Another Thursday night blowout of which I was on the wrong side. On the bright side, there weren't many flags or reviews, and the Patriots keep the pace brisk.

• You wouldn't know it from the score, but the Dolphins defense showed up. They got burnt on two big plays in the first half, one to Rob Gronkowski and one to Dion Lewis, but they held it together pretty well until the offense put them in too many bad situations.

• Lewis is like Darren Sproles from five years ago. They even lined him up wide on one catch.

• Brady's final touchdown to Julian Edelman was the culmination of a long drive in garbage time. When the team up 22 is scoring in garbage time, records are apt to fall. Brady finished with 9.4 YPA, 356 yards and four TDs. He's on pace for 5,509 yards and 46 touchdowns.

• Ryan Tannehill managed 300 yards, but needed 44 attempts (6.8 YPA), threw two picks and took five sacks. While he's far more mobile than Brady, he has far less pocket presence and doesn't easily sidestep the rush while looking downfield.

• Rishard Matthews saw 12 targets, leading the team, but had only seven catches for 62 yards. Lamar Miller caught five passes, but for only 19 yards.

• You'd think after Jonas Gray was fired by the Patriots, following a 200-yard game, for oversleeping one practice, he'd play like Forrest Whitaker in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." He did catch four balls for 50 yards, but mostly in garbage time. After one Jamie Collins tackle, he and Gray appeared to be jawing, and I imagined Collins saying: "Go back to sleep, dude."

• Dan Campbell has done a decent job so far, but his punt on 4th-and-3 from his own 42 down 15 with 2:32 left in the third quarter was moronic. Know the game situation and opponent. You're down two scores in Foxboro - you need to be aggressive.

• There were two great moments in the broadcast: (1) When Phil Simms noted Bill Belichick is always aggressive on 4th-and-short in plus territory and happens to have been to six Super Bowls (with no mention or awareness that Simms always advocates the opposite); and (2) When Jim Nantz, noting Brady's competitiveness and success, asked if Simms thought Brady could play another 10 years - until he's 48! Even five years would be pushing it, but Nantz went science fiction on us.