Instead, they're a game and a half back and Arizona already owns the tiebreaker with one more head-to-head matchup still to come. The Rams' three-game winning streak clawed them back into the top 15 of power rankings but Monday's loss sank them a few spots.

The Los Angeles Rams had a chance on primetime television to win their fourth consecutive game, move to 5-4 on the season and come within a half-game of the Arizona Cardinals at the top of the NFC West.

The Dolphins beat the Rams and kept their slim playoff hopes alive as they scrapped their way to one of their timeliest, and ugliest, victories in the coach Mike McDaniel era.