Dolphins hold off Jets 25-28 at MetLife behind Douglas's two touchdowns

Twenty-one points before halftime. That was the number Miami carried into the break at MetLife Stadium on October 25, and the cushion that decided a 28-25 escape against the New York Jets — a deficit the home side spent the entire second half trying to erase.

The first quarter alone produced three touchdowns. Caleb Douglas struck first for Miami, Mason Taylor answered for New York, and Ollie Gordon II restored the Dolphins' lead at 7-14. Malik Willis pushed it further in the second quarter — the only scoring of the period — while the Jets were held off the board entirely, and Miami walked in at 21-7.

New York chipped back in increments, winning the third quarter 7-0. Omar Cooper Jr. scored, Jason Sanders cut it to 17-21 with a fourth-quarter field goal, and when Douglas crossed again — 17-28 with the extra point — the game looked settled. It wasn't. Taylor scored a touchdown without the extra point, then converted his own two-point try, and the scoreboard read 25-28 for the last time.

Douglas was the difference: two touchdowns, the game's first score and the fourth-quarter strike that stretched the lead to eleven, half of Miami's four trips to the end zone. Every Dolphins touchdown came with the extra point. Taylor nearly matched him single-handedly — two touchdowns plus the two-point conversion, 14 of the Jets' 25 points from one player — but his final swing stopped three points short.

Miami flew home with the win. The Jets flew home with a two-point decision and a first half they will spend all week rewatching.