Rob0729

He we go:

1. It wasn't pretty on offense today, but they got it done when it mattered. Brady just seemed off today. I don't know if he was thinking of Gisselle and impending fatherhood or not, but he missed a lot of wide open receivers today. His INT was Sanchez-like.
2. Granted the rest of the offense had its issues. Too many receivers falling down and running bad routes. The o-line was really down three starters with Mankins not making the trip, Connolley going out quickly, and Vollmer looking like a shadow of himself (reports before the game he looked to be in so much pain that people didn't think he would play). In the end they all stepped up for the most part.
3. Kudos to Trevor Scott. We see now what the Pats' like in him. Two sacks including the strip sack that Wilfork recovered the ball. Both Cunningham and Jones gone and the defense seemed better than it was a few weeks ago.
4. Still concerned about the consistency of the secondary. Both Arrington and Talib were up and down all game. Both made some great plays and really bad ones. Luckily Tannenhill and his receivers couldn't capitalize on them and Arrington got away with a facemask call that would have been huge.
5. Liked seeing the defense carry the offense in a game. The Dolphins' offense isn't great. So we cannot get too excited, but the defense kept the Pats in the league when the offense stalled. Definitely could help build confidence in the defense going into the playoffs.
6. I don't buy this was a trap game and the Pats were looking past the Dolphins. I give the Dolphins' defense a lot of credit. They are a good unit and they gave Brady fits at time taking advantage of the Pats' makeshift o-line (something the Jets couldn't do).
7. Congratulations to the Pats on yet another division title. Hopefully, this is the first of many hat and T-Shirts they earn for the 2012-2013 season.

MrNathanDrake

after being in cold weather for X amount of weeks, going down to warm miami weather always throws things off a bit.

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Bring on the 2012 Season

mosi

Man, there were a ton of dropped balls by the Pats. Brady was off but the they almost seemed afraid to run the ball until the very end. Good game to have before a big game against a much better team.

Rob0729

I forgot to mention the dropped balls. Both Welker and Hernandez had big dropped ball non-catches. Welker's would have been a TD.

IndianPat

Personally, I am happy the Pats ground out a win against a TOUGH defense. Pats have two more tough defenses to play the next two weeks. These 3 games and the last one again with Dolphins will battle test the Pats and help them primed up for the playoffs.

VrabelJr

Yeah the Dolphin's defense are no slouches. Sure their Secondary isn't the hottest but that Front 7 is pretty damn mean. And they have a lot of depth to boot. There's nothing wrong with a good win on the road in the division in the month of December.

Rob0729

I am not trashing the win. Good win against a team that usually plays teams tough even when they lose. Most of their games have been won or lost by 3-4 points this season.

fnordcircle

Nothing wrong with that win at all. I only see positives.

A patchwork offensive line gave Brady a reasonable amount of time in spite of some great rushes from Wake et al.

Pass heavy at the beginning but we ran when it counted - how can you not love that last drive?

Some drops and some bad throws and one pretty great INT - these are things that historically-speaking, we don't see a lot of so I'm looking at them as aberrations.

Loved our defense today. Some big plays given up but they were stout, forced 3 fumbles and only let them in the endzone once. They aren't perfect but they were somewhere between mediocre and good which is a world of improvement from just a few weeks ago.

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VrabelJr

I wasn't saying you were. I was actually re-enforcing your belief that this was a good win and not a trap game.

Rob0729

Sorry, after being called a doom and gloomer in another threat, I am overly sensitive.