The Miami Dolphins defeated the Los Angeles Rams 23-15. The Dolphins now have a 3-6 overall record and the Rams are now 4-5, with a 3-2 record at home. The only other home loss they had was a close loss to the Packers.
According to ESPN, the Los Angeles Rams have agreed to trade cornerback Jalen Ramsey to the Miami Dolphins for a 2023 third-round pick and tight end Hunter Long. The NFL will process the trade on Wednesday, the official start date of the 2023 season.
The Win Puts Chargers in AFC Playoffs Conversation
The San Jose Sharks’ three-month search for a general manager ended with a barrier-breaking hire as the team made longtime NHL forward Mike Grier the first Black GM in league history.
Fired Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores sued the NFL and three teams on February 1, over alleged racist hiring practices for coaches and general managers, saying the league remains “rife with racism” even as it publicly condemns it.
The Los Angeles Chargers are one win away from earning a playoff spot after Justin Herbert continued to impress during his sophomore campaign.
“When you look at mobility of Black men and Black women in professional sports, it’s poor,” said Troy Vincent, the league’s executive vice president of football operations. The only person in a higher post in the NFL is Commissioner Roger Goodell.
Rookie vs. rookie quarterback was the story coming into the game between two teams that have been on opposite paths midway through the season.
The Rams defense played great. That’s the only positive takeaway from the 28-17 defeat handed by the Miami Dolphins.
The video footage of George Floyd being murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has outraged people throughout and beyond the United States. During this tragedy, countless athletes brazenly showed their disdain for the existence of racism in various ways.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made that a point of emphasis in his state of the league speech during Super Bowl week. So count on Goodell finding ways to more strongly implement the policy that requires teams to interview minority candidates for coaching and executive positions.
The Los Angeles Rams traded cornerback Aqib Talib and a fifth-round pick in 2020 to the Miami Dolphins on Tuesday for an undisclosed future draft choice.
Penn originally signed with Oakland as a free agent in March 2014 and was part of a roller-coaster ride during his five seasons with the team. The Raiders lost their first 10 games in Penn’s first season before turning into a playoff team with 12 wins in 2016.
DAVIE, Fla. (AP) — Hours after his team won the Super Bowl, New England Patriots linebackers coach Brian Flores was expected in South Florida to seal a deal and become the Miami Dolphins’ head coach. The Dolphins called a news conference for Monday for the anticipated introduction of the man who helped the Patriots shut down the high-scoring Los Angeles Rams with a 13-3 victory in the title game . Flores was the first person the Dolphins interviewed after they fired coach Adam Gase on Dec. 31. They decided on Jan. 11 to offer the job to Flores, the Patriots’
Donald Penn acknowledged being a big rusty when he got his first game action in more than nine months at an unfamiliar position. He was beaten for a sack on the opening drive for the Oakland Raiders and allowed a few other pressures in his first NFL start at right tackle after 170 games and three Pro Bowl selections on the left side.