Miami Dolphins Special Teams Woes Lead to Blowout Win for Patriots

October 6, 2010   ·   Chris J. Nelson   ·   Jump to comments

Coming off a pretty solid performance in a close loss to a very tough Jets team, there was cause for some optimism heading into the Miami Dolphins Monday Night Football battle with the New England Patriots in Week 4.

Things were still looking up for the Dolphins, holding a 7-6 lead at halftime, but that optimism quickly evaporated when the Patriots returned the third quarter's opening kickoff for a touchdown and proceeded to blow out the Dolphins in the second half.

Chad Henne threw three interceptions the week after his best career performance against the Jets, while the Dolphins struggled to stop the run in the second half.

In addition, the Dolphins also allowed a blocked punt and a blocked field goal in the second half—the latter of which was returned for a touchdown.

Struggles on both offense and defense, combined with some of the worst special teams play I've ever seen at any level of the sport, resulted in a 41-14 demolishing ...

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