On the road, playing in the humidity and with tip-off in the eastern timezone, an Oakland Raiders victory over the Miami Dolphins would not be easy, but a win was necessary to generate some much-needed positivity early into the season. The Dolphins record sat at 2-0, but they had yet to play a perfect game and could be sent to 2-1 by this Oakland team, so long as the Raiders controlled the game.
In what seems to be the norm this season, Oakland managed to play the right way for the first three-quarters and then come the fourth, they fell apart to let the Dolphins blow the game wide open.