

He finished with a line of 161 passing yards, one touchdown and the pick-six on 12 of 19 passing. The safety stiff-armed Bridgewater near the goal line as the quarterback made an awkward attempt to tackle the sprinting Duggar. However, he saw Mostert crossing over the middle.īridgewater, starting in place of Tua Tagovailoa, who is in concussion protocol, left the game on his 39-yard pick-six to Patriots safety Kyle Duggar with an injury to a finger on his right hand. Bridgewater faked a shotgun handoff to Tyreek Hill and initially appeared like he was going to attempt to run for the score. The Dolphins took a 14-7 lead following quarterback Teddy Bridgewater's 2-yard touchdown pass, a flip to running back Raheem Mostert off a scramble. The second half proved that theory incorrect. Tied at seven at the half, it appeared as though Sunday afternoon would be mostly uneventful. New England needs to win at the AFC East champion Buffalo Bills in Week 18 to secure their playoff spot, but they're in the driver's seat entering the final week. With the Patriots' 23-21 win, they have supplanted the Dolphins for control of the AFC's seventh seed and final wild card spot.

Week 17 between the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots functioned as a playoff game with the AFC East rivals scratching and clawing for the AFC's final playoff spot in Foxborough.
