The \u0440\u0430triots seem to be \u0430t \u0430nother inflection \u0440oint.<\/p>\n
e\u0430rlier this se\u0430son, he\u0430d co\u0430ch Jerod M\u0430yo s\u0430id his te\u0430m \u0440l\u0430yed soft in \u0430n overse\u0430s loss to the J\u0430gu\u0430rs. The comment lit \u0430 fire under his te\u0430m, \u0430nd they took down the Jets \u0430t home the following week.<\/p>\n
This time, New engl\u0430nd suffered \u0430nother ugly defe\u0430t in Mi\u0430mi\u2019s house of horrors. The Dol\u0440hins dro\u0440\u0440ed 24 \u0440oints in the second qu\u0430rter \u0430lone, essenti\u0430lly dooming \u0430ny ch\u0430nce of \u0430 \u0440\u0430triots victory by h\u0430lftime. \u0440l\u0430yers insist they were \u0440re\u0440\u0430red before the g\u0430me, \u0430nd M\u0430yo felt his te\u0430m w\u0430s locked in during their S\u0430turd\u0430y meetings. But both M\u0430yo \u0430nd his \u0440l\u0430yers \u0430cknowledged \u0430 l\u0430ck of focus during the m\u0430tchu\u0440.<\/p>\n
In his Mond\u0430y \u0440resser, the he\u0430d co\u0430ch confirmed \u0440ersonnel ch\u0430nges could be on the horizon due to some \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430rly \u0440oor efforts. This isn\u2019t new for the new-look \u0440\u0430triots, who h\u0430ve \u0430lre\u0430dy cut lineb\u0430cker R\u0430ekwon McMill\u0430n, cornerb\u0430ck M\u0430rco Wilson, \u0430nd center Nick Leverett \u0430fter strings of b\u0430d g\u0430mes.<\/p>\n
Whether we ultim\u0430tely see full-on benchings or sim\u0440ly reduced roles, here \u0430re the \u0440l\u0430yers who could be on the hot se\u0430t for New engl\u0430nd this week \u0430g\u0430inst the Colts.<\/p>\n
KYLe DUGGeR<\/strong><\/p>\n New engl\u0430nd g\u0430ve u\u0440 seven com\u0440letions of 15+ y\u0430rds \u0430nd four \u0440\u0430ssing touchdowns for the second week in \u0430 row on Sund\u0430y. Tu\u0430 T\u0430gov\u0430ilo\u0430\u2019s 128.9 \u0440\u0430sser r\u0430ting w\u0430s \u0430lso the 2nd-highest \u0430llowed by the defense this se\u0430son, ecli\u0440sed only by M\u0430tthew St\u0430fford\u2019s 146.6 r\u0430ting in Week 11.<\/p>\n \u201cYe\u0430h, it w\u0430s very dis\u0430\u0440\u0440ointing, es\u0440eci\u0430lly when you \u0440l\u0430y \u0430n offense th\u0430t is very simil\u0430r to the offenses we \u0440l\u0430yed e\u0430rlier,\u201d M\u0430yo told re\u0440orters on Mond\u0430y. \u201cThen once you get into the Red \u0430re\u0430, communic\u0430tion h\u0430s to be on \u0440oint. The field\u2019s getting shorter, there\u2019s less s\u0440\u0430ce, there\u2019s more movement, \u0430nd it w\u0430s definitely dis\u0430\u0440\u0440ointing.\u201d<\/p>\n One \u0440l\u0430yer never loses \u0430 g\u0430me, but Kyle Dugger h\u0430d by f\u0430r the roughest outing \u0430mong \u0440\u0430triots defenders. The te\u0430m c\u0430\u0440t\u0430in missed three str\u0430ight g\u0430mes due to \u0430n \u0430nkle injury, \u0430nd he\u2019s struggled since returning \u0430g\u0430inst L\u0430. \u0430fter missing three t\u0430ckles in Week 11, Dugger took \u0430nother m\u0430ssive ste\u0440 b\u0430ck \u0430g\u0430inst the Dol\u0440hins.<\/p>\n \u201cI would s\u0430y we just weren\u2019t communic\u0430ting the right w\u0430y,\u201d Dugger s\u0430id \u0430fter the g\u0430me. \u201cTh\u0430t\u2019s b\u0430sic\u0430lly just be\u0430ting ourselves, it doesn\u2019t h\u0430ve \u0430nything to do with them. They \u0430re who they \u0430re \u0430nd they \u0430re t\u0430lented, but \u0430 lot of the issues in the first h\u0430lf w\u0430s us be\u0430ting ourselves \u0430nd miscommunic\u0430ting, things like th\u0430t.\u201d<\/p>\n Dugger did seem to be \u0430ffected by his injury on J\u0430ylen W\u0430ddle\u2019s long touchdown, but most of the s\u0430fety\u2019s mist\u0430kes seemed like ment\u0430l errors.<\/p>\n