Cardinals spoil Tua Tagovailoa's return with walk-off field goal to beat Dolphins

The Arizona Cardinals spoiled Tua Tagovailoa’s instrumentality for the Miami Dolphins arsenic they kicked a game-winning tract extremity arsenic clip expired to win, 28-27, connected Sunday day connected the road.

The Cardinals moved to 4-4 connected the year, portion the Dolphins fell to 2-5. 

Tagovailoa, playing for the archetypal clip since suffering a concussion successful Week 2, got disconnected to a roaring commencement with a 10-play touchdown thrust to get his Dolphins up 7-0 arsenic Raheem Mostert walked into the extremity portion from 1 gait out. 

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Arizona Cardinals backmost Kyler Murray runs for a archetypal down precocious successful the 4th fourth against the Miami Dolphins astatine Hard Rock Stadium. (Jim Rassol-Imagn Images)

By the extremity of the archetypal quarter, the Dolphins were up 10-0, arsenic Kyler Murray and the Cardinals’ discourtesy were dilatory to get started. 

But Murray was capable to find Michael Wilson successful the backmost of the extremity portion from six yards retired to get connected the committee successful the 2nd quarter. 

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It was the 2nd half, though, wherever the Cardinals got going, and it was acknowledgment to a information aft Tagovailoa fumbled and the shot went retired of bounds successful the extremity portion for 2 points to marque it 20-12. 

Arizona made the champion of getting the shot close backmost arsenic Murray placed a cleanable walk to rookie Marvin Harrison Jr. for a 22-yard touchdown, breaking down Miami’s pb adjacent more.

But the Dolphins were capable to respond arsenic Tagovailoa worked his mode downfield wherever Mostert got into the extremity portion again, this clip from six yards retired to marque it a 27-18 crippled successful favour of the location team.

Miami Dolphins backmost Tua Tagovailoa throws the shot against the Arizona Cardinals during the 3rd 4th astatine Hard Rock Stadium. (Sam Navarro-Imagn Images)

Murray, though, continued to conflict successful the 2nd half, getting chunk plays near and close by scrambling retired of the pouch and yet giving James Conner the accidental to bust into the extremity portion from 2 yards out. 

Needing a antiaircraft stop, the Dolphins were forced to punt, giving the Cardinals 5 minutes to enactment with to instrumentality the lead. And knowing lone a tract extremity was needed for the win, the Cardinals were methodical with their thrust and continued to prime up archetypal downs to termination the clock. 

A important archetypal down from Murray connected third-and-four from Miami’s 27-yard enactment allowed the Cardinals to tally retired the timepiece truthful Chad Ryland could footwear his 3rd game-winning tract extremity of the twelvemonth already, this clip from 34 yards retired arsenic clip expired. 

Tagovailoa’s instrumentality to the tract saw a 28-for-38 enactment for 234 yards with 1 passing touchdown to De’Von Achane, though Tyreek Hill saw 1 of his amended stat lines with his backmost successful the lineup again. He had six receptions for 72 yards. 

Arizona Cardinals moving backmost James Conner celebrates the triumph against the Miami Dolphins with fans astatine Hard Rock Stadium. (Jim Rassol-Imagn Images)

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Meanwhile, Murray threw for 307 yards connected 26-for-36 passing, and helium had 2 receivers spell implicit 100 yards arsenic choky extremity Trey McBride led the crippled with 124 yards and Harrison needed conscionable six receptions for 111 yards and his score.

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