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MIAMI DOLPHINS REGULAR SEASON WEEK 1 REGULAR SEASON WEEK 1 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS vs. miami dolphins Table of contents TEAM INFORMATION Game Summary ...............................................................................................................3 Broadcast Information....................................................................................................3 Media Schedule ..............................................................................................................3 2021 Patriots Schedule ..................................................................................................3 2020 AFC East Standings .............................................................................................3 2021 Preseason Statistics .............................................................................................4 2020 Player Participation .............................................................................................6 2020 Game-By-Game Starters & Inactives ............................................................... 7 Rosters & Depth Chart ................................................................................................. 12 Matchup Notes ...............................................................................................................14 What to Look for This Week ....................................................................................... 19 NFL Kickoff Weekend Notes ...................................................................................... 21 INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM NOTES Robert Kraft ................................................................................................................... 25 2020 Team & Individual Rankings ........................................................................... 29 Patriots Pro Bowl Selections ..................................................................................... 30 Patriots Team Notes .....................................................................................................32 Home Dominance .........................................................................................................37 Inside the Numbers ......................................................................................................38 Bill Belichick .................................................................................................................. 39 Patriots Offensive Notes .............................................................................................43 Patriots Defensive Notes.............................................................................................47 Special Teams Notes .................................................................................................... 51 Patriots Playoff Notes .................................................................................................. 53 Patriots Reference Notes ............................................................................................57 Patriots Football Network .......................................................................................... 59 REGULAR SEASON WEEK 1 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS VS. MIAMI DOLPHINS MEDIA SCHEDULE GAME SUMMARY ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (0-0) VS. MIAMI DOLPHINS (0-0) Sunday, September 12, 2021 • Gillette Stadium (65,878) • 4:25 p.m. ET WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 The New England Patriots will begin the 2021 regular season at home against the TBD Bill Belichick in-person interview Miami Dolphins for the second straight season, and will begin the year with a home 11:15-11:45 2-3 Patriots Player Interviews game on kickoff weekend for the fifth consecutive season. It will be the 10th time the TBD Media access at practice Patriots open the year against Miami. The last time the Patriots opened the season 4:30 Mac Jones plus 1 or 2 players two years in a row against the same opponent was in 1988 and 1989 against the New York Jets. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 The Patriots will open and close the season with Miami, marking the sixth time in 11:15-11:45 2-3 Patriots Player Interviews team history the team will open and close the season against the same opponent. It TBD Media access at practice also happened in 2003 and 2013 against Buffalo, 1974 and 1987 against Miami and 4:30 Patriots player availability 1981 against the Baltimore Colts. