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Miami Dolphins 15 at New England Patriots 10. Final.
Dolphins -2 ✓U 37 ✓
The verdict · 2024 Week 5
Miami Dolphins 15, Patriots 10 — with the result never quite settled.
It turned at Q4 1:00, 4th and 15, on Jacoby Brissett — 25.1 win-probability points to the Dolphins on one snap, the largest move of the game.
The snaps that bent it
The biggest swing of the game · Q4 1:00 · 4th and 15
Jacoby Brissett
Dolphins
(1:00) (Shotgun) 7-J.Brissett pass incomplete deep middle to 85-H.Henry.
Dolphins closed -2 and covered, winning by 5.
Miami Dolphins 15–10. Biggest swing: Q4 1:00, Dolphins +25.1% win probability on one snap.
25.1
win-probability points on one snap
The largest move of the game. The two below are drawn against it.
Unnamed on the sheetPatriotsQ2 2:08(2:08) (No Huddle, Shotgun) 18-T.Huntley Aborted. 55-A.Brewer FUMBLES at NE 37, recovered by MIA-30-A.Ingold at NE 47. Penalty on MIA, Illegal Shift, declined.
15.6pts
Demario DouglasPatriotsQ4 1:58(1:58) (Shotgun) 7-J.Brissett pass short middle to 3-D.Douglas to MIA 12 for 19 yards (5-J.Ramsey). ** Injury Update: NE-38-R.Stevenson has returned to the game.
16.7pts
What separated them
Giveaways
Patriots owned this one and still lost it — no giveaways, against Dolphins at 2 giveaways.
Patriotsthe gap went the other way from the scoreboard
Red zone
Dolphins won this one — 1 touchdown on 3 trips, against Patriots at 0 touchdowns on 4 trips.
Dolphinsthe gap went the way the scoreboard did
Running the ball
Patriots owned this one and still lost it — +0.19 expected points per carry, against Dolphins at -0.06 expected points per carry.
Patriotsthe gap went the other way from the scoreboard
Third down
Patriots owned this one and still lost it — 4 of 13 on third down, against Dolphins at 2 of 11 on third down.
Patriotsthe gap went the other way from the scoreboard
2 other measures were inside a third of the league's own spread — two clubs doing the same thing, so they are not shown.
1 of the 3 swings name a man the week's roster cannot confirm, so that portrait is withheld.
Drawn from the weekly play-by-play file, which paints on the Monday 4:00 AM ET sync after the game.
The model against the market, the momentum underneath, every drive — scrub to replay it
How the game was won
The model and the market were 10.8 win-probability points apart on the average play, and 18 apart at the widest — with the model the more convinced about Patriots.
MarketModelmodel higher on Patriotshigher on Dolphins171 of 179 plays carry both curves
(1:00) (Shotgun) 7-J.Brissett pass incomplete deep middle to 85-H.Henry.
Swing −25.1 for PatriotsExpected points −2.77 for PatriotsThe model had Patriots 3 points higher than the market did.play 168
The solid line is the betting market's home win probability; the dashed line is the play-by-play model's. The shaded band between them is the disagreement — emerald where the model liked the home team more, red where it liked the away team more. Drag across the curve or use arrow keys to replay the game; gold diamonds mark the biggest swings.
Highest-leverage plays
4th · 1:00MIA +25% win prob(1:00) (Shotgun) 7-J.Brissett pass incomplete deep middle to 85-H.Henry.
4th · 1:58NE +17% win prob(1:58) (Shotgun) 7-J.Brissett pass short middle to 3-D.Douglas to MIA 12 for 19 yards (5-J.Ramsey). ** Injury Update: NE-38-R.Stevenson has returned to the game.
2nd · 2:08MIA +16% win prob(2:08) (No Huddle, Shotgun) 18-T.Huntley Aborted. 55-A.Brewer FUMBLES at NE 37, recovered by MIA-30-A.Ingold at NE 47. Penalty on MIA, Illegal Shift, declined.
4th · 0:12MIA +13% win prob(:12) (Shotgun) 7-J.Brissett pass deep right to 85-H.Henry to MIA 11 for 25 yards (20-J.Brooks).
4th · 7:29NE +11% win prob(7:29) 25-J.Wright left end to NE 33 for 16 yards (0-C.Gonzalez).
1st · 0:02MIA +11% win prob(:02) 7-J.Sanders 41 yard field goal is No Good, Hit Left Upright, Center-48-B.Ferguson, Holder-16-J.Bailey.
SettledThe modelled figures are the league play-by-play model's, not ours.
How the points landed
The margin ledger
Alec Ingold's 3-yard rushing touchdown with 4:27 left in the 4th put Miami Dolphins ahead for good. It was the last score of the day.
