Be Willing To Take Shots Outside
The Patriots made a lot of their splash plays the first time around by baiting the Dolphins to test the middle of the field. Ryan Fitzpatrick threw a critical interception just before half over the middle and was too ambitious in looking up the seam near the end of the game in throwing his third and final one of the contest. Did Tagovailoa learn from those lessons? And can the Dolphins successfully find space to work on the perimeter? The Patriots are likely to heat up the rookie quarterback with zero blitzes and often times getting an on-schedule shot outside can deter a team from coming back to the well.
Expect the Patriots to blitz until Tagovailoa proves he can beat it, so Miami can have success if they find a big target in one on one coverage outside early on and take the shot.