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 TBD Bill Belichick video conference BROADCAST INFORMATION TBD Media access at practice TBD Patriots player availability TELEVISION: This week’s game will be broadcast by CBS and can be seen local- ly on WBZ-TV Channel 4. Kevin Harlan will handle play-by-play duties with Trent SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 Green as the color analyst. Melanie Collins will work from the sidelines. The game No Scheduled Media Availability will be produced by Ken Mack and directed by Suzanne Smith. SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 NATIONAL RADIO: This week’s game will be broadcast to a national audience by Patriots vs. Dolphins - 4:35 p.m. ESPN Radio. Marc Kestecher and Rob Ninkovich will call the game with Ian Fitzsim- mons providing sideline analysis. LOCAL RADIO: 98.5 The Sports Hub is the flagship station for the Patriots Radio 2021 patriots schedule Network. A complete listing of the network’s 35 stations can be found in this press PRESEASON (3-0) release. Play-by-play broadcaster Bob Socci will call the action along with former Thu., Aug. 12 Washington 22-13 W Patriots quarterback Scott Zolak, who will provide color analysis. The games are Thu., Aug. 19 at Philadelphia 35-0 W produced by Marc Cappello. Sun., Aug 29 at N.Y. Giants 22-20 W REGULAR SEASON (0-0) Sun., Sept. 12 Miami 4:25 p.m. CBS THIRD MOST KICKOFF WINS ACROSS THE AFC Sun, Sept. 19 at New York Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS The New England Patriots rank third across the AFC conference with the most kick- Sun., Sept. 26 New Orleans 1:00 p.m. FOX off weekend wins. Sun., Oct. 3 Tampa Bay 8:20 p.m. NBC Sun., Oct. 10 at Houston 1:00 p.m. CBS* AFC TEAMS WITH THE MOST KICKOFF WEEKEND WINS Sun., Oct. 17 Dallas 4:25 p.m. CBS* Team Kickoff Weekend Wins Sun., Oct. 24 New York Jets 1:00 p.m. CBS* Pittsburgh 44 Sun., Oct. 31 at L.A. Chargers 4:05 p.m. CBS* Denver 39 Sun., Nov. 7 at Carolina 1:00 p.m. CBS* NEW ENGLAND 35 Sun., Nov. 14 Cleveland 1:00 p.m. CBS* LA Chargers 34 Thurs., Nov. 18 at Atlanta 8:20 p.m. FOX/ Kansas City 34 NFLN/Amazon Indianapolis 33 Sun., Nov. 28 Tennessee 1:00 p.m. CBS* Mon., Dec. 6 at Buffalo 8:15 p.m. ESPN Sun., Dec. 12 BYE WEEK WEEK 1 HIGHLIGHTS Sat./Sun., Dec. 18/19 at Indianapolis TBD TBD Sun., Dec. 26 Buffalo 1:00 p.m. CBS* Sun., Jan. 2 Jacksonville 1:00 p.m. CBS* PAGE 14: New England Patriots vs. Miami Dolphins matchup notes Sun., Jan. 9 at Miami 1:00 p.m. CBS* What to look for in this week's game *Game time and network subject to change PAGE 19: PAGE 22: Projected Contributors PAGE 43: Patriots 2021 team notes 2020 AFC EAST FINAL STANDINGS TEAM W L T PCT. PF PA MEDIA CONTACTS Z-- Buffalo Bills 13 3 0 .813 501 375 Stacey James, Vice President of Communications, [email protected], 508-326-6868 Miami Dolphins 10 6 0 .625 404 338 Aaron Salkin, Director of Communications, [email protected], 508-326-6870 NEW ENGLAND 7 9 0 .438 326 353 Stephanie Burnham, Communications Coordinator, [email protected], 508-431-7773 , Corporate Communications Director, [email protected], 508-326-6187 New York Jets 2 14 0 .125 243 457 Michael Jurovaty Z--: Clinched Division 2021 PRESEASON OFFENSIVE STATISTICS WON 3, LOST 0 * RUSHING No. Yds Avg Long TD 08/12 W 22-13 Washington 65,878 Stevenson 30 217 7.2 91t 5 08/19 W 35- 0 at Philadelphia 69,796 Taylor 23 179 7.8 21 1 08/29 W 22-20 at N.Y. Giants 68,098 Harris 14 60 4.3 18 1 N.E. Opp. Michel TM 13 60 4.6 11 0 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS 68 59 M. Jones 3 3 1.0 3 0 Rushing 28 19 Hoyer 7 -7 -1.0 -1 0 Passing 35 35 TEAM 90 512 5.7 91t 7 Penalty 5 5 OPPONENTS 72 300 4.2 20 1 3rd Down: Made/Att 11/30 21/45 * RECEIVING No. Yds Avg Long TD 3rd Down Pct. 36.7 46.7 Wilkerson 13 147 11.3 27 0 4th Down: Made/Att 0/0 1/3 Taylor 10 62 6.2 11 0 4th Down Pct. 0.0 33.3 Zuber 6 71 11.8 21 1 POSSESSION AVG. 30:21 29:39 Meyers 5 73 14.6 28t 1 TOTAL NET YARDS 1150 881 Asiasi 4 64 16.0 30 0 Avg. Per Game 383.3 293.7 Olszewski 4 56 14.0 21 0 Total Plays 185 195 Michel TM 4 37 9.3 19 0 Avg. Per Play 6.2 4.5 White 4 35 8.8 17 0 NET YARDS RUSHING 512 300 Stevenson 3 25 8.3 11 0 Avg. Per Game 170.7 100.0 Bourne 2 36 18.0 23 0 Total Rushes 90 72 Harry 2 23 11.5 19 0 NET YARDS PASSING 638 581 Nixon 2 11 5.5 7 0 Avg. Per Game 212.7 193.7 Johnson 2 7 3.5 5 0 Sacked/Yards Lost 5/29 10/63 J. Smith 1 16 16.0 16 0 Gross Yards 667 644 Agholor 1 4 4.0 4 0 Att./Completions 90/63 113/72 TEAM 63 667 10.6 30 2 Completion Pct. 70.0 63.7 OPPONENTS 72 644 8.9 43t 4 Had Intercepted 1 4 * INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg Long TD PUNTS/AVERAGE 8/52.1 15/45.9 Williams 1 36 36.0 36 0 NET PUNTING AVG. 8/42.5 15/36.2 Colbert 1 18 18.0 18 0 PENALTIES/YARDS 25/187 12/101 Langi 1 0 0.0 0 0 FUMBLES/BALL LOST 2/1 3/1 D'. Ross 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS 9 5 Wade LG 1 0 0.0 0 0 Rushing 7 1 TEAM 4 54 13.5 36 0 Passing 2 4 OPPONENTS 1 0 0.0 0 0 Returns 0 0 * PUNTING No. Yds Avg Net TB In Lg B * SCORE BY PERIODS Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT PTS Bailey 8 417 52.1 42.5 0 2 65 0 TEAM 19 12 29 19 0 79 TEAM 8 417 52.1 42.5 0 2 65 0 OPPONENTS 0 14 0 19 0 33 OPPONENTS 15 689 45.9 36.2 3 2 59 0 * SCORING TD-Ru-Pa-Rt K-PAT FG S PTS * PUNT RETURNS Ret FC Yds Avg Long TD Stevenson 5 5 0 0 0 30 Taylor 7 0 62 8.9 23 0 Nordin 0 0 0 0 4/ 7 6/ 8 0 22 Olszewski 3 0 24 8.0 10 0 Harris 1 1 0 0 0 6 M. Hall 1 0 0 0.0 0 0 Meyers 1 0 1 0 0 6 TEAM 11 0 86 7.8 23 0 Taylor 1 1 0 0 0 6 OPPONENTS 5 1 77 15.4 20 0 Zuber 1 0 1 0 0 6 * KICKOFF RETURNS No. Yds Avg Long TD Folk 0 0 0 0 0/ 0 1/ 1 0 3 Taylor 3 68 22.7 29 0 TEAM 9 7 2 0 4/ 7 7/ 9 0 79 Stevenson 1 13 13.0 13 0 OPPONENTS 5 1 4 0 3/ 3 0/ 3 0 33 TEAM 4 81 20.3 29 0 2-Pt Conv: TM 0-2, OPP 0-2 OPPONENTS 8 182 22.8 32 0 SACKS: Winovich 2.5, Murray 1.5, Bower 1, * FIELD GOALS 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Ca.