Lead
1st10:44Jason Sanders·54-yd field goal54-yard field goalholder J.Bailey · snap B.Ferguson+33–0
3rd11:04Joey Slye·38-yd field goal38-yard field goalholder B.Baringer · snap J.Cardona+33–10
3rd7:50Jason Sanders·32-yd field goal32-yard field goalholder J.Bailey · snap B.Ferguson+36–10
3rd0:35Jason Sanders·47-yd field goal47-yard field goalholder J.Bailey · snap B.Ferguson+39–10
4th4:27Alec Ingold·3-yd TD run3-yard rushing touchdowntwo-point no goodLead never changed again+615–10
6 scores · bar length is the lead after each one
Down-to-down truth
Situational splits
Dolphinscategory by categoryPatriots
Dolphins3–5Patriots
372Total yards299
4.9Yards per play5.5
37%Success rate43%
18%Third-down rate31%
1Red-zone touchdowns0
8Explosive plays8
21First downs13
3Sacks taken2
2Turnovers0
The read
Patriots ahead 5–3 on categories, but the biggest gap belongs to Dolphins, in red-zone touchdowns.
Expected points added, per play
The centre line is an average play. A bar to the right of it is a side that gained more than the situation was worth; a bar to the left is a side that lost ground. All six bars share one scale, ±0.35 points.
Every snapexpected points added per play, all downs
−0.07Dolphins: −0.07 expected points added per play
−0.08Patriots: −0.08 expected points added per play
Dropping backexpected points added per dropback
−0.09Dolphins: −0.09 expected points added per play
−0.22Patriots: −0.22 expected points added per play
Running itexpected points added per rush
−0.06Dolphins: −0.06 expected points added per play
+0.19Patriots: +0.19 expected points added per play
Neither side “wins” volume or play-calling mix, so neither is drawn as a duel: Dolphins ran 76 snaps at a 49% dropback rate against Patriots’s 54 at 67%. Red-zone trips: Dolphins 3, Patriots 4.
NoteDolphins won the down-to-down efficiency fight: -0.07 expected points added per play vs -0.08.
Derived from the play-by-play, no model
The Read
12 of 12 readings cleared their snap floor and were tested against four comparisons: this week's whole slate, the team's own season, the week before, and the team's own ordinary spread. Every bar below is set in that team's own week-to-week swing, never in league points — one team's swing runs 1.6 to 3.1 times the entire league's spread.
highest in the league that weekAgainst the weekTendencies
MIA's play-action rate, 43.2%, was the highest of the 28 team-games charted in week 5 — 0.8 points clear of the next team along.
Past their previous high of 38.5% in week 3.
A 2.4-swing turn from week 4.
37 dropbacks this game, floor 12 — 17 of their games behind the ruler, and their own week-to-week swing is 10.5 points.
lowest in the league that weekAgainst the weekTendencies
MIA's early-down pass rate, 42.9%, was the lowest of the 28 team-games charted in week 5 — 0.6 points clear of the next team along.
Past their previous low of 48.7% in week 4.
63 early downs this game, floor 15 — 17 of their games behind the ruler, and their own week-to-week swing is 11.0 points.
lowest in the league that weekAgainst the weekOver Expected
MIA's pass rate over expected, −13.2 pts, was the lowest of the 28 team-games charted in week 5 — 4.2 points clear of the next team along.
75 snaps this game, floor 20 — 17 of their games behind the ruler, and their own week-to-week swing is 10.2 points.
NE's fourth-and-short go rate turned over: 100.0% in week 4 against 0.0% here — they went for it then and took the kick now, a turn of 3.0 of their own weekly swings across the two.
3 fourth-and-short calls this game, floor 3 — 9 of their games behind the ruler, and their own week-to-week swing is 33.7 points.
The season-grain rooms, pointed at this one game
Was this normal for them?
12 of 12 readings cleared their snap floor. Every deviation below is measured in that team's own game-to-game swing, not in league points — because one game's swing runs from 1.6 to 3.1 times the whole league's spread.
their week-to-week swingall 32 teams
upper band = their week-to-week swing · lower rule = all 32 teams · scale -28 pts to 24 pts
off script — got home · +12.4 vs their 12.6%, and they swing ±6.0 week to week (+2.07× that swing) · 36 dropbacks
Patriots10.8%
right on their number · +0.6 vs their 10.2%, and they swing ±7.2 week to week (+0.09× that swing) · 37 dropbacks
NoteMIA's sack or hit rate was the night's one real departure: 25.0%, 12.4 points above their season mean of 12.6% and 2.1 times their own 6.0-point weekly swing.
