{"id":418801,"date":"2026-10-04T23:54:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T23:54:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/418801\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T23:54:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T23:54:09","slug":"instant-analysis-minnesota-vikings-15-miami-dolphins-10-sun-sentinel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/418801\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Analysis: Minnesota Vikings 15, Miami Dolphins 10 \u2013 Sun Sentinel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quick thoughts from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/sports\/nfl\/miami-dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">South Florida Sun Sentinel staffers<\/a> on the Dolphins\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/2026\/10\/04\/dolphins-drop-ugly-penalty-riddled-defensive-struggle-against-vikings-for-fourth-straight-loss\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">loss to the Minnesota Vikings<\/a> at U.S. Bank Stadium as Miami falls to 0-4.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Perkins, Dolphins Columnist<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins had penalty issues and tight end coverage issues. The pass rush showed up and the run game showed up. But untimely errors were costly. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/2026\/10\/04\/things-we-learned-in-miami-dolphins-15-10-loss-to-minnesota-vikings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">It wasn\u2019t a bad game, all things considered. But it wasn\u2019t good<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>David Furones, Dolphins Writer<\/p>\n<p>I again commend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/2026\/10\/04\/brian-flores-ex-dolphins-coach-now-with-with-vikings-interacts-with-miami-staff-before-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Dolphins<\/a> for holding strong against an unbeaten team. The defense has shown so much the past two weeks. The pass rush got going this week and collected its first handful of sacks. Ollie Gordon also got rolling in the ground game, as Miami stacks some positives to build on coming back home.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Svekis, Assistant Sports Editor<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins keep creeping closer, this time a toe width away. And, if the pass rush does resemble what we saw Sunday, they could easily still win a few games and surrender any realistic shot at the first pick in the 2027 draft, for whoever cares about that. Incredible that the Dolphins have played teams with a combined 15-1 record if the 49ers were to hang on to their 10-3 fourth-quarter lead over the Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>Keven Lerner, Assistant Sports Editor<\/p>\n<p>The Dolphins continue to have \u2026 moments of good NFL play. They just need to start stacking those moments. Sunday, a physical pass rush and a physical run game showed up. They could very well bite some team with a much better record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quick thoughts from South Florida Sun Sentinel staffers on the Dolphins\u2019 loss to the Minnesota Vikings at U.S.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418802,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,1763,125,124,12216],"class_list":["post-418801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-minnesota-vikings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418801\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}