Longtime Patriots reporter Tom Curran of NBC Boston discusses whether New England could give the Dolphins a challenge after its impressive victory against the Buffalo Bills
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00:00 The Patriots pretty much kind of controlled that whole game until Buffs came back.
00:04 Was this like a complete aberration or is maybe,
00:08 are the Patriots actually in a position where they can't even open the gun?
00:13 >> Are the Patriots actually good?
00:15 >> Respectable, actually, I wouldn't go as far as-
00:18 >> Well, here's the thing, and
00:19 this was the point that I tried to make in the offseason, and
00:21 we discussed the first time around, which got me in the crosshairs,
00:25 especially when they performed the way they did.
00:28 I figured that the Bill O'Brien Patriots would be capable, and
00:31 we saw a team that for 48 minutes against the Eagles outplayed the Eagles.
00:35 Fell behind 16 to nothing because they played like morons early.
00:39 Then they outplayed Philadelphia for 48 minutes.
00:42 Fell behind Miami 17 to three.
00:44 Then came back and kind of outplayed Miami, and
00:48 then had predictable gaff, Ray Moster bust for 48 yards.
00:52 Good player, great blocking, but those are the types of things that can happen to
00:57 a bad team to cause you to lose, so they lose 24-17.
01:00 So I'm like, all you gotta do is eliminate the stupidity.
01:03 And then you had just horrendous performances, embarrassing performances,
01:10 fire worthy performances, if you're not a Hall of Fame coach,
01:14 in three consecutive games.
01:15 So what they did against Buffalo is what I think they're capable of being,
01:24 but is it in their DNA to be dumb?
01:28 >> No, and that's- >> Yes, it is.
01:31 Yes, it is.
01:32 >> That's not a Patriot team.
01:34 That's not- >> Buddy, yes, it is.
01:36 The Patriots were dumb last year.
01:38 The Patriots were dumb last year.
01:40 The Patriots have been dumb this year.
01:42 Look at what happened against the Raiders.
01:44 When you're flipping the ball backwards over your head,
01:46 at the end of a game, it's tied.
01:49 That's a dumb team.
01:50 When you have the number of timeouts this team has had to burn,
01:53 the number of penalties that it incurs, pre-snap penalties.
01:57 They led the league practically in pre-snap penalties last year.
02:00 That's a dumb team.