POSITIVE
- Third Quarter
- after years of being known as a second half team the pats this year have been down right atrocious. Outscoring the Dolphins 17-0 in the third quarter is an enormous step in the right direction.
- Aaron Dobson
- known by many in New England as Aaron "Dropson" for his noticeably bad drops and occasional complete miscommunication with Brady he actually has been quite good especially in today's matchup where his catches went for more then half of Brady's total yardage. he caught four passes on five targets and torched the dolphins corners on a long comeback route. All of his drops have one thing in common, he's open and once he starts seeing the ball in he will be very useful.
- Secondary play
- Even if you don't include Mccourty's insane tip to Cole for an interception he secondary played well, Especially in the second half when they played tight man coverage. Logan Ryan dropped a should have been near pick 6 and both Mccourty and Gregory played admirably over the top. Not to say it was perfect, alot of easy underneath passes in the first but without talib that wasa a great showing.
- Resiliance
- Gotta love the way they fought and turned the game around
- Offensive play calling
- Ridley was a beast but only had 14 carries?
- No routes over the middle of the field
- Running on third and 2 when you are down......
- then running on third and 5...
- then running on third with 2 minutes left with a chance to put away the game.
- Brady's love affair with gronk
- Brady must have forced the ball to gronk in double or triple coverage 3 or 4 times. also another route gets undercut when Brady tries to force it to gronk. Gronk only caught 2 passes despite being targeted multiple times because he WASN'T OPEN, don't force the ball.
- lots of blitzing
- Not to say i didn't enjoy watching the patriots blitz and crush Tannahill in the second half, but all the blitzing came because the pats couldn't get pressure with 4 men rushing. against a weak o- line I expected better.
- Amendola/ Thompkins
- Amendola has had no impact since coming back, and Thompkins wasn't even targeted after being a major option in games past
