Dolphins now 3 - 5 at the season's halfway mark

Yesterday was rough. I thought it would be a tall order to go into Gillette Stadium and beat the rising Patriots on their home turf and it was. The Dolphins lost to New England by a score of 27-17. Brady and Moss are hitting their stride at this point in the season and it is tough to stop a team that has all day to throw. The Dolphins pass rush was non-existent so Brady was able to pick and choose his spots to surgically take apart the Dolphins’ secondary primarily using Randy Moss and ex-Dolphin Wes Welker to do it.

While the Dolphin offense is typically a ball control offense which generally does a good job of realizing time consuming drives which tend to culminate with some kind of score, it all goes for nothing when the defense can not stop the other team. This has been the case when the Fins face quality opponents such as the Colts, Chargers, Saints or now the Patriots. If the Dolphins don’t do something about putting more pressure on opposing quarterbacks it is going to be a tough second half of the season.

Next up, the lowly Buccaneers which may just be what the doctor ordered although they are on a one game winning streak.

Here is the NYT's take on the game.