Brandon LaFell dropped a fourth down pass and that was the game.
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Sunday night, former Patriot Rodney Harrison had some strong words of concern for his former team.
After a 10-0 start, the Patriots finished the season losing four of their last six games.
The Patriots have a first-round playoff bye before hosting a divisional-round game. Jones started the previous 15 games of the season despite dealing with the abdomen injury for the last month-plus. In addition to Edelman, the offense was without left tackle Sebastian Vollmer (ankle).
New England Patriots superstar quarterback Tom Brady sprained his ankle after taking a hit from Ndamukong Suh against the Miami Dolphins in Week 17.
– What has been most disappointing about the last six weeks has been the failure of anyone other than James White to step up.
Many asked, perplexed, as the Patriots appeared to be prioritizing sitting players against the Miami Dolphins to get healthy for the playoffs. “What we did or didn’t do in the past, I don’t know if that has very much relevance”, Belichick said. “A lot of guys are banged up”. So I’ll just work hard to get the right treatment. I’ve always dealt with injuries. I believe that whole-heartedly. At time this season, I felt that that some of the play calling was questionable, however this was likely a result of weather conditions, and limited personal. “I’ll be anxious to see it”.
– The offense looked atrocious against the Dolphins but I do have confidence we could see a quick turnaround. But more upsetting to the Patriots was the possibility that his injury could affect him when they return to play Cincinnati, Houston or Kansas City on January 16.
“We’ll find out where we are in a couple weeks”. That’s troubling, because this is the time of year when really good teams – the ones that win the Super Bowl rings – are cresting.
“We didn’t do enough things well enough to win”, he said.
Belichick has also not been afraid to pull the trigger on major trades just prior to the season starting.
Tom Brady only threw five passes in the half of play as the Patriots ran the ball and ran the ball again. Brady took a beating against Miami despite attempting just 21 passes. Steven Jackson had the only real production through the air early, with a 20-yard screen.
One can’t simply sweep that under the locker-room rug, especially when quarterback Tom Brady often says that the real football season begins after Thanksgiving and that’s when teams want to be playing their best. Brady achieved a career high in completions….
A New England delicacy of late. “It’s going to be about getting back to the basics, finding ways to execute better, doing the little things a little bit better”. Remember in 2007, when Moss missed most of camp and everyone was wondering how quickly they would get on the same page?
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Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill completed 25 of 38 passes for 350 yards and two touchdowns.
