Star A.J. Brown (knee/ankle), Mack Hollins ( calf) and running back TreVeyon Henderson (illness) were all sidelined.
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Brown → sideline → ?
Still, Maye threw two touchdown passes and rushed for a score as the Patriots came back to beat the Dolphins 24-19.
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Patriots → throw → Dolphins
“(If) you want to be a great quarterback in the National Football League, there’s not a whole lot of excuses,” Patriots coach Mike Vrabel said about Maye’s performance.
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Vrabel → want → performance
“You go out there and find ways to win for your football team.
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You → go → team
That’s who he is and that’s what he wants to continue to be.”
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he → ’ → what
Maye completed 16 of 20 passes for 199 yards and the Patriots (5-3) overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to take a 17-13 lead entering the fourth, then held on after a late Miami rally.
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Patriots → complete → rally
DeMario Douglas caught a pass and weaved through the Dolphins secondary for a 48-yard touchdown catch that put the Patriots up by two scores early in the fourth.
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that → catch → fourth
The Patriots hadn’t had a clean operation in the first half, but they took advantage of the young Dolphins’ mistakes in the second, outscoring Miami 21-0 until Malik Willis threw a 35-yard touchdown to rookie Kevin Coleman Jr. with two minutes left.
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Willis → have → minutes
After an unsuccessful two-point try by Miami, Rhamondre Stevenson recovered Bradley Pinion’s onside kick, and New England kept the ball from there.
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England → recover → ball
Stevenson had 19 carries for 82 yards, and Douglas caught three passes for 76 yards.
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Douglas → have → yards
“We knew that once we settle in and get some drives together,” Maye said, “we had a chance of getting some points on the board.”
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we → know → board
One week after leading Miami (1-6) to its first win of the season, Willis completed 21 of 32 passes for 211 yards.
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Willis → lead → yards
He threw for two touchdowns and had an interception while being sacked five times.
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He → throw → interception
The Patriots pulled within three when Maye lofted a pass to Kyle Williams for a 43-yard touchdown that was initially ruled an incompletion after Williams’ knee appeared to jar the ball loose.
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knee → pull → ball
Vrabel demonstratively launched the red challenge flag, and officials overturned the call to a touchdown after replays showed Williams crossed the goal line before losing possession of the ball.
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Williams → launch → ball
“I was a lot more certain than the officials were the first time they called it,” Vrabel said.
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Vrabel → call → it
Miami went three-and-out on the next drive, its momentum stalled after Ollie Gordon drew an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty after saying something to a defender following a 5-yard carry.
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Gordon → go → carry
Coach Jeff Hafley removed Gordon from the game for a play, and the second-year running back appeared visibly upset as Willis spoke to him on the sideline.
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Willis → remove → sideline
“Ollie is a competitor, and he cares about the game a lot,” Willis said.
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Willis → care → game
“And I was just letting him know that in that situation, that he’s ... wrong.
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he → let → situation
I mean, that’s the honest truth.
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that → mean → ?
And it would be wrong if I didn’t tell him the truth.”
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I → tell → truth
On the next New England drive, Maye faked a pitch to Stevenson and ran it in for the 2-yard go-ahead score with 59 seconds left in the third — his fifth straight game with at least three total touchdowns.
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Maye → fake → touchdowns
Willis led the Dolphins on an 11-play, 70-yard two-minute drive that Malik Washington capped with a 1-yard touchdown to put Miami ahead 13-3 at the half.
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Washington → lead → half
Washington had briefly left the game after taking a hard hit from Patriots linebacker Christian Elliss earlier in the drive.
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Washington → leave → drive
Elliss was flagged for unnecessary roughness for the hit, and Washington, after a brief trip to the blue medial tent, returned five plays later to catch his first receiving touchdown of the season.
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Washington → flag → season
“I thought it was probably the best half that we played all year in the first half in some phases,” Hafley said.
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Hafley → think → phases
“But we had not had a lead like that going into a half.
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we → have → half
And there was great energy and we came out and I believe we held them to a three -and -out.
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we → be → -out
And then those are the opportunities where you’ve got to learn to put people away.”
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you → get → people
Zane Gonzalez, in his second game since re-signing with Miami, hit field goals of 31 and 52 yards, the latter of which doinked off the left upright and through.
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latter → re → upright
He missed a 43-yard attempt in the fourth.
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He → miss → fourth
Injuries
Patriots: TE Hunter Henry (foot) left in the second quarter and did not return. ... Linebacker Gabe Jacas (knee) left in the third and didn’t return.
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Jacas → leave → third
Dolphins: Edge rusher Malik Herring left in the second with a stringer but in the third.
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Herring → leave → third
Up next
Patriots: Host Green Bay next Sunday.
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Patriots → host → Bay
Dolphins: Host Detroit next Sunday.
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Dolphins → host → Detroit
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