How the Dolphins made Tom Brady look so uncomfortable and how Miami’s defense was so effective

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

Patriots Nation, News, Ja'lynn Polk, Football, Jerod Mayo, New England Patriots, Afc East, Afc, Mike Vrabel, Sports, Tom E. Curran, Sports News, Phil Perry, Nfl

4.5 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2017

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

What happened in Miami? Jerod Mayo, Tom E. Curran and Phil perry break it down in a brand new Quick Slants Podcast, presented by Papa Gino's. (1:05) Patriots have trouble running the ball with a limited attack. The battle between the Patriots offensive line vs. the Dolphins defensive line. (5:40) Tom Brady not wanting to plant his feet, having some trepidation against the Dolphins defense. Patriots offensive line looking somewhat confused with Dolphins pressures. (10:30) Kyle Van Noy and Trey Flowers not able to play. How much does that impact the defense? Are there too many injuries on the defensive side to overcome? (14:30) Could Bill Belichick have held out some injured players so they would be healthier for the Steelers game this week? (17:30) Breaking down the type of defense the Dolphins were playing, taking away the short passes of the Patriots. (19:40) Brandin Cooks and other receivers not getting separation from Miami’s cornerbacks. (23:50) How much is Tom Brady hurt and is it affecting his throws? (26:40) Josh McDaniels gameplan, the Patriots final series and play calling at the 1 yard line. How this Dolphins loss was reminiscent of the end of the 2015 season. (30:00) Malcolm Butler's now deleted retweet of Pro Football Focus stat about Jay Cutler throwing against the blitz (32:20) What Jerod Mayo thought of Duron Harmon’s speech on the sideline to the Patriots defense. Mayo shares a story about Junior Seau and his attitude towards giving up a big plays.

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0:00.0	Today on QuickSlance the podcast.
0:07.1	The hell happened out there.
0:08.8	And more.
0:09.9	Let's cut to the chase and get right to it.
0:12.6	Quickslance the podcast starts runner.
0:15.1	Runa. Yeah, see, not a big preamble there, not a lot of foreplay, not a lot of prefacing there,
0:37.3	because I think it's really important we get right into this game.
0:39.9	Dive head first.
0:41.0	Gerard Mayo over there, Phil Perry, right here.
0:43.1	Your intro is usually the time where I kind of get loosened up, so I feel like I got to
0:46.4	kind of expedite that process now.
0:48.3	Now I've got to warm up the voice.
0:51.2	Okay, sounds tight. First things first, Patriots losing 2720 in a game, which, oddly enough, wasn't even that close in some ways.
1:00.1	Bill Belichick on the conference call today talking about the running game Patriots ran 10 times 25 yards.
1:06.3	Phil first, fill us in on a little bit of what Bill had to say about that. And then we're going to talk a little bit on the other side about offensively what the Patriots were facing with the robber.
1:16.2	Interesting to hear Belichick talk about the run game because the way he described it, he said, you know, you're essentially in a spiral that you don't want to be caught up in.
1:26.1	It was a vicious cycle, the fact that they couldn't run the ball on first down,
1:30.1	and they were always kind of chasing in terms of being behind schedule on the chains, Tom.
1:34.7	I know you love that sort of terminology, Tony Romo to the max right there.
1:39.1	But it made third downs more difficult, and then they couldn't convert third downs.
1:43.3	They couldn't string drives together.
1:45.1	They just never had a chance to establish the run, build any kind of momentum.
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