What stood out in the first half of the Miami Dolphins’ Week 3 game against the Seattle Seahawks:

We start with the inactive list, which was again highlighted by running back Raheem Mostert, who has a chest injury. Rookie wide receiver Malik Washington, who has a quadriceps injury, also missed the game due to an injury.

Also inactive were CB Ethan Bonner, LB Channing Tindall, LB Mohamed Kamara and OL Andrew Meyer.

Tyler Huntley was designated as the emergency third quarterback, meaning that Tim Boyle — signed for the 53-man selection of the training squad on Saturday — was the replacement for Skylar Thompson, while Tua Tagovailoa was on the injured list.

The Dolphins went on defense after winning the coin toss and deferring the ball. Seattle got the ball on their 35-yard line to start, after Dee Williams decided to return the kick after catching it 4 yards into the endzone.

The Seahawks quickly got into Dolphins territory with an 18-yard pass from Geno Smith to wide receiver Tyler Lockett against zone coverage, with Smith having all day to throw.

Defensive tackle Da’Shawn Hand then made two nice plays to halt the drive. On the first, he beat a block by former Dolphins center Connor Williams and then the guard to stop Zach Charbonnet for no gain, and then easily beat guard Anthony Bradford to drop Smith for a sack.

The Dolphins began their first drive trailing 3-0, and it started well. Thompson hit De’Von Achane over the seam for a gain of 22 yards after Achane was set up as a slot receiver.

On the next play, Jaylen Wright gained 9 yards after taking a pitch, although the officials missed a horse-collar tackle violation. It may not have seemed like a big deal at the time, but it became a very big deal.

The Dolphins decided to throw on second-and-1, which wasn’t a bad move since it’s almost a free down, but Julian Hill’s missed block put Thompson under pressure and his pass was batted. When Jeff Wilson Jr. was stopped for no gain on third-and-1, Mike McDaniel made the unusual decision to attempt a 57-yard field goal instead of going for a first down, and the move backfired when Sanders missed wide left.

This was a flat out bad call by McDaniel, from this end, as Sanders really struggles from long range, McDaniel has always been aggressive and a miss gave the Seahawks the ball on their 47 after the miss.

It didn’t take long for the Seahawks to find themselves in the shadows of the Dolphins’ end zone, thanks in large part to a 22-yard completion to DK Metcalf after Smith scrambled. Kendall Fuller had great coverage on the play, but never turned it over.

The Dolphins got into Seattle territory on their second drive, but negative plays surfaced again. Achane lost 4 yards on a second-and-1 run from the Seattle 43, and then Thompson dropped the snap on third-and-5 and Dramont Jones got by Terron Armstead to tackle him.

The Dolphins got a big chance that could spark it with an interception from Kader Kohou after Emmanuel Ogbah pressured Smith in the end zone and the Dolphins scored a first-and-goal from the 6.

However, that turned out to be a disappointment as the drive failed after Julian Hill, who had a very, very poor first half, was fouled for an illegal move.

After the Dolphins had to settle for a field goal to cut their deficit to 10-3, Seattle struck quickly on the next drive when safety Jevon Holland connected hard as Metcalf made a quick move up the middle before turning downfield. The result was an easy 71-yard touchdown for the Seahawks.

Miami’s next drive started on a 31-yard kickoff return by Braxton Berrios and began with an 11-yard completion to Jaylen Waddle over the middle.

But the drive went awry after that, starting with a 1-yard loss on a run when fullback Alec Ingold never started the play because he thought the officials were stopping him. That was followed by two plays when Thompson quickly applied pressure that ended in an incomplete.

Seattle took advantage of completions of 16 and 15 yards on their next drive, reaching the Miami 36-yard line before a holding penalty stalled the drive. Jason Myers fired a field goal from 53 yards wide to the left, giving the Dolphins good field position (their 43 yards) on their next drive.

The drive started well with runs of 8 yards by Jaylen Wright and 13 yards by De’Von Achane, but the Dolphins looked to pass and it went downhill.

On first-and-10 from the Seattle 36, Durham Smythe was beaten at the line by LB Derick Hall and Robert Jones couldn’t reach him quickly enough to prevent an 8-yard sack. After a short completion to Waddle, Tyreek Hill dropped the pass on a wide receiver screen that likely wouldn’t have converted a third-and-13.

On fourth-and-13 from the 39-yard line, McDaniel punted this time, and Jake Bailey fired the ball into the end zone for a net punt of just 19 yards.

After a 17-yard pass, the defense was able to stop Seattle’s drive thanks to a sack by Zach Sieler that went around left tackle Charles Cross and a third-down blitz.

The Dolphins again gained good field position for their next drive after Braxton Berrios returned a punt 61 yards for 44 yards.

That made no difference, however, as the drive fizzled after a third-and-6 turned into a fourth-and-39 following a series of penalties, including a third on Julian Hill and a third-and-fourth on special teams.

Seattle’s final drive of the first half featured a huge tackle by Jalen Ramsey on a swing pass to Lockett, while he was blocked.

— That drive also produced two penalties (holding, false start) against former Dolphins center Connor Williams.

— The Dolphins got the ball back at their 23-yard line for one final drive of the first half, but not before using all of their timeouts.

— After a 17-yard completion to Tyreek Hill, his first catch of the half, the drive stalled until illegal contact gave Miami one final untimed play from the Seattle 49. The half ended — perhaps fittingly — with Thompson hit from behind as he took an eternity to throw the ball with time running out.

— It was a fitting and ugly end to an ugly first half.