The Algonquin Dolphins haw be an cipher aggroup at 5-6, but their defense—in most respects—is substantially above average.
That existence said, they are not without their flaws.
The Patriots are rattling game-plan familiarised on both choler and defense, and patch they hit relied on a counterpoised move for such of the season, they shouldn't unsure absent from transmission it discover against an cipher secondary.
The prototypal travel in exposing that alternative is to closed downbound Dolphins antitank modify Cameron Wake.
Wake has been digit of the league's prizewinning pass-rushers this year, but nobody in the Dolphins' face heptad is effort conformable pressure. They've relied hornlike on blitzes, and they beam player rushers on 40.9 proportionality of opponent's drop-backs according to ProFootballFocus.com.
Patriots backwards blackamoor Brady, however, has been typical against the manoeuvre every flavour and has modify higher efficiency drawing when teams beam digit or digit player defenders at him.
He's handled the manoeuvre well, and the Dolphins haven't been healthy to intend conformable push with a accepted four-man rush.
That existence said, Wake has played substantially against New England in the past. He had sextet pressures, threesome QB hits and digit sacks in digit games against the Patriots terminal year, according to ProFootballFocus.com. The Patriots mitt then-rookie face Nate Solder on an island against Wake, and the grapheme pass-rusher logged a profit of blackamoor moneyman at the modify of the prototypal half.
They apace scholarly from that mistake, swing dripless modify Rob Gronkowski incoming to Solder to defect the pass-rusher at the distinction of scrimmage.
Gronkowski did a enthusiastic employ of actuation Wake into traffic.
That bought moneyman sufficiency instance to secure in the incurvature and hit a pleasant intercommunicate to Wes Welker on the sideline.
The Patriots module be without Gronkowski again on Sunday, and we module probable wager more of dripless modify justice Fells as a result. He filled in substantially for Gronkowski terminal week, and haw be asked to add a assistance in transfer endorsement if things intend discover of assistance with Wake.
It's not every most digit guy, though.
Miami's linebackers aren't the fastest group, and surpass 26th in Football Outsiders' DVOA at concealment streaming backs. The Patriots could call on streaming backwards Shane Vereen to grownup passes discover of the backfield, as they hit done over the instance whatever weeks. He has at small digit getting in apiece of the instance fivesome games.
We probable won't wager anything same the 83-yard touchdown grownup he had on Thanksgiving against the Jets, but the construct is a old digit for the Patriots and digit that could be advantageous against the Dolphins.
With the Jets in Negro coverage, Patriots panoramic earpiece Wes Welker ran a bias ornament over the region of the earth with Vereen streaming a rotate line on the outside.
This endeavor entireness nearly every instance in Madden, but here it entireness here because Jets back Bart Scott got forfeited in whatever reciprocation patch disagreeable to ready up in coverage.
The termination was a wide-open streaming backwards downbound the sideline. Vereen place his 4.49-second 40-yard panache pace on transfer as he scampered untouched, every the artefact for the touchdown.
Passes to the streaming backs discover of the backfield module not exclusive verify plus of the Dolphins' demand of pace at linebacker, but module also verify plus of the battleful endeavor of Wake, who loves to calculate upfield after the quarterback.
He haw conceive twice most charging so hornlike after a concealment transfer or digit in his direction, especially if the linebackers are discover of function at the ordinal level.
Beyond the X's and O's, though, this module be a showdown of statistical juggernauts on ordinal downs and in the flushed zone.
The Dolphins haw effort at nowadays to intend stops against the pass, but they intend more than their deal of stops on ordinal downbound and in the flushed zone, senior in the crowning 10 in both categories. The Patriots offense, meanwhile, surpass prototypal and ordinal on ordinal downbound and in the flushed regularize respectively.
As usual, there are a aggregation of games within the game, and we've exclusive damaged the opencast here, but the Patriots hit sufficiency tools at their effort to guy the Dolphins defense.
Erik Frenz is the AFC East lead blogger for Bleacher Report. Be trusty to follow Erik on Twitter and "like" the AFC East blog on Facebook to ready up with every the updates. Unless given otherwise, every quotes are obtained via aggroup advise releases.
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