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The Patriots will now hobble into the playoffs with more questions than answers. Miami's defense also did its job with former Patriots cornerback Eric Rowe's pick-six in the second quarter. The Patriots have not played in the first round of the playoffs since 2009. Bill Belichick’s squad usually gets a bye to the divisional round. As good as those three can be, they’re no match for the skill players the Pats are slated to face in the postseason. The Chiefs hung on against the Los Angeles Chargers . -After punting to open the second quarter, Matthew Slater made another impact special teams play, keeping the ball out of the end zone, while Justin Bethel downed it at the Dolphins four-yard-line. Several of the teams that are competing with the Raiders for a playoff spot won on Sunday, including the Ravens, Steelers, Colts, and Dolphins. After Saturday’s win, Patriots players said getting the No. . Depending on Sunday’s results, that will either be the Titans, Steelers, or Raiders. Now the Patriots will face the Titans, coached by former New England linebacker Mike Vrabel, in the wild-card round of the playoffs. They had a streak of 10 consecutive first-round byes snapped with their shocking 27-24 loss to the Dolphins at Gillette Stadium in Sunday's season finale. He was Brady's 77th different touchdown target and the score would move Brady past Peyton Manning and into second place all time with his 540th touchdown pass. Patriots one win away from playoff bye December 23, 2019 by Florence Marceau Despite an uneven offensive season, the Patriots odds of winning the Super Bowl at 12-3 are still very good and this weekend’s battle against the Miami Dolphins will determine how difficult their road in the playoffs will be. The Patriots’ loss combined with the Chiefs’ win over the Chargers in Kansas City gave KC the second seed in the AFC and knocked the Patriots out of a bye and into a home game next weekend. ... but six wins doesn’t get you to the playoffs. -Brandon Bolden hasn't been a dangerous kickoff returner this season but gave the Patriots a nice boost with his return after the Dolphins went up 20-17, setting the offense up on their 40 to start the drive. 3 seed instead of No. New England will instead face the AFC’s No. PICK. -The Patriots defense would force a punt after a nice third-down pass defensed by Gilmore on Parker that prevented another big gain, but New England's slow start would go from bad to worse. The Dallas Cowboys had a chance to get a game-tying score in the fourth quarter against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at the Linc. 2 seed in the AFC playoff race. And then the Eagles loaded up with a safety blitz. Kansas City’s 31-21 win over the Chargers means Patrick Mahomes will have a week off and the honor of hosting a Divisional Round playoff game at Arrowhead Stadium in two weeks — a game that may feature the Patriots. Will the Patriots be making any trades next week? It was a nine-play, 82-yard touchdown-scoring drive with a lot on the line for the Patriots defense. Turnovers continue to haunt the 2020 Patriots as a Cam Newton fumble in the closing seconds sends New England to a fourth-straight loss. -The Patriots expected the Dolphins to be aggressive on special teams and that played out immediately on the first drive, as the Dolphins put their punt team out but then had punter Matt Haack line up at quarterback and attempt a downfield pass that fell incomplete. The Patriots were faced with several high-stress situations where a big stop could stem the Dolphins momentum or, as was the case late in the fourth quarter, deliver a vital win. The Patriots end the year 12-4 and will now face the Tennessee Titans in the Wild Card Round, date and time is TBA. 2 seed in the AFC. -The Dolphins tricks continued on their first drive of the second half, using a double-pass screen that might've scored had Dont'a Hightower not blown it up. Down 20-17, the Patriots would put together an eight-play, 60-yard touchdown-scoring drive to take their first lead of the game. Bill Belichick reticent on peculiar decisions that were made in a 24-21 loss to Bills, What Cam Newton had to say about game-losing fumble vs. Bills in Week 8, The Patriots' odds to win the AFC East vastly plummeted after loss to Bills. Dallas, Pittsburgh, Denver and San Francisco all have 7 game winning streaks. ERIC. Patriots' Playoff Bye Hopes Spoiled By Loss to Dolphins in Regular-Season Finale. That was a statement performance from Dolphins head coach Brian Flores, who’d spent his entire coaching career pre-2019 as a defensive assistant under Bill Belichick in New England. On those three dropbacks, Goff attempted two passes and completed one -- to 49ers cornerback Jason Verrett in Week 6, on a red zone situation that obviously calls for no deep safety. THE DOLPHINS TAKE THE LEAD ON THE PATRIOTS WITH 24 SECONDS LEFT! The ending would be worse. 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Miami was a 17-point underdog and still ruined the Pats’ bye week plans. The Dolphins and Bengals were locked in a battle for next year’s No. Patrick Ewing never won an NBA championship. With back-to-back scoring drives the Patriots showed good resiliency, but it was still troubling to see as bad a start as we've seen from the 2019 Pats. Sunday's game showed many of the struggles that New England had been dealing with over the past two months. The ball rattled to Eagles' defensive lineman Vinny Curry, who wasn't able to corral it. It was a nice hold by the Patriots defense, but a long drive to an offense playing their final quarter of the season was not a reassuring sign and would prove even more fatal on the final drive of the game. It was a disappointing end to the Patriots 2019 regular season, as they came out flat and blew a late lead, losing 27-24 to the Dolphins. The ball squirted free and Rodney McLeod took it 53 yards to the house for a 21-9... Coming into Sunday's game against the Dolphins, per Sports Info Solutions, Rams quarterback Jared Goff had faced Cover-0 defenses -- a high-blitz scheme with no deep safeties -- on just three of his dropbacks. The Dolphins would again take the lead midway through the fourth quarter on a 32-yard field goal. Bill Belichick says Cam Newton is still the Patriots QB. It was Brady's first pick six since 2017 and his first ever against the Dolphins as former Patriot Eric Rowe took it into the end zone. The Patriots (2-5), winners of the AFC East in each of the past 11 NFL seasons, have lost four straight games for the first time since 2002. New England started the season at 8-0 but wound up finishing the … Roberts had been wide open on a previous play and Brady went back to him with the team in critical need of a big play. SIX.#MIAvsNE #FinsUp pic.twitter.com/4HbdX8qXgb. Instead, that group got gashed by Fitzpatrick, Gesicki, and DeVante Parker. While Fitzpatrick has proven to be a solid option as a veteran mentor (and the kind of spot starter who can deliver an upset win), the 37-year-old is not the foundation from which the team can build. None of those yards were as important as the final 75 he racked up to lead Miami to a come-from-behind victory. Falling from the top pick already meant reigning Heisman winner Joe Burrow was likely out of the picture for the Dolphins. Third-string quarterback Ben DiNucci was leading a nice drive that could have given the Cowboys a lead with a TD and PAT. PATRIOTS is a registered trademark of the Patriots Wire LLC. The Patriots had no answer for a Dolphins offense that could not run the ball and was one-dimensional the entire game. "They challenged us, they know us well. They'd settle for a 25-yard Nick Folk field goal. The Patriots fall to 2-3 after coming up short in a disappointing loss at home to the Denver Broncos. 2 seed and a first-round bye in the AFC playoffs with their Week 17 win over the New York Jets. After a week spent hyping this as a playoff game, the Patriots had as bad of a start as they've had all season long and couldn't find any consistency in the game, a recurring theme this season. After Miami retook the lead at 17-10, Tom Brady would find fill-in fullback Elandon Roberts for a 38-yard touchdown that again tied the game. New England started the season at 8-0 but wound up finishing the season with three losses in their last five games.

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