-chargers-dolphins) of one of the wildest plays in NFL history (Bolt Beat) [NFL News](http://www.sbnation.com/nfl-news): [Overreactions](https://www.espn.com/nfl/insider/story/_/id/35234235/judging-nfl-week-14-overreactions-san-francisco-49ers-quarterback-brock-purdy-better-jimmy-g) from week 14 (ESPN+) [Takeaways](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/35204337/nfl-week-14-takeaways-2022-big-questions-every-game) from week 14’s slate of games (ESPN) [Letter grades](https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl-week-14-grades-cowboys-earn-c-for-unimpressive-win-tom-bradys-buccaneers-get-an-f-for-blowout-loss/) for every team that played on Sunday (CBS Sports) [JK Dobbins](https://www.nfl.com/news/j-k-dobbins-return-jumpstarts-ravens-rushing-attack-in-win-over-steelers) ran all over the Steelers in his return to the field (NFL.com) [Nick Bosa](https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/12/12/nick-bosa-on-brock-purdy-weve-got-a-quarterback/) had high praise for his rookie quarterback (Pro Football Talk)

The Chargers went into last night's game as underdogs against the Miami Dolphins and knowing a loss would all but end their chances of making the playoffs in a ...

(The photo is by Keith Birmingham of the Pasadena Star-News and SCNG). (Who, we were told at halftime, was questionable to return.)” – Jim Alexander ( [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) and via Twitter [@KevinModesti](http://enews.newsletters.ocregister.com/q/xWONY4ngMjLA0XWFjH1jjZGa_XRg8NCBhfbZcOJdG9tLm1vb3JlQGxhbmduZXdzLmNvbcOIruy7zKIIcpLppYnBbnTFC5K3rsg). Tagovailoa came in as the league’s leading passer this year, Herbert stuck in a disappointing season. [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])) or on Twitter ( [@KevinModesti](http://enews.newsletters.ocregister.com/q/2u8vXf_0Pe950X4cwZwbU3uPhjkt6Mj42YMZcOJdG9tLm1vb3JlQGxhbmduZXdzLmNvbcOI5e-ypttLe6L6SsnfIOaXMdubouw)). [here](http://enews.newsletters.ocregister.com/q/B9uX6d4KA4W60XMGTyCK3Hj0y0PCepWsSuWZcOJdG9tLm1vb3JlQGxhbmduZXdzLmNvbcOIs86boqsxe5LfV1qJVcVF0ULDJkg) and by signing up for the Notes and Bolts email newsletter [here](http://enews.newsletters.ocregister.com/q/WLyM2m_mnuLg0X7FaM_djjGYDX_kENu6CXsZcOJdG9tLm1vb3JlQGxhbmduZXdzLmNvbcOI-UDMx8WMf7LKYYkHLfkwKJ_pHxQ), and Rams news online [here](http://enews.newsletters.ocregister.com/q/jISeXsxQwAbF0XSu9MVTR2NWZwzrW9BYNq7ZcOJdG9tLm1vb3JlQGxhbmduZXdzLmNvbcOI2X-HVC2sfoLDJGbHSphyLotp4jg) and by signing up for the Horn Blasts newsletter [here](http://enews.newsletters.ocregister.com/q/1LY-N-fT5zEp0XmRjavWMw64R0Ho4b52dqhZcOJdG9tLm1vb3JlQGxhbmduZXdzLmNvbcOI5DgoB0xkfpLuZRu_6iowfUuc_IQ). Let’s look at what we’re watching here after a quick break for the news. For fans of L.A.’s teams, the NFL season could have effectively ended a month early. [Ducks update](http://enews.newsletters.ocregister.com/q/3220dYz77Ylv0X8SQwTC9IeFX6hOhlej2_ZZcOJdG9tLm1vb3JlQGxhbmduZXdzLmNvbcOIiy47_2bzc5LJYHysLtvWRjIgpMg). To receive the newsletter in your inbox, Editor’s note: This is the Monday, Dec. [beating the Detroit Pistons](http://enews.newsletters.ocregister.com/q/x4xYxIoh_Gc70XXFRSq_j1Gqx2LMRTVeGvVZcOJdG9tLm1vb3JlQGxhbmduZXdzLmNvbcOIhM8jrkFmeYL_96B1iijq5m4fIKg).

The things that were working during a five-game winning streak have been flipped against them in back-to-back road losses against the San Francisco 49ers and ...

He is unquestionably the MVP of this team. And we have to address the alignment with eight defenders at or near the goal line on third-and-goal from the 17-yard line, which allowed the Chargers to get to the 1 on a screen and punch it in from a yard out with 18 seconds left in the first half. while Williams had 116 on six receptions, including one impressive touchdown in the back of the end zone and a deep ball where he beat cornerback Xavien Howard for 55 yards. Wilkins had a dominant stretch in the first half where he couldn’t be blocked. Defensively, Miami did a decent job of keeping the high-powered L.A. Kicker Jason Sanders made his one field goal attempt late from 55 yards to keep the Dolphins alive for one more play, an onside kick that Miami nearly recovered. He made all the challenging throws asked of him and even some smart checkdowns to Austin Ekeler, who had eight catches for 59 yards. Rowe offered strong support from the safety position with eight tackles before he left with a hamstring injury. Herbert was firing on all cylinders and finished 39 of 51 for 367 yards and the touchdown. It made for back-to-back poor outings for the third-year quarterback where there were misfires, miscommunication between he and his receivers and pass catchers just otherwise not creating separation. In a full game for Chargers receivers Keenan Allen and Mike Williams playing together after just 46 snaps with one another this season, they each had big games. The run game was just fine.

There was a sense of urgency for the Los Angeles Chargers, who prevailed in a must-win game against the Miami Dolphins on "Sunday Night Football." 14h ago.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Staley knew it was going to take a complete game for his Los Angeles Chargers squad to have a chance at beating the Miami ...

Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa authored the worst game of his career in Sunday night's 23-17 loss to the Chargers, unable to find the mark and getting ...

So, we have to go back to the drawing board, figure this out, and got to keep from losing. I know what they'll find out from me and I am excited about what I'll find out from them." "It's very disappointing for us to go out there as an offense and kind of show what we showed," Tagovailoa said. Tagovailoa struggled from the outset against a Chargers defense missing a host of key pieces. "It really just goes back to the details of how we play our offense and we're not all dialed in with that. Tua's 35.7 completion percentage was the worst by a Dolphins QB since David Woodley (31.0) in Week 15, 1980, per NFL Research.

Justin Herbert looked like he really both Keenan Allen and Mike Williams on the field together.

It was an excellent team win and we’re going to celebrate it as such. And you know who the other two plays were to round out the top five? Thought the Chargers played some excellent defense on Sunday night. So many players put together notable performances in the secondary that Staley refused to single out just one player to receive a game ball. The trio combined for 22 receptions and 261 yards alongside the aforementioned touchdown from Williams. He also had himself a crowd-pleasing scramble for a first down that actually forced a slight celebration out of the usually-stoic quarterback.

The Miami Dolphins and Los Angeles Chargers met on Sunday evening at SoFi Stadium. There were a few things we learned from the matchup.

There were also two plays, one for each, that the targets weren’t aware of the location of the ball. The quarterback and head coach will need to work on a plan to adjust. When he wasn’t in, he was getting his ankle taped and iced. There were multiple balls that were in the hands of Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle that probably should’ve been brought in for receptions. Justin Herbert hit Austin Ekeler for a 16-yard gain, putting the ball at the one-yard line. Miami’s loss was their second in as many weeks and their fifth on the season which significantly impacted their postseason odds.