Malik Willis threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score as the Miami Dolphins beat the New York Jets 28-25 on Sunday, earning their first win of the season and avoiding an 0-6 start for the first time since 2019.
Miami (1-5) scored on its first two drives and led most of the game. Trailing 28-17 with 4:44 left, the Jets (2-5) cut the deficit to 28-25 on a 12-yard touchdown catch by Mason Taylor with 3:24 remaining. Willis then gained 2 yards on fourth-and-1 to seal it. The win was first-year coach Jeff Hafley’s first in Miami.
Willis completed 14 of 21 passes for 208 yards, including a 63-yard score to rookie Caleb Douglas that made it 28-17. Ollie Gordon ran for 103 yards and a touchdown. Geno Smith threw three touchdown passes for New York, two to Taylor and one to Omar Cooper Jr., but also threw an interception. Braelon Allen rushed for 104 yards for the Jets.
The Jets have now lost eight straight games against AFC East opponents under coach Aaron Glenn. Miami’s defense also injured safety Dante Trader Jr. in the third quarter, according to the team’s coverage of the game, and New York lost defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat to a knee injury late in the second quarter.
