Published October 25, 2026 02:21 PM
The Dolphins have Jeff Hafley is in position for his first win as an NFL head coach.
Malik Willis’s two-yard touchdown run with six seconds left in the first half has Miami up 21-7 on the Jets at halftime at MetLife Stadium. Willis also threw a touchdown during the best half of play that the Dolphins have turned in this season.
Willis is 10-of-13 for 128 yards and he’s run five times for 37 yards, including a five-yard scramble on fourth down that helped set up his touchdown run. Running back Ollie Gordon has 14 carries for 58 yards and a touchdown while tight end Greg Dulcich has five catches for 86 yards.
Gordon’s touchdown at the end of the first drive of the game gave the Dolphins their first lead of the season, but it only lasted a couple of minutes before Geno Smith hit tight end Mason Taylor for a game-tying touchdown. The Dolphins moved back in front on Willis’s touchdown pass and the Jets were driving again when Smith threw a pass right to Dolphins rookie safety Michael Taaffe. Taaffe read the play perfectly and jumped the route to create a turnover in the red zone and the Jets never threatened to score more points before the break.
They will get the ball to start the third quarter, but their defense will need to improve by leaps and bounds to pull off a comeback.