The Dolphins were down 11 points in the third quarter of a game that saw them getting the better of the Bills everywhere outside of the scoreboard, which would have made for another painful loss had things remained that way for the rest of the afternoon.
Things went the other way, though, and the Dolphins closed with a convincing win over their AFC East rivals. The Dolphins scored three touchdowns and their defense shut down the Bills for most of the final 20 minutes to emerge with a 28-25 victory.
Reggie Bush scored a touchdown with 14 seconds left to play to cut the Dolphins lead down from 11 points, but the Dolphins recovered the onside kick to ice their third win of the year.
Jay Ajayi did a lot of the heavy lifting on offense for the Dolphins as he ran for 214 yards and a touchdown while becoming the fourth player in NFL history to run for 200 yards in back-to-back games. Ajayi set up the go-ahead touchdown with a 14-yard run before leaving the game briefly, but came back before the day was out and appeared to be fine.
Ryan Tannehill put the finishing touches on the win by hitting wide receiver Kenny Stills for a 66-yard touchdown with a little more than two minutes left to play in the game. Tannehill was 15-of-25 for 198 yards overall and converted several key third downs through the air over the course of the afternoon.
Tyrod Taylor couldn’t do the same for the Bills. He hit Marquise Goodwin for a 67-yard touchdown in the third quarter and converted short fields into 10 first-half points, but the Bills couldn’t consistently move the ball. LeSean McCoy left after his hamstring flared up and the Bills ended the afternoon with 67 rushing yards and just 267 yards overall with 75 of those yards coming once the Bills were already down 11 in the fourth quarter.
The Bills had been hot on the ground heading into Miami, but the Dolphins defense was in fine form Sunday. Ndamukong Suh had a sack and three quarterback hits, Mario Williams was active in both phases against his former team and Cameron Wake added 1.5 more sacks of Taylor