The New England Patriots superstar quarterback Tom Brady continued his dominant season with four touchdown passes as the Pats maintained their 7-0 streak to the 2015 National Football League (NFL) season with a 36-7 win against the Miami Dolphins.
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Wake suffered the injury late in the third quarter of the Dolphins’ loss at the New England Patriots. Where the next big coaching sensation comes along who’s got the fire and drive to challenge Bill Belichick for supremacy, only to get put in his place by the one true Alpha Male? “All the other teams’ first order of business is getting one of them”. Along with the sack, he had two tackles, one for loss before leaving the game. Why couldn’t the offense get the run game going?
– And I think we’ve pretty much established that the Patriots are in such command of their scheme that they don’t need a full week to prepare for anyone.
The rivalry between the Patriots and Colts intensified because of the “Deflategate” scandal, which began when Indianapolis reported New England was using underinflated balls during the AFC championship game last January.
Miller’s struggles placed more emphasis on Ryan Tannehill and the passing game who were unable to get anything going all night, save for one very impressive 80-yard drive to start the second half. Afterwards, the players in the locker room said they were exhausted of hearing how physical the Dolphins defense had become. The Patriots can line up as a power run team, audible, push Gronkowski wide, drop Brady back to shotgun, and all of a sudden the opposing defense isn’t playing the ’05 Steelers, they’re playing the ’99 Rams. “We came in wanting to run the football, expecting to run the football”, Tannehill said.
There’s no doubt Brady’s on a mission this year after the deflategate saga, but to only point to his stats since the beginning of the year or Super Bowl XLIV is short-sighted. The team finished the game with a mere 16 yards on 11 carries for the game. Rob Gronkowski had 113 yards receiving and a touchdown, and Dion Lewis had 93 yards receiving and one score. The belief is that you rally the team around a certain philosophy and style of play. Every team is going to get blasted at a few point this year. Their defense did a good job of confounding Brady for three quarters last Sunday, helping them build a 20-16 lead that he eventually made disappear with a pair of fourth-quarter scoring throws.
Lewis missed last week’s division clash with the New York Jets due to an abdominal injury, but looked as shifty as he had the rest of this season against the Dolphins.
“The atmosphere is a winning atmosphere”, middle linebacker Kelvin Sheppard said, “and Dan Campbell has created that”. Miami fans, players and writers thought that this would finally be the year that, even if they won’t win the AFC East they’ll be able to hang with the champs. He was replaced by Jason Fox, who filled in earlier this season when left tackle Branden Albert was out with a hamstring injury.
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The Patriots have recorded 26 sacks so far this season after adding five more Thursday night.
