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"It's always tough to go on the road, in this division, and play down there at this time of year," said Belichick. "It looks like Miami has played well in their preseason games. They have a lot of weapons on offense, they’re a big physical defensive team that has good speed and athleticism with their linebackers and defensive backs. [They are] much improved in the kicking game from where they were last year. It will be a big challenge for us. We have a lot of work to do to get ready for a team that has quite a bit of volume with their scheme. Offensively and defensively, they do a lot of different things that you have to prepare for and that will be challenging as well."
"We can go back and look at all the things they did last year and some of those may apply," said Belichick. "With Coach [Tony] Sparano -- and I’m sure he had a lot of input into things -- but with [offensive coordinator] Brian Daboll there now, he has some new ideas. How much they’ll retain from last year, how much they’ll put in new, how many new things they have with a player like Reggie that they haven’t shown -- that’s a big question mark, too. No question, from a preparation standpoint there are a lot of possibilities and we know they won’t be able to do all of them -- we just don’t which ones they’ll do or which ones they’ll feature. From a game plan standpoint, that’s difficult. You kind of have to be careful, if you have too many things for something they don’t even do then you wind up wasting a lot of time on that. If you have not enough for something they do a lot of, you could be caught short. That could be a problem too. It’s definitely from a preparation stand-point, it’s a little bit of a guessing game going into this opening game. We just haven’t seen them run their best stuff under gotta-have-it conditions yet."
"There are a lot of things that stand out to me from their defense," said O'Brien. "They’re a very multiple defense. They mix it up, [they] mix up calls, mix up looks –- tough defense. [They’re] one of the top defenses in the league. Their secondary is big, fast, play a lot of different coverages. I think their linebackers obviously are basically the same as they were last year except for [Kevin] Burnett who is a very athletic [and] active guy. Obviously, Cameron Wake is a guy there that is [a] 3-4 outside linebacker and also a sub-rusher and an excellent player. Their defensive line is big and stout, and a good defensive line. So, it’s definitely a challenge for us."
Given New England's trouble with pressure against the Lions, Wake is a player in the spotlight on the defensive side of the ball (and don't forget that Jason Taylor is back in Miami).
"They do a great job with [Wake]," said O'Brien. "Coach [Mike] Nolan does a great job with him. As they do with a lot of their players on defense -- he’ll line up in a lot of spots. He could be outside linebacker on one snap and the next snap he could be inside rusher, he could be a defensive end in their nickel package, so they do a good job of moving him around, so it will be tough to get a beat on where he’s lining up.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4702055/pats-staff-sizes-up-fins
 
MNF crew sizes up Dolphins:

- ESPN Crew Laughing at the Dolphins – An interesting note from Palm Beach Sports reporter Benjamin Volin, who spoke to the Monday night crew on Tuesday. Volin said via Twitter that Tom Jackson said the Dolphins pass rush will be key, saying “I’m going to put it on Cameron Wake and Channing Chowder up front.” Volin said that when he asked Chris Berman, Jackson and Jerry Rice what the Dolphins had to do to beat the Patriots, they laughed for 15 seconds. He replayed the tape, and said that Jackson laughed for 21 seconds.
How’s that for bulletin board material if you’re a member of the Dolphins?
 
BillyD0123 said:
MNF crew sizes up Dolphins:

- ESPN Crew Laughing at the Dolphins – An interesting note from Palm Beach Sports reporter Benjamin Volin, who spoke to the Monday night crew on Tuesday. Volin said via Twitter that Tom Jackson said the Dolphins pass rush will be key, saying “I’m going to put it on Cameron Wake and Channing Chowder up front.” Volin said that when he asked Chris Berman, Jackson and Jerry Rice what the Dolphins had to do to beat the Patriots, they laughed for 15 seconds. He replayed the tape, and said that Jackson laughed for 21 seconds.
How’s that for bulletin board material if you’re a member of the Dolphins?
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I would have died laughing too, Thank goodness Crowder is gone....and he must have been thinking New England Clam "Chowder"...unless that was your misprint.
 
PyroDOLFAN said:
I would have died laughing too, Thank goodness Crowder is gone....and he must have been thinking New England Clam "Chowder"...unless that was your misprint.
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Yea, were they laughing at Volin because he said Crowder (knowing he's no longer here)? Or were they laughing at the Fins having a chance?
 
DcRy82 said:
Yea, were they laughing at Volin because he said Crowder (knowing he's no longer here)? Or were they laughing at the Fins having a chance?
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You didn't read the post correctly. Volin wrote that Jackson mentioned Crowder.
 
Its funny how the the media is in love with anything Patriots (especially Belicheat) ... Belicheat praises us and realizes that we are a good opponent, and even still the media continues to disrespect us. The carousel continues lol
 
"-- we just don’t which ones they’ll do or which ones they’ll feature. From a game plan standpoint, that’s difficult."
Sounds like maybe last year they knew what we were going to do andwhen we were going to do it.
 
tommybobommy said:
Its funny how the the media is in love with anything Patriots (especially Belicheat) ... Belicheat praises us and realizes that we are a good opponent, and even still the media continues to disrespect us. The carousel continues lol
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Well BB praises every team as a coach should do. When is the last time you heard....well that team down there sucks real bad. We're gonna beat the hell out of them.

Wait has Rex Ryan ever done that??
 
Glad to see that Tom Jackson is on top of his game and the roster moves of NFL teams... especially those that he is covering in less than a week.
I could understand if crowder was let go yesterday or today... but this happened in July... not to mention Channing announced his retirement days before the first preseason game was played.

I'm sorry, I just figure if Jackson is getting paid to know what he's talking about, then maybe he should know what he's talking about??
 
Notice BB didnt say much about the offense? did not even mention marshall. let alone any new guys. reggie bush, thats all.

Screw ESPN.
 
BB also pumps how Buffalo is such a tough divisional opponent every time we play them too. We've beat them what 17 times in a row. Obviously Miami is much better then Buffalo, just don't believe anything BB says
 
Can you imagine what Rex Ryan would have to say about us? :lol: At least NE's staff is more classy. ESPN is the worst.
 
nosleep said:
Wat?
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That's because now that they have moved the kick forward Carpenter can now just get the ball into the end zone enough so that we don't have to tackle. Or most likely because our depth is so much better now that our special teams is much better. Take your pick.
 
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