The other two teams in the division played each other. Tight end Martellus Bennett had his best game catching the ball.
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“The guys did a good job of staying calm, ” he said.
In the meantime the Patriots have been the most impressive team through the NFL’s first two weeks, they have been a machine-like offense and defensively, they have caused turnovers and wrecked havoc on passing games with an impressive pass rush.
They stretched the field – Landry had a 33-yard reception, Parker had one for 28, Stills had one for 24 – and got YAC (Yards After Catch). It was the 11th time Blount rushed for a 100 yards in his career.
Brissett’s first two National Football League passes, quick outs to Julian Edelman, weren’t handled.
The victory, however, did not come without a cost.
The injury to Jimmy Garoppolo couldn’t have come at a worse time considering regular starter Tom Brady is expected to return from his suspension soon.
“I wasn’t even thinking about that”, Edelman said. “He just landed on his shoulder”.
It’s Jacoby Brissett’s tryout now.
Garoppolo had completed 18-of-27 passes for 234 yards and three touchdowns before leaving the game. Rookie Kenyan Drake scored a touchdown for the Dolphins and running back Jay Ayaji saw his first action of the season. “They opened up a lot of big holes for me to run through”. Tannehill’s final desperation pass was intercepted in the end zone.
“We couldn’t get anything going”, Dolphin quarterback Ryan Tannehill said about the rough start.
Back to the blitz pickup, though – Belichick and McDaniels surely must be excited that their young guns are recognizing when defenses want to send the house, and making them pay for it.
Miami won the coin toss and elected to defer the opening kickoff.
There was another potential turning point when Alonso recovered a New England fumble in the middle of the field, but Miami wasted that a minute later when Landry coughed it up.
Ravens receiver Steve Smith caught three passes for 64 yards in the win over Cleveland to leapfrog Hall of Famer James Lofton for 10th place on the NFL’s all-time receiving yards list.
Garoppolo was drafted as the 62nd overall pick by the Patriots back in the 2014 draft.
HISTORICAL REFERENCE: New England last had to make an injury-related adjustment at quarterback in 2008 when Brady suffered a knee injury in the Patriots’ opener.
Miami punted again on its next drive and the Patriots converted their third consecutive scoring drive.
The New England Patriots narrowly escaped Foxboro with a 31-24 victory over the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, but the team did receive some good news on the injury front following the game. Take a second to sign up for our FREE Patriots newsletter!
On the play he was hurt, Ware just missed wrapping up Colts quarterback Andrew Luck and appeared to run into a teammate.
A large group of reporters surround Tim Tebow on his first day with the New England Patriots. Miami also lost linebacker Spencer Paysinger in the first half.
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A year after NY and New Orleans combined to score 101 points, the Giants edged the Saints 16-13 on Josh Brown’s 23-yard field goal as time expired.
