Kendrick Bourne:

“He’s (Dexter Lawrence) a really good player. He’s a major force, a hard guy to block, big, athletic, and blocks kicks. It’s hard to move him

Kayvon Thibodeau and Azeez Ojulari don’t set the edge well in the running game, and that is the area for New England to attack. 

But if this had been the Patriots with Brady at QB, this would have been all over the network news.

There are rumors that Bill Belichick could be fired if the team loses on Sunday. Even Mike Reiss of ESPN isn’t totally discounting that one. 

“I think this has probably been his best week,” Belichick said. of Boutte ” “Performance, consistency, assignments, production.

But with Sweat (6.5 sacks) and Young (5 sacks) playing elsewhere this week, that leaves a massive void in Washington’s pass rush,

Bourne has a torn ACL. He’s been Jones’ most reliable receiver this season with 37 catches, 406 yards and four TDs. 

 Miami’s OL is banged up. With former Patriot Isaiah Wynn out, Barmore will face backup guard Lester Cotton. He should win this matchup.

The Miami running game couldn’t get much going last week against Philly. Their OL is really banged up, and they were down three starters.

the new configuration with Onwenu at RT, Sow at RG, and getting back Strange at LG worked much better than any other combination has all season

“I showed up, and all I wanted to do was to show Tedy Bruschi and Willie McGinest, Brian Cox and Roman Phifer that I belong,” said Vrabel.

With Parker and Smith-Schuster not producing, it is time to see what Bourne, Boutte, Douglas, and Thornton can do.

The defensive line did a very good job at stopping the run. Josh Jacobs rushed for 77 yards on 25 carries (3.1-yard average).

“Yeah, he’s [Reagor] a first-round pick. He’s a talented guy…But he’s been out there every day, works hard, and done a good job.

Tyquan Thornton or Kayshon Boutte may be activated this week, perhaps both. I’d play the youngsters and get them some reps,