A day after the Patriots fell to 2-6 with a 31-17 loss to the Dolphins, Bill Belichick offered a quick overview of what went wrong in his team’s latest setback.
“Just couldn’t make enough plays in critical situations, and Miami did,” Belichick explained during his weekly interview on “The Greg Hill Show” on WEEI. “That was obviously the difference.”
New England was able to pull the game back to a one-score deficit in the fourth quarter following JuJu Smith-Schuster’s touchdown on a fourth-and-goal with 8:30 remaining.
Yet just when Belichick needed his defense to make a stand, the Dolphins were able to put together a 10-play, 75-yard touchdown drive.