Trap Game?

While it seems a bit early in the season for a trap game. The Patriots are in the middle of a three week stretch all involving quick turnarounds making it very easy for a team to look ahead. 

Last week, they played the Sunday night game against Arizona, watched tape of that game on the flight back.

Now they play a 1 p.m. game against a division rival on Sunday and then a really quick turnaround to Thursday night when they host the Houston Texans. 

The good news is, there is no travel involved in between Sunday's game and the Houston game. 

Martellus Bennett

Lots of interest as to how the Patriots will use tight end Martellus Bennett on a week to week basis, especially now with Rob Gronkowski sidelined with a hamstring injury. 

Against Arizona, Bennett was used mostly to help out the offensive line with blocking, for both Garoppolo and the run game. Receiving wise, he pulled in 3 catches on 5 targets for 14 yards. 

This week against a good Miami front line, expect to see more blocking from Bennett. 

Patriots Secondary

Last week, the Patriots secondary held up against one of the better down field passing games in the league. This week, they face the opposite end of the spectrum. 

The Dolphins top receiver is Jarvis Landry, 7 catches for 59 yards last week, but after that there is a significant drop off. 

The other Dolphin receivers are Kenny Stills and Leonte Caroo, with tight end Jordan Cameron catching passes as well. 

If the Patriots secondary can take Landry out of the game, the defense should be in good shape. 

Ndamukong Suh/ D-line

Suh, as well as Kiko Alonso, lead a strong Miami Dolphins defensive line that racked up 3 sacks last week against Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks. 

"They're very disruptive. The front's very disruptive. Those guys are big, they're physical, they really penetrate the line of scrimmage, they cause a lot of holding penalties. They get their share of plays, sacks, tackles for loss, all of that," said Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. 

One change to the Dolphins D-Line is that veteran Cameron Wake only plays on third downs. 

When the Patriots played the Dolphins last season, New England only managed 70 rushing yards on 27 carries en route to a loss. 

Miami gave up 112 yards rushing on 32 carries to Seattle last week. 

Needless to say, another big challenge for the Patriots offensive line which held up last week against Arizona. 

Jimmy Garoppolo

Jimmy Garoppolo got his first career win going 24 of 33 for 264 yards  and a touchdown pass. 

Now going into his second game, the Dolphins have film on him and also bring in a very good front line. Priority number one will be get rid of the ball quickly. 

"It's going to be important. You don't want to hold it back there, especially against these guys. They're talented, they get off the ball fast and everything, so the more you hold it, the more trouble we'll be in. We just have to do a good job of playing our game," Garoppolo said earlier this week. 

Like they did against Arizona, look for quick three step drops and fire. 

Garoppolo had one fumble against Arizona and it cost the Patriots seven points.