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When Miami running back Kenyan Drake completed his sidewinding path through New England's prevent defense and crossed the goal line on the game's final play last week Authentic Marshon Lattimore Jersey , the Dolphins and their fans went wild with delight.Not only did they defeat those long-despised Patriots and prevent them from clinching the division title, but they did so with one of the most improbable touchdowns this unpredictable sport can produce. Now, after pulling off that pass-toss-toss-run sequence that covered 69 yards for a 34-33 victory in Miami, the Dolphins have to hit the road to Minnesota.They'll face a sputtering Vikings team trying to keep hold of a spot in the playoffs in one of the NFL's most daunting stadiums for opponents. But their greatest challenge might actually be figuring out how to move past the euphoria of that astounding finish and rekindle anew the emotional energy they'll need for another win."Honestly, I'm just trying to turn the page and get ready for Minnesota," said quarterback Ryan Tannehill, whose throw to Kenny Stills near midfield preceded a lateral to DeVante Parker and another one to Drake, who raced the remaining 52 yards for the score. "It was a pretty high high there, and a lot of hoopla around it, but at the end of the day, we still have a lot of work to do in this season."The winning touchdown was quickly branded as the "Miami Miracle ," which sure sounds familiar to Minnesota.The Vikings, of course, beat New Orleans in their divisional-round playoff game last season on a last-play, 61-yard touchdown pass from Case Keenum to Stefon Diggs made possible when Saints safety Marcus Williams whiffed on his tackle attempt to allow Diggs to pivot and speed away through the open field.The following week, with the prospect of playing the Super Bowl on home turf tantalizingly close, the Vikings fell flat in the NFC championship game in Philadelphia. Months after the 38-7 loss to the Eagles, coach Mike Zimmer acknowledged he underestimated the emotional toll even in victory that the "Minneapolis Miracle" might have had on his players.Asked this week about the key to keeping a team grounded coming off such an exhilarating game, Zimmer said, "I'm not going to tell them that."This time, it's up to Dolphins coach Adam Gase to figure that out."We really don't have a choice. We're in survival mode, as far as every game is big for us. We have to do everything we can to try to win this one Authentic Michael Thomas Jersey ," Gase said. "We don't have time to get caught up in last week."Here are some other key angles to follow for the game:PLAYOFF PICTUREThe Dolphins (7-6), before the tiebreaking criteria comes into play, are even with Baltimore, Indianapolis and Tennessee for the AFC's second wild-card spot. Though the Dolphins are still alive in the AFC East, the Patriots have a two-game lead with only three games left.The Vikings (6-6-1) still control the second wild-card spot in the NFC despite losing three of their last four games, ahead of three 6-7 teams: Carolina, Philadelphia and Washington. Chicago will clinch the NFC North title with one more win, or one more loss by the Vikings.TANNEHILL TAKING OFFSince returning from a shoulder injury, Tannehill has posted a 100-plus passer rating in three consecutive games, the longest such streak of his career. His 105.7 rating for the season would be the second best in team history behind Dan Marino (108.9) in 1984 when the Dolphins reached the Super Bowl."The goal is just to constantly improve," Tannehill said. "Learning from your past mistakes, and with where I'm at in my career, I feel like I should be playing my best football. I think I'm playing solid football. Obviously I still have room for improvement and want to keep pushing myself to keep playing better."The 30-year-old Tannehill's salary cap hit in 2019 would be $26.6 million, leaving the franchise a decision whether to bring him back next year. He has a 12-4 record in his past 16 starts, but has had a series of injuries in his career."They're a different offense with him in there, without a doubt," Vikings defensive coordinator George Edwards said.WELCOME ADDITIONSRunning back Brandon Bolden and wide receiver Brice Butler, both unemployed at the end of training camp, have given Gase's offense a needed boost.Bolden, fourth on the depth chart behind Drake, Frank Gore and Kalen Ballage, had touchdown runs of 54 yards and 6 yards in his only carries last week against his former team. Butler caught a 23-yard pass for his first score of the year. Both players were picked up by the Dolphins after being discarded elsewhere http://www.neworleanssaintsteamonline.com/austin-carr-jersey , Bolden by the Patriots and Butler by Dallas. They've helped stem the loss of multi-purpose threats Albert Wilson and Jakeem Grant to season-ending injuries."It's not easy to do," Tannehill said, "but you have to give credit to coach Gase and his 'evil genius' mind of just figuring out ways to keep the advantage and keep moving guys around and use guys to the best of their ability."SEEING DOUBLEAfter topping 100 receiving yards in each of the first eight games for the Vikings, Adam Thielen has reached that mark only once in the last five games with an increased presence by opposing safeties around both him and wide receiver Stefon Diggs."Whether it's one guy guarding us or two guys guarding us," Thielen said, "we have to get open."STILL SINGLEThe Vikings can only win a maximum of nine regular-season games this year, leaving them short of double digits for the 13th time in 18 seasons since coach Dennis Green was fired. They got there in 2017 (13-3) and 2015 (11-5) with Zimmer, in 2012 under coach Leslie Frazier (10-6), and in 2009 (12-4) and 2008 (10-6) under coach Brad Childress. The Patriots have thrived in the final month of the season since Bill Belichick and Tom Brady's arrival.They're hoping their 24-10 victory over the Vikings is the start of another memorable December.Tom Brady passed for 311 yards and a touchdown, Bill Belichick earned his 250th victory, including playoffs, as Patriots coach in Sunday's victory over Minnesota.Including his 37 regular-season and postseason wins with the Browns, Belichick has 287 wins overall.Brady completed 24 of 32 passes and has 579 touchdown passes, including the playoffs, tying him with Peyton Manning for the most all time. He also has 508 regular-season TD passes, which ties him with Brett Favre on the career list. Manning is first with 539 and Drew Brees is next with 518.James Develin added a career-high two touchdown runs . New England finished with 471 yards. Brady said the diversity of their attack was his biggest takeaway."Seