I'd penciled this in for a loss before the season even started, so to take the game is huge and a high water mark for this regular season so far. So, hey, respect due to everyone involved.

However, this is the second week in a row where getting win was a lot more difficult than it should have been. Now, the Pats are a much, much, MUCH better team than the Dolphins, but much of the degree of difficulty for this win we brought on ourselves.

The Offense: Kaep certainly made a lot of good/great plays: the bomb to Moss, the TDs to Crabtree, the run to the redzone, etc. Gore also handled his biz and LeMichael's kick-off return helped seal the game. However, we should have hung 50-plus on these motherfuckas. The lack of execution and screw-ups got infuriating. Fortunately, three of the four dropped snaps never hurt us, but they were stupid, shitty weather or not. The two long sacks also put us in shitty positions, and, of course, the endzone INT was just dumb. Our offense was dead in the water between the end zone INT and LMJ's return (Walker's fumble near the end zone was also really dumb). Like, we did absolutely nothing; didn't even burn that much clock. All credit due for pulling it together at the end, but we nearly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory before snatching victory from the jaws of defeat.

The Defense: They looked so unstoppable for two and a half quarters that it was almost scary. Aldon was in Brady's shit every time. They killed what little run game the Pats had, and the pass rush at least started off looking great. But giving up the 28 straight is also inexcusable. Brady is Brady, but him going no huddle shouldn't make him THAT unstoppable, even with the lack of Justin Smith. Again, all credit due for pulling off the last two stops, but just... no.

Huzzah for the win, but like OldPro, I'm more than a little both relieved and disgusted.