The Game Day Roster
Who was out, who dressed and never took a snap, and who was on the field how much. Game-day list and snap counts from the weekly roster and snap feeds. Practice-squad and injured-reserve players are not shown — they were never on the game-day list.
Miami Dolphins
48 dressed · 7 inactive · 1 never used
65Robert JonesG · Every snap100%78 snaps
73Austin JacksonT · Every snap100%78 snaps
74Liam EichenbergG · Every snap100%78 snaps
72Terron ArmsteadT · Every snap100%78 snaps
18Tyler HuntleyQB · Every snap100%78 snaps
55Aaron BrewerG · Every snap100%78 snaps
10Tyreek HillWR · Heavy rotation79%62 snaps
17Jaylen WaddleWR · Heavy rotation78%61 snaps
31Raheem MostertRB · Heavy rotation56%44 snaps
30Alec IngoldFB · Heavy rotation54%42 snaps
89Julian HillTE · Heavy rotation51%40 snaps
9Jonnu SmithTE · Rotational41%32 snaps
81Durham SmytheTE · Rotational35%27 snaps
25Jaylen WrightRB · Rotational32%25 snaps
83Malik WashingtonWR · Rotational26%20 snaps
0Braxton BerriosWR · Situational19%15 snaps
3Odell Beckham Jr.WR · Situational14%11 snaps
28De'Von AchaneRB · Situational14%11 snaps
Inactive · 7
Andrew MeyerCEthan BonnerCBChanning TindallILBMohamed KamaraOLBSkylar ThompsonQBJeff WilsonRBJordan PoyerSS
1 player played under 8 snaps, so their shares read as a dash rather than a number. 3 lines have no expected-points read and sit off the plane.
Expected points are modelled in full PPR, so the “vs expected” column stays in that unit whichever format the pills are set to. Switching the pills changes the points column, not the plane.
The field map
Every snap, where it happened
The whole game as one hundred yards. The Patriots attack right, the Dolphins attack left, so a change of possession is a reversal you can see. Reading down is the order the snaps were played — not the clock, so a two-minute drill gets the same room as any other fourteen snaps. This game is final.
Dolphins←Patriots→
Q1Q2Q3Q4
J.Brissett pass−27% win probabilitymoment 2 of 4
(1:00) (Shotgun) 7-J.Brissett pass incomplete deep middle to 85-H.Henry.
Q4 1:00 · Patriots · 4th & 15 at MIA 17 · gained nothing · -2.77 EP · −27.2% win probability
169 snaps placed · 10 without a recorded yard line, left off the map · 4 marked moments — the largest win-probability swings, one per drive.
The Film Room · post-game
Post-game film: 179 plays across 22 drives, personnel groupings on 169 snaps, the eleven on the field by name, manual charting on 173. Everything here paints once the weekly sync ingests the game — there is no live play-level feed in this product, so nothing on this page updates while a game is being played.
Possession by possession
The field rail
6 of 22 drives ended in points. The longest march was MIA moving 80 yards from the MIA 20 for a touchdown. Each bar is the ground a drive actually covered; NE attacks right, MIA attacks left. Hatching marks a trip inside the twenty.
Every snap
Play stream
179 of 179 plays
Team
Quarter
Down
Play type
Expected points added
Event
Charted
Plays shown
179
EPA per play
-0.10
Success rate
40%
Yards
671
Who was on the field
Personnel groupings
Offensive grouping on every pass and run. A group needs five snaps in this game before it gets a number — under that the sample is a coin flip and the cell reads a dash instead. Open any play above to see the eleven men who were actually on the field for it.
Dolphins2 RB, 1 TE, 2 WR36+0.1828%
Patriots1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR31+0.0174%
Dolphins1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR20-0.5380%
Patriots1 RB, 2 TE, 2 WR19-0.0353%
Dolphins2 RB, 2 TE, 1 WR10+0.0130%
Dolphins1 RB, 2 TE, 2 WR8+0.2275%
Patriots1 RB, 1 TE, 2 WR3——
Dolphins0 RB, 0 TE, 0 WR1——
Dolphins0 RB, 2 TE, 3 WR1——
Patriots0 RB, 2 TE, 3 WR1——
snapsepapass rate
179 plays · ranked by the win probability each one moved
Every play
Ball
When
Play
Only
Who
179 plays
Bar length is win probability the play moved
1st quarter37 plays
Dolphins3Patriots0
Field goal9 plays, from the Dolphins 26 to the Patriots 36
Punt5 plays, from the Patriots 30 to the Patriots 37
How the play was built
A man in motion.
Thrown on the first read, it should have been intercepted.
FormationPistolOffense on the fieldOne quarterback, one back, one tight end and three receiversDefense on the fieldThree linemen, three linebackers and five backsRoute runSlantCoverageCover 2, two deepMan or zoneZoneIn the boxSix defendersRushing the passerFivePressure (charted)The passer was kept cleanTime to throw1.9 seconds
Intercepted6 plays, from the Dolphins 22 to the Dolphins 36
Dolphins3Patriots6
Dolphins3Patriots7
Touchdown5 plays, from the Dolphins 43 to the Dolphins 33
No good10 plays, from the Dolphins 30 to the Patriots 20
2nd quarter51 plays
Punt7 plays, from the Patriots 31 to the Patriots 40
Fumble lost7 plays, from the Dolphins 20 to the Dolphins 32
No good9 plays, from the Dolphins 23 to the Dolphins 11
How the play was built
Two in the backfield, no huddle, nobody in motion.
FormationPistolOffense on the fieldOne fullback, one quarterback, one back, one tight end and two receiversDefense on the fieldThree linemen, three linebackers and five backsIn the boxSeven defenders
Punt10 plays, from the Dolphins 23 to the Patriots 25
Punt4 plays, from the Patriots 5 to the Patriots 13
Turnover on downs7 plays, from the Patriots 44 to the Patriots 28
Punt4 plays, from the Patriots 42 to the Patriots 47
The period ended3 plays
3rd quarter39 plays
Dolphins3Patriots10
Field goal12 plays, from the Patriots 30 to the Dolphins 20
Dolphins6Patriots10
Field goal10 plays, from the Dolphins 30 to the Patriots 14
Punt5 plays, from the Patriots 30 to the Patriots 38
Dolphins9Patriots10
Field goal9 plays, from the Dolphins 14 to the Patriots 29
The period ended3 plays
4th quarter52 plays
Punt8 plays, from the Patriots 22 to the Dolphins 43
Dolphins15Patriots10
Touchdown17 plays, from the Dolphins 20 to the Patriots 3
How the play was built
Empty backfield, a man in motion.
Thrown on the first read.
FormationShotgunOffense on the fieldOne quarterback, one back, one tight end and three receiversDefense on the fieldThree linemen, three linebackers and five backsRoute runSlantCoverageTwo-man underMan or zoneManIn the boxFive defendersRushing the passerFourPressure (charted)The passer was kept cleanTime to throw1.6 seconds
How the play was built
Empty backfield, nobody in motion.
Thrown on the first read, caught in traffic.
FormationShotgunOffense on the fieldOne quarterback, two tight ends and three receiversDefense on the fieldThree linemen, three linebackers and five backsRoute runGoCoverageCover 0, no safety helpMan or zoneManIn the boxSeven defendersRushing the passerSevenPressure (charted)The passer was pressuredTime to throw2.5 seconds
Turnover on downs16 plays, from the Patriots 30 to the Dolphins 12
The period ended7 plays, from the Dolphins 17 to the Dolphins 26
How the play was built
A man in motion.
Thrown out of the scramble drill, caught in traffic.
FormationShotgunOffense on the fieldOne quarterback, one back, one tight end and three receiversDefense on the fieldOne lineman, four linebackers and six backsRoute runDigCoverageCombination coverageMan or zoneZoneIn the boxFour defendersRushing the passerThreePressure (charted)The passer was kept cleanTime to throw4.2 seconds
The period ended4 plays, from the Patriots 43 to the Dolphins 36
Win probability is the league play-by-play model, 98.5% of plays · a dash means none was published
The cards are drawn from the play-by-play sync, not live, and each one says so on its face.
Closing number vs result
Betting context
Closing spread
Dolphins -2
Closing total
37
Dolphins moneyline
-130
Patriots moneyline
+110
Dolphins closed -2 and covered, winning by 5.
Total closed 37; the game landed 25 — under by 12.0.
Conditions and crew
Game environment
Venue
Gillette Stadium
Roof / surface
outdoors · fieldturf
Kickoff weather
Mild, 64°F at kickoff; still at 2 mph out of the north-east; clear.
Referee
Adrian Hill
Rest
Dolphins 6 days · Patriots 7 days
Coaches
Mike McDaniel vs Jerod Mayo
NoteDivision game — familiarity tightens these matchups; closing numbers tend to be sharper.
4th · 7:50
NE +10% win prob
(7:50) (Shotgun) 18-T.Huntley pass incomplete short middle to 31-R.Mostert. PENALTY on NE-53-C.Elliss, Defensive Pass Interference, 5 yards, enforced at MIA 43 - No Play.
2nd · 6:12MIA +10% win prob(6:12) 13-J.Slye 33 yard field goal is No Good, Wide Right, Center-49-J.Cardona, Holder-17-B.Baringer.