Patriots Replay: Key plays from New England’s win over Miami

Here’s our weekly look at the key plays in the Patriots’ game after reviewing the film.

Brilliant play-calling

Offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels was on top of his game in Sunday’s win.

Jimmy Garoppolo gets the ball out to TE Martellus Bennett before the Dolphins’ six-man blitz gets there. Notice the downfield block by WR Julian Edelman.

Bennett beats two Dolphins to the corner, then pulls off a 26-yard gain thanks to a downfield block from WR Chris Hogan.

Later in the first quarter ...

Garoppolo again rolls out, but this time three Dolphins defenders key on Bennett as Hogan streaks across the middle …

… and Hogan is wide open for the 19-yard gain.

Once again, Edelman laid out a Dolphins defender with a big block.

Ground and pound

The Patriots got some great run blocking after Garoppolo’s exit.

Martellus Bennett seals off the defensive end, while Shaq Mason and Marcus Cannon double team the tackle.

Joe Thuney seals off the safety …

… and Blount has a huge hole for a 9-yard TD run.

Game of inches

In the fourth quarter, Dolphins QB Ryan Tannehill looks left at TE Jordan Cameron the whole way, but Jamie Collins has his body turned to the right.

And that extra step allows Tannehill to squeeze the ball in to Cameron just past Collins’s reach.

Offensive snap counts

	Cardinals (71)	Dolphins (80)	Total (151)	Percentage
G Joe Thuney	71	80	151	100%
C David Andrews	71	80	151	100%
T Marcus Cannon	71	80	151	100%
TE Martellus Bennett	69	80	149	99%
OT Nate Solder	0	65	65	43%
WR Julian Edelman	61	63	124	82%
WR Chris Hogan	55	63	118	78%
RB LeGarrette Blount	42	51	93	62%
QB Jimmy Garoppolo	71	42	113	75%
G Ted Karras	58	41	99	66%
G Shaq Mason	14	39	53	35%
QB Jacoby Brissett	0	38	38	25%
WR Malcolm Mitchell	39	31	70	46%
RB James White	26	28	54	36%
FB James Develin	17	24	41	27%
TE Clay Harbor	0	22	22	15%
WR Danny Amendola	19	19	38	25%
T Cameron Fleming	71	16	87	58%
WR Matt Slater	4	14	18	12%
RB DJ Foster	0	4	4	3%
TE AJ Derby	20	0	20	13%
RB Brandon Bolden	3	0	3	2%

Defensive snap counts

	Cardinals (61)	Dolphins (65)	Total (126)	Percentage
S Devin McCourty	61	65	126	100%
LB Jamie Collins	61	65	126	100%
CB Malcolm Butler	61	64	125	99%
CB Justin Coleman	40	59	99	79%
CB Logan Ryan	61	57	118	94%
S Patrick Chung	60	57	117	93%
DE Chris Long	39	46	85	67%
DE Jabaal Sheard	44	45	89	71%
DT Malcom Brown	30	39	69	55%
LB Shea McClellin	24	39	63	50%
DT Alan Branch	31	37	68	54%
DE Trey Flowers	21	37	58	46%
LB Jon Freeny	6	36	42	33%
S Duron Harmon	29	31	60	48%
DT Vincent Valentine	20	17	37	29%
CB Cyrus Jones	5	8	13	10%
LB Elandon Roberts	0	6	6	5%
LB Barkevious Mingo	0	5	5	4%
S Jordan Richards	1	2	3	2%
LB Donta Hightower	58	0	58	46%
DT Anthony Johnson	20	0	20	16%