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Let me lead in by saying Joey Porter is an idiot who really needs to keep his mouth shut. He really hasn't made an impactful play since he sacked Sean Hill on 4th and 5 to end the 49ers game last season during the winning streak. However, while I agree winning the game and shutting him up is sweet from a New England perspective if anyone thinks Joey Porter's comments motivated New England to be able to beat Miami (a team with no WR's who can catch) in essentially a 7 point game doesn't think too highly of the Patriots. Seriously if you go up and down the rosters do you think, well Miami is better but their OLB really pissed off the Patroits which motivated them to victory. I seriously doubt that. Also, Porter has a lot of stat less or weak statistical games. His role in Miami has pretty much been one dimensional as a pass rusher which I find odd because I thought he was a decent all around OLB in Pittsburgh, but that's neither here nor there. The Patriots are a better team than Miami, that's why the won the game, but the gap is closing which from the perspective of a Miami fan is pretty cool considering this was a one win team just 2 seasons ago.
The Dolphins don't have a QB, unless they bring Pennington back next season. They don't have a passing game. 1/2 of their running game will be retiring after next season, according to reports. Taylor and Porter are aging and won't be around soon, which means that what little pass rush the team does have is going to evaporate.
I'm not sure that the 'gap' has closed all that much, other the the impact of New England needing a WR3 upgrade on the roster. Certainly, the early results of the latest draft would tend to favor the Patriots over any other team in the division.