MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Dalvin Cook dinner rushed for a 53-lawn insurance touchdown in the fourth quarter and the Minnesota Vikings held on to beat the personal injury-riddled Miami Dolphins 24-16 on Sunday.
Cook was silent most of the afternoon until eventually his score with 3:25 remaining restored Minnesota’s two-landing direct.
Miami had rallied driving Teddy Bridgewater, a former Viking who returned Sunday from concussion protocol but was only put into game action right after third-stringer Skylar Thompson injured his thumb in the second quarter.
Cook’s burst adopted a fumble by Dolphins receiver Jaylen Waddle on a push when Miami was swiftly moving the ball down the subject, trailing 16-10.
Vikings receiver Justin Jefferson, who entered the video game as the NFL’s chief in acquiring yards, had a 47-lawn capture-and-operate at the conclude of the 3rd quarter — section of a six-capture, 107-yard efficiency. That established up a 2-garden touchdown catch by Adam Thielen to make it 16-3.
Going through their fifth-straight fourth-quarter deficit, the Dolphins uncovered the close zone for the to start with time when Bridgewater threw a 4-yard TD pass to limited stop Mike Gesicki.
The Vikings protection arrived absent with an interception and fumble restoration on the Dolphins’ subsequent two possessions. Minnesota’s protection sacked Miami’s quarterbacks five moments.
The Dolphins protection put alongside one another just one of its greatest performances in a while — 3 sacks, 7 quarterback hurries, four tackles for loss — but did not get adequate help from an offense that could not change drives into factors.
Miami had three receivers — Hill, Waddle and Gesicki — with at minimum 7 catches.
Waddle and Hill both of those topped 100 acquiring yards, and Gesicki experienced two touchdown catches, like just one with considerably less than two minutes left soon after the recreation had virtually been decided.
Thompson began in location of Bridgewater and Tua Tagovailoa. He didn’t return following injuring his thumb, marking the fourth-consecutive game that a Dolphins setting up quarterback was hurt.
Bridgewater replaced Thompson with about 11 minutes left in the first half after expending most of the 7 days in the NFL’s concussion protocol. He completed with 329 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions.
Cousins was 20 for 30 with 175 yards and two touchdowns. Cook dinner ran for 77 yards on 13 carries.
Minnesota bought Jefferson and Thielen concerned on their fifth possession of the video game right after 4-consecutive a few-and-outs. The end result was a landing catch by limited stop Irv Smith Jr. for a 7-3 direct.
From the get started, Thompson appeared a lot more comfy throwing the ball than he did in previous week’s reduction to the Jets. But the Dolphins did small to assistance their rookie quarterback on their initial two drives.
Thompson had an amazing 3rd-down scramble on Miami’s opening travel, then adopted with a throw to Gesicki in limited protection for an 18-garden acquire.
Miami’s offensive line, participating in with no commencing left tackle Terron Armstead, allowed Patrick Jones to get by means of to Thompson untouched for an 8-garden sack that knocked the Dolphins out of industry goal variety.
Miami experienced yet another travel in the 1st 50 percent spoiled by five penalties in excess of 10 performs, wiping out gains of 20, 32 and 9 yards.
HONORED
The Dolphins honored Sgt. Dustin Demonte, who together with officer Alex Hamzy, was shot useless in Connecticut last Wednesday. Demonte was a lifelong Dolphins supporter and had prepared to show up at Sunday’s game.
Injuries
Dolphins: LB Trey Bouquets injured his foot in the initially quarter and did not return. … DE Emmanuel Ogbah went to the locker space in the second quarter with a back injuries but later on returned. … Nik Needham (foot) was carted off the field in the next quarter and was right away dominated out. He could not set any bodyweight on his ideal ankle just after struggling an damage covering Thielen. … Keion Crossen (knee) left just just before halftime and did not return. … Waddle appeared to hurt his remaining arm right after a 49-lawn capture-and-run in the fourth quarter.
UP Upcoming
Vikings: Have a bye future week, host Arizona on Oct. 30.
Dolphins: Host Pittsburgh on Oct. 23 at 8:20 p.m.
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