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 has previously been a winning formula for the Dolphins.The last time Miami won at New England was in 2008 [url=http://www.authenticsnewenglandpatriots.com/cheap-trey-flowers-jersey]White Trey Flowers Jersey[/url] , when Tom Brady was sidelined for the season and the Dolphins sprung the wildcat on Patriots coach Bill Belichick in a 38-13 rout.Trickery is also a big reason why the Dolphins will arrive at Gillette Stadium on Sunday with a 3-0 record and sitting atop the AFC East . They haven't been 4-0 since 1995 — Don Shula's last season as coach.But getting there again will be tough. Since the Dolphins' 2008 win, the Patriots have won nine straight at home in the series. Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is 14-1 at home as a starter against Miami. His lone loss was in the final game of the 2005 season, when he was pulled after the first quarter.Miami will also be facing a New England team that has lost two in a row and is coming off a humbling 26-10 loss at Detroit that underscored the Patriots' weaknesses on both sides of the ball. The Patriots haven't started 1-3 since 2001."Any time you play them at their place, it's a challenge," Dolphins coach Adam Gase said. "That's why they're one of the best teams. If you look at the last 15 years, it's ridiculous how well they do at home compared to everybody else. The crowd is extremely loud, and it's a tough environment to play in."After missing last season because of a torn ACL in his left knee, Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill has started this season strong. He has completed 73 percent of his passes, while throwing seven touchdowns and just two interceptions.He has won 10 of his past 11 starts overall, but he's 0-5 in games at Foxborough, with five touchdown passes and nine interceptions in those games."We've had our opportunities up there [url=http://www.authenticsnewenglandpatriots.com/cheap-phillip-dorsett-jersey]White Phillip Dorsett Jersey[/url] ," Tannehill said. "We've put halves of football together, but haven't played a full game. That's going to be a big emphasis for us this week — to go up and play a full four quarters."Despite some issues over the past two weeks, Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski said there is no sense of panic inside their locker room. New England started 2-2 last season, before recovering to win the AFC championship."You've just got to keep going forward, no matter what it is, if you're winning or if you're losing," Gronkowski said. "You've got to just put that week behind you. ... Just got to keep on grinding."Here are some things to watch for in Sunday's game:BRADY VS. FINS: Miami is the only NFL team with at least 10 victories against Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.The reigning regular-season MVP is 21-10 against the Dolphins. The 10 losses are his most against any franchise. Brady is 76-19 as a starter in regular-season games against AFC East opponents.Records aside, Miami safety Reshad Jones said he is expecting to get Brady's best."He's probably one of the best to ever do it," Jones said. "We've got our hands full. It's going to be a challenge for us. ... I think we'll be ready."CLOSE CALLS: All three of Miami's victories this season have been by eight or fewer points.The Dolphins are 16-5 in one-score games under Gase. They are 3-12 in games decided by more than one score.PATRIOTS PAST: Receiver Danny Amendola isn't the only Dolphins newcomer with a history in New England. Running back Brandon Bolden was with the Patriots for six years until they released him just before the start of this season.Bolden has quickly become a cog on Miami's special teams, and he and Amendola share important traits, Gase said."They love football. They love practicing. They bring great energy on game day. Whatever they have [url=http://www.authenticsnewenglandpatriots.com/cheap-kyle-van-noy-jersey]http://www.authenticsnewenglandpatriots.com/cheap-kyle-van-noy-jersey[/url] , they give it," Gase said. "Those two are as professional as I've ever seen on NFL football players. Every day I see them, I'm glad they're here."INJURY CONCERNS: New England has struggled with consistency this season and enters this game with several key contributors on the mend.Starting defensive end Trey Flowers and safety Patrick Chung both sat out the Detroit loss with concussions and practiced on a limited basis this week. The Patriots also placed running back Rex Burkhead (neck) and rookie linebacker Ja'Whaun Bentley on injured reserve Wednesday.Those are big blows to a defense giving up 406 yards per game and an offense yet to score a rushing touchdown this season.Steve Wine in Davie, Florida, contributed to this report.Follow Kyle Hightower on Twitter at ://khightower The New England Patriots did not pull the trigger at the NFL trade deadline yesterday, which means that they will head into the second half of the season with the same core of players they already used from weeks one through seven. That being said, NFL rosters are obviously flexible constructs with injuries in particular impacting how a team builds and maintains its 53-man team and 10-man practice squad over the course of a season.New players are added to those teams on a regular basis, and with the season already in full swing need to be brought up to speed as quickly as possible. “The position coach will take the lead on that,” explained Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels during a conference call on Tuesday when asked about the challenges of signing new players during the season. “Our job is to begin that new process with that new player.”McDaniels’ unit saw plenty of additions this year. Not only did the team draft five offensive guys – of which only one, running back Sony Michel, is still on the active roster – [url=http://www.authenticsnewenglandpatriots.com/cheap-danny-shelton-jersey]White Danny Shelton Jersey[/url] , it also added numerous outside free agents between March and now. The latest of which is former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon, who joined the team via trade in mid-September and has since grown into one of the Patriots’ top-two wide receivers.His development from comparatively low-cost acquisition to starting receiver on one of the NFL’s best offenses would not have been possible without the coaching staff’s support. “It’s not to get him to know everything that Julian [Edelman] or Tom [Brady] knows by the end of this week,” acknowledged McDaniels yesterday when talking about the team’s process. “If there’s a player that comes in new, we try to put one foot in front of the next and try to make progress each day and each meeting that we have with the player.”“If that player is eventually going to play for us this week or down the road, then whatever that player can do to help us, those are the things we’re going to ask of them,” McDaniels continued. “It doesn’t really make much sense to ask more than that because if we’re going to put him in a position to do something he doesn’t know how to do yet or isn’t comfortable doing, then we’re just putting the team at risk.”In the case of Gordon and the aforementioned Michel, the circumstances of them joining the team were different but the approach and the positive results so far were the same. And according to McDaniels, the lower-level position coaches have to receive much of the credit for this. “[They] do a tremendous job of splitting their time when those things happen,” the 42-year old said about his colleagues.“Some of our younger quality control guys certainly do a great job of trying to help us caught up there — Jerry [Schuplinski] and Cole [Popovich] and Atif [Austin] and Nick Caley when he was doing that [url=http://www.authenticsnewenglandpatriots.com/cheap-stephon-gilmore-jersey]White Stephon Gilmore Jersey[/url] ,” noted New England’s offensive coordinator. “Those guys have all spent extra time with [newly added players] to try to get them caught up in terms of our system and the terminology and all that.”While this process does not always yield the desired results, the Patriots’ staff — arguably more so than any other in the NFL — regularly succeeds in putting its in-season signings in a position to quickly contribute. And according to McDaniels, the coaches themselves also benefit from being part of this process. “It kind of takes you back to when you start your foundational teaching with rookies and new players,” he said. “Our staff does a great job when it occurs, and if it happens again at any point in time, we’ll look forward to doing that with the next guy.”