MIAMI GARDENS — The mission for the Miami Dolphins in Sunday’s home opener against New England is clear — win.

The Dolphins (0-1) were blasted by Indianapolis, 33-8, in last week’s season opener.

Fans have been irate all week and if they don’t see better effort and a better result they’ll be more irate, and no one, especially general manager Chris Grier , coach Mike McDaniel and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who have taken the brunt of the fans’ anger, wants to see how that looks.

The Patriots (0-1), under the direction of first-year coach Mike Vrabel, are looking to get on the winning track, and Vrabel could be the man to get them there. He defeated the Dolphins, 28-27, the last time he faced them which was late in the 2023 season when he was coaching Tennessee.

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