The Miami Dolphins defeated the New England Patriots 31-17 on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium.  

Tua Tagovailoa went 30 of 45 for 324 yards with 3 touchdowns and an interception.  Raheem Mostert led Miami on the ground with 46 yards on 13 carries and a touchdown.  Jaylen Waddle led all pass catchers with 121 receiving yards on 7 catches and a touchdown. 

Here's what I liked and what I didn't…

What I liked: 

– The Dolphins' throwback uniforms.  Bar none, without question the greatest uniforms in all of football.  Why the Dolphins' brass refuses to listen to its fanbase and make them permanent is baffling. 

– The defense on the first drive.  Kader Kohou's five-yard tackle for loss on first down set the tone, the defense got off the field two plays later.  Great start. 

– The gang tackling on third down the following drive, with Bradley Chubb making a big stop among a host of Dolphins' defenders.  Great open field play to stop New England a yard short of the sticks and force a second straight three and out. 

– Tua to Tyreek Hill for a 42-yard touchdown.  He beat J.C. Jackson for the second time this year.  He simply flew between the corner and help over the top for the second straight week and was wide open in the end zone by several yards.   Easy money. 

– Jalen Ramsey made his impact felt the next series, blasting Ezekiel Elliott and forcing a fumble that went out of bounds and set the Pats back at second-and-18.  He got his head and shoulders into the area of the ball and blasted it loose.  Nice play. 

– Tua's scramble on fourth-and-4.  Don't usually see him take off that much, but the red sea parted, and he took advantage of it to convert and get the Dolphins into field goal range. 

– The play design to Waddle to pick up 13 on third-and-14.  It almost picked up the first down but came up a yard short.  Looked like a tunnel screen.  Still, it worked very well, and a Tua-to-Hill short catch and run converted the fourth down.  

– Cedric Wilson, Jr. made a great catch and held it through the ground for a 1-yard score and a 14-7 lead.  He boxed out Jackson and Tua put it in a perfect spot.  Unstoppable. 

– Ramsey had his first pick as a Dolphin.  Playing deep in zone coverage, he read the ball to Kendrick Bourne and ran up for the pick, returning it 49 yards.  Took points from New England and gave them to Miami.  A game-changing play.  

– Waddle's leaping catch on second-and-14 for a first down in the red zone with 0:40 left in the first half.  Skied and pulled it down.  Great play. 

– The coverage on third down after the Mostert fumble that led to a sack of Jones.  It forced Jones to hesitate, and Christian Wilkins was able to get to him.  Huge stop after a disastrous play. 

– Tua on the Dolphins' third touchdown drive.  Protected well, he scanned and made great reads and throws to Jaylen Waddle, Chase Claypool, and Durham Smythe to get the ball down to the 1.  Mostert finished it off with an easy 1-yard touchdown. 

– DeShon Elliott's crushing hit on DeVante Parker in the third quarter.  He met Parker just after the latter caught the ball, and he crushed him, forcing the ball to fly out for an incompletion.  Parker had to be helped up and made it off the field, and fortunately he appeared to be ok afterwards. 

– Hill went over 1000 yards for the season in the third quarter.  He became the first player to reach that mark in their first 8 games in NFL history.  2000 receiving yards is absolutely in play for Hill.  He finished with 8 catches for 112 yards and a touchdown. 

– Salvon Ahmed had a nifty 20-yard catch and run on third-and-13 late in the first quarter. Lester Cotton was originally called for ineligible player downfield, but then they picked the flag up and let the play stand.

– Hill made a great leaping catch with 6:15 left on third-and-9 to move the sticks for Miami and keep the clock rolling.  Tua fired a dart through a tight window, and Hill was just able to pull it in at the first down marker. 

– Then, on third-and-1 with 2:49 left, Tua faked a handoff to Mostert and the entire New England defense bit on it.  Waddle was alone over the middle without absolutely no one round him and trotted in for the easiest 31-yard touchdown of his life.  Both New England defenders who weren't crashing the line followed Hill in motion, and Waddle was completely unaccounted for.  A GENIUS play call by McDaniel. 

– Jaelan Phillips crushed Mac Jones on third-and-5 with 2 minutes left.  Miami's pass rush wasn't particularly strong throughout the game, but that was an exclamation point on the win. 

– Miami is 6-2 for the first time in 22 years.  That seems pretty good. 

What I didn't: 

– A sack of Tua followed by an interception by S Kyle Dugger on back-to-back throws set the Patriots up in field goal range in the first quarter.  Dugger dropped down and cherry picked a pass over the middle intended for Hill.  Great defensive call, bad read by Tua. 

– Three plays later, Jones found Kendrick Bourne across the middle, who weaved his way for a 24-yard touchdown.  Justin Bethel was beaten in coverage.  

– Mostert simply dropped the handoff from Tua on the opening play of the second half, and it was recovered by New England at the Miami 19.  That…just can't happen.  Wow. 

– Back-to-back drops early in the fourth quarter on first and second down by Hill and Waddle, respectively, forced Miami to punt after a three and out.  A missed opportunity to run some clock with a two-touchdown lead. 

– The Dolphins' defense on the Patriots second touchdown drive.  Jones had all day and picked the Dolphins' secondary apart.  Rhamondre Stevenson also bowled over Dolphins defenders to get down inside the five.  Juju Smith-Schuster caught a three-yard touchdown on fourth down to draw the score to 24-17.  Disappointing drive overall from the defense.  

-Smith-Schuster crushed Brandon Jones on the Patriots' final offensive play.  It was a hard hit on Jones, who was going up to get the game-ending interception.  A legitimate hit, but standing over Jones very briefly led to some shoving between the teams after the game and a flag on Smith-Schuster for unsportsmanlike conduct.  To his credit, he did go over and check on Jones after the play.