It was quite an eventful first quarter in Miami. It began with each team appearing to fumble the ball. The first was Raiders Michael Mayer who had a potential catch punched out on what was initially ruled a fumble that was returned for a TD by the Dolphins. But Mayer never had possession so it was ruled incomplete and the Raiders punted it away.
On the ensuring Dolphins drive, Tua Tagovailoa scrambled up the middle where Luke Masterson punched the ball out. The play was blown dead and Tua was ruled down. But Antonio Pierce challenged that Tua wasn’t down. The ruling was overturned, with the Raiders taking over on the Marcus Epps recovery.
The Raiders would get the ball in field goal range and were unable get a TD out of it, settling for a field goal.
When the Dolphins got it back, they drove downfield and finished it off with an electric Tyreek Hill touchdown catch.
THERE GOES HILL 🐆💨
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— Miami Dolphins (@MiamiDolphins) November 19, 2023
Hill showed off his elite speed and quickness, making the catch and outrunning three Raiders DBs to score.
The Raiders answer back with a deep touchdown to their own elite receiver. Davante Adams got behind the secondary and Aidan O’Connell dropped the ball perfrectly into him for the touchdown.
DAVANTE. ADAMS.#LVvsMIA | 📺 CBS pic.twitter.com/7avWnIHEaG
— Las Vegas Raiders (@Raiders) November 19, 2023
With the early field goal off the takeaway, that gave the Raiders the lead back at 10-7. And all in the first quarter.
