Steelers rally with 4 straight touchdown drives to dominate Dolphins, eliminate Miami from playoff contention

The Pittsburgh Steelers enactment unneurotic 4 consecutive touchdown drives for the archetypal clip successful 7 years connected the mode to a ascendant triumph implicit the Miami Dolphins, 28-15, connected Monday night.

The Steelers prime up a much-needed victory, arsenic their 8-6 grounds keeps them atop the AFC North part with the Baltimore Ravens down them astatine 7-7 with 3 games remaining.

Meanwhile, the Dolphins, find themselves losing their archetypal crippled successful 5 contests to autumn to 6-8 and retired of the playoff contention successful the AFC.

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DK Metcalf of the Pittsburgh Steelers runs into the extremity portion for a touchdown during the 3rd 4th of the crippled against the Miami Dolphins astatine Acrisure Stadium connected Dec. 15, 2025 successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Joe Sargent/Getty Images)

It was a antiaircraft conflict successful freezing Pittsburgh for astir of the archetypal fractional until yet the Steelers got connected the committee with a touchdown. A 12-play thrust ended with Connor Heyward plunging into the extremity portion connected a backmost sneak to marque it a 7-3 shot game.

Little did the Dolphins cognize Aaron Rodgers and institution were astir to spell connected a scoring tally to commencement the 2nd half.

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The 3rd 4th started with the Steelers going 71 yards connected conscionable six plays, arsenic Rodgers spotted Marquez Valdes-Scantling streaking to the near broadside of the tract for a 19-yard touchdown catch.

Then, aft forcing a three-and-out, the Steelers went close backmost down the field, and it was prima receiver D.K. Metcalf showcasing his spot by throwing disconnected Minkah Fitzpatrick and avoiding different Dolphins to combat for a 28-yard touchdown catch-and-run to stroke the doors unfastened astatine 21-3.

Finally, the 4th consecutive touchdown was Jonnu Smith getting the uncommon choky extremity rushing attempt, and helium made the champion of it with a 14-yard touchdown.

Aaron Rodgers and Marquez Valdes-Scantling of the Pittsburgh Steelers observe aft scoring a touchdown during the 3rd 4th of the crippled against the Miami Dolphins astatine Acrisure Stadium connected Dec. 15, 2025 successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)

Tua Tagovailoa and the Dolphins’ offense, notorious for not being capable to relation successful the cold, were capable to find the colored overgarment with choky extremity Darren Waller winning a leap shot to marque it 28-9 aft a failed two-point conversion. But their efforts were excessively little, excessively late.

Waller was capable to people 1 much clip with 2:32 remaining successful the 4th fourth to adhd to a personally coagulated performance, but aft the Steelers recovered the onside kick, the Steelers ran retired the clock.

In the container score, Rodgers was an businesslike 23-of-27 for 224 yards with 2 touchdowns. Metcalf was the team’s starring receiver with 55 yards, though Rodgers was capable to implicit a walk to 8 antithetic Steelers receivers.

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Pittsburgh besides saw large contributions connected discourtesy from Kenneth Gainwell, who not lone had 80 rushing yards connected 13 carries, but a team-leading 7 catches for 46 yards.

For the Dolphins, Tagovailoa finished 22-of-28 for 254 yards with 2 touchdowns and 1 interception. Waller broke retired astatine the extremity of the game, tallying 7 receptions for 66 yards with his 2 scores, portion De’Von Achane had 68 yards receiving and 60 yards rushing connected the night.

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