Dolphins offense gets going, but Tyreek Hill's knee injury overshadows win over Jets

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- If you're unfamiliar with the word Pyrrhic victory, the Miami Dolphins' triumph Monday nighttime implicit the New York Jets should assistance you understand.

Sure, the Dolphins earned their archetypal triumph of the season, redeeming them from losing 3 part games earlier the extremity of September, but they mislaid prima wide receiver Tyreek Hill successful the process.

Hill suffered what the squad fears is simply a dislocated near genu aboriginal successful the 3rd 4th and was rapidly carted disconnected the tract and taken to a section infirmary for further imaging. It's a shocking wounded to 1 of Miami's astir durable players -- not conscionable due to the fact that of its gruesome quality but due to the fact that of his value to this team's offense.

Only Justin Jefferson has much receiving yards than Hill since 2022, and lone Malik Nabers, A.J. Brown and Davante Adams person commanded a higher percent of his team's targets.

The Dolphins overcame 1 situation Monday nighttime successful breaking a winless streak that extended backmost to the 2024 season. The Fins present look a full caller acceptable of challenges arsenic they hole for beingness without Hill.

Miami Dolphins

Turning Point: The Dolphins haven't played without Tyreek Hill overmuch since trading for him successful 2022; helium missed conscionable 1 crippled successful his archetypal 3 seasons with the team. But that fig volition summation importantly aft Hill's genu wounded Monday. Miami responded with consecutive scoring drives, however, providing a glimmer of anticipation for an discourtesy built astir its champion player.

Most astonishing performance: If you had Darren Waller catching 2 touchdown passes successful his archetypal crippled enactment since January 2024, you mightiness privation to look into buying a lottery ticket. Waller was a commanding beingness successful the reddish zone, high-pointing Tagovailoa's archetypal touchdown walk of the nighttime and toed tapping successful the backmost of the extremity portion to implicit the catch. Waller besides reeled successful a 9-yard scoring walk successful which helium created astir 4 yards of separation, according to NextGen Stats.With Hill expected to miss the remainder of the season, Waller's debut suggests he's acceptable to play a large relation successful Miami's offense.

Trend to watch: The Dolphins failed to incorporate Justin Fields the past clip helium played them, erstwhile helium rushed for 178 yards arsenic a subordinate of the Chicago Bears successful 2022. He spearheaded a ascendant Jets tally crippled Monday night, rushing for 81 of the team's 197 yards connected the crushed -- including a highlight-worthy 43-yard touchdown transportation successful the 3rd quarter. Monday's crippled represented a play precocious successful rushing yards allowed by a Dolphins squad that has fixed up astatine slightest 120 rushing yards successful each 4 games this play - and much than 150 yards successful 3 of them.

Next game: astatine Carolina Panthers (1 p.m. ET, Oct. 5)

New York Jets

There was nary sideline dancing for manager Aaron Glenn this week. He wore a blank look for overmuch of the game, arsenic the Jets resembled a blistery messiness successful a sloppy, mistake-filled loss.

The sobering world for Glenn: He joins Adam Gase and Lou Holtz arsenic the lone coaches to commencement their Jets vocation with 4 consecutive losses. If you cognize thing astir the Jets' history,...