Five takeaways from the Patriots’ 38-7 demolition of the Dolphins – which made the case New England isn’t as much of a mess as some have suggested, and Miami certainly isn’t nearly as good as its record…
That’s more like it
It wasn’t quite the same as the “On to Cincinnati” performance of 2014, when the Patriots came home with some so curious about the fate of their dynasty that they were questioning the job security of the quarterback. That bamboozling of the Bengals was more of a bullying, with the Patriots starting fast and ramming the ball down the throats of their opponent in an energetic show of force.