Tom Brady Injury: Updates on Patriots QB’s Ankle and Recovery

And on Sunday, Brady himself was hobbling around with an injured ankle.

Brady completed just 12 of 21 passes for a season-low 134 yards and no touchdowns. He was sacked twice and took some hard hits to his legs and back. New England had the ball for just six minutes in the final quarter with just one first down, and Miami started coming fast and furious at Brady as soon as the Patriots became one-dimensional.

Patriots’ WR Julian Edelman and OT Sebastian Volmer both on track to return in time for NE’s Divisional Playoff game, per sources.

I could accept this end of the year slide had the Patriots run something close to their normal offense and lost because they didn’t have the playmakers to win games.

Not good. But we’re not ready to jump on the negative bandwagon just yet.

“It’s consistency”, pass rusher Cameron Wake said, addressing the franchise’s main issue. “Right now we have one game that we have to win – the next game – we don’t even know who it’s against yet, and all of our attention, focus and energy will be on that”, Belichick concluded. “That was a problem across the board”.

Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill warms up.

He completed 25 of 38 passes for 350 yards and two touchdowns. DeVante Parker who was the recipient of one of Tannehill’s touchdown passes had five receptions for 106 yards. That included a 46-yarder that led to Cameron’s score. Defensively, Dont’a Hightower and Chandler Jones should be back on the field, giving the Patriots a healthy front 7 that has been elite when the full unit has been on the field. The Patriots hold an impressive 17-4 record at home in the playoffs, but rarely have they gone into a postseason playing so poorly.

“I’m doing all right, I’m doing all right”, he said. He’s just scratching the surface.

Miami’s Andrew Franks added a 19-yard field goal with 1:56 left to put the game out of reach.

The Dolphins (6-10), who missed the playoffs for the seventh consecutive year, will now embark on their latest coaching search.

-Cornerback Justin Coleman (concussion) was inactive in Miami, missing his sixth game of the season after previously dealing with a hand injury.

To open the third quarter, the Dolphins defense gave up a 68-yard reception to WR James White.

“I’m pretty sore, yeah”, said Brady after the game.

When ramming the ball down the Miami Dolphins’ throat with running back Steven Jackson didn’t work in the first half, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady began going deep in the third and fourth quarters. They blew their chances at a No. 1 AFC seeding and home field advantage all throughout the playoffs.

The current power structure in Miami includes owner Stephen Ross, executive vice president Mike Tannenbaum and newly-named general manager Chris Grier, son of former Patriots vice president of player personnel Bobby Grier.