Tom Brady suffered ankle sprain, should be fine

“Once we get in those situations where we’ve got to grind out those yardages, that’s where I’ve got to make sure I pull my weight”, Jackson said.

Indeed, it the fourth defeat the squad faced in six games since Thanksgiving. All three have had incredibly solid seasons and have enabled the Patriots to fill part of the void Vince Wilfork left, replace Revis, and ease up on Ninkovich and Jones at the defensive end spots.

The divisional playoffs will be on the weekend of January 16 and the Cardinals will be playing the 8:15 p.m. game on Saturday, while the Panthers will have the 1:05 p.m. game on Sunday and the Broncos will play at 4:40 p.m. But all of them should be ready for the playoffs, which would be a big boost for New England. Without Sebastian Vollmer, Brady was under pressure and took a beating.

They lost four of their final six, and quarterback Tom Brady was hobbling noticeably after Sunday’s loss to the Dolphins.

Brady said after the game that he felt, “pretty sore, but I’ll be alright”. He tweaked his right ankle in the second quarter when Ndamukong Suh rolled into his legs on a third-down incompletion, but was back for the next series. “I’ve had plenty of worse injuries than this one”. I’m very confident I know how to deal with injuries. I believe that whole-heartedly.

Brady limped off when the field goal unit came on, and the Patriots medical staff looked at his right ankle. “We just didn’€™t do much after that offensively”. “I’ll be anxious to see it”. I’m doing all right. While that road could now ultimately run through Denver, the more important thing for Belichick and his team is to hit the rest button and get back to work.

“We’ll find out where we are in a couple weeks”.

Asked whether consideration was given to pulling Brady, Belichick said, “The seeding was still in doubt and we’re trying to play good football”.

All those teams went on to win the Super Bowl. “That’s all that really matters”, Brady said. Miami hasn’t won a playoff game since 2000. Deep balls accounted for just 9.7 percent of passes in the Patriots’ 12 wins this season. Nothing over the last 16 weeks is going to matter.

That last comment was in reference to the pressure New England quarterback Tom Brady faced all day. Tom Brady threw just one pass on the Patriots’ first two possessions.

And if it’s Peyton Manning back in there we know his track record in the first round of the playoffs. “He’s going to be one of the best players in the league”.

Shortly before the Patriots tied the game 3-3 in the second quarter, Brady was hit low after throwing an incompletion. Brady had no one to throw to because of the sucky offensive line.

For the Patriots, it was their third straight loss at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium. Team president Mike Tannenbaum heads the coaching search….

“I think every year is different, just like every game is different”.

-PASS DEFENSE: D. This group had more than its share of issues the last couple weeks. For the game, Tannehill went 25 for 38 with 350 total yards and had two passing touchdowns with no interceptions. McCourty and cornerback Logan Ryan struggled mightily in coverage, at times in conjunction with each other. He was not intercepted and was sacked just once.