Before I start this post, as I was leaving work today, a co-worker felt the need to tell me that the team on my hat sucks. I was wearing my New England hat obviously. My immediate response was to simply laugh and just state that considering that they are 6-0 that they must not suck too bad. It just cracks me up how anti-New England everyone is.
Anyways...
At the end of a short week after defeating division rivals the New York Jets, New England is faced with another division rival game against the Miami Dolphins. Miami currently has a two game winning streak. They're actually 2-0 under new coach Dan Campbell. But the GOAT himself, TB12, is currently 8-0 on playing Thursday night games. With that said, it's Tom Brady. We've got this.
Some things to note:
-Miami has 10 sacks in just 2 games so we have to protect Brady. You know Miami is going to go after him. Brady's been sacked 2 times in almost each and every game.
-New England's secondary has got to stop Jarvis Landry. The dude is a game changer and we need to shut that down.
-RBs LeGarrette Blount and Dion Lewis have to run the ball a lot and they have to do it efficiently to expose the Dolphins' weak run defense.
-New England's defense needs to tackle Miami's offense like crazy. They have to stop plays, and they have to make moves. Just last week against the Texans, Miami had a 50 yard pass and an 85 yard run.
-The Patriots have to stop Lamar Miller. Now, I hate to say this because I have him on my fantasy team and he got me 40 points last week. He's proving to be more explosive than NYJ Chris Ivory, which NE was able to shut down a little bit last week.
-Like I said previously, pass protection is a must. New England needs to protect Brady at all costs.
-New England's defense needs to force turnovers. Tannehill's already thrown 7 interceptions this season and Brady has only thrown one thus far.
-Again, Blount needs to exert his skills and balance out the offense. Lewis is active for tonight's game, however he'll most likely be limited as to not overexert him with his abdominal injury.
Many are talking about how "on fire" the Miami Dolphins are right now but look at who they've played so far. They're 3-3. They've beaten the Washington Redskins (3-4), Tennessee Titans (1-5), and the Houston Texans (2-5). Oh man! They've played some extremely talented and good teams this year...HA! Puh-lease.
In the past three match-ups with New England, Miami has won 2. The last meeting between the two last season, New England destroyed Miami 41-13.
May the better team win.
