"Look, this is often very simple now. Miami may be a game. If we beat Miami, then we get a bye. If we do not, then we'll be playing subsequent week. So, it is a game," Belichick told players, as shown on NFL Network and Patriots.com.
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"We need to be able to go here. we'd like our greatest week. Keep building on what we've been building here, and keep this thing rolling.
"This may be a big week. We are within the playoffs. We are within the playoffs now."
Belichick could have taken it one step further by noting that each team playing within the Super Bowl over the past six seasons has had a first-round playoff bye. therefore the concept beating the 4-11 Dolphins may be a rare one-for-two situation should be all the motivation players and coaches need for the regular-season finale. Schedule of NFL Week 17 below.
It wasn't perfect on Saturday against the Buffalo Bills (e.g., Rex Burkhead's lost fumble and Mohamed Sanu's missed block on fourth down, allowing a 53-yard touchdown pass), but it still registered as arguably the team's best overall game of the season. Bills coach Sean McDermott said one among the items that stood bent him was how the Patriots controlled the road of scrimmage on each side of the ball.
That was one among the ultimate pieces to return together for the Tom Brady-led offense, as without better offensive-line play, it had been getting to be difficult for the Patriots to form a deep postseason run. They even have accelerated the event of first-round-pick wide receiver N'Keal Harry the past fortnight, elevating him to their three-receiver package over veteran Phillip Dorsett.
Despite rocky stretches over the course of the season, offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has stayed the course and is finally being rewarded for it.
"Josh does an impressive job and always has," Belichick said. "He's a really smart guy, understands defenses, the items that make problems for the defense, and at an equivalent time, he understands what we will do and what's out of our realm. I feel he makes great decisions thereon."
Noting that McDaniels and Brady work well together, Belichick also added: "Certainly with Tom having the power to orchestrate tons of things on the sector, that's an enormous plus, too. I feel we've all seen Tom play tons of his best football within the most crucial games of the year, within the most crucial situations in those games."
There's another one arising Sunday against the visiting Dolphins (1 p.m. ET, CBS).
Win that game and therefore the Patriots basically win two, because they earn the coveted playoff bye, not having to play on wild-card weekend.
Belichick's message along those lines couldn't are more clear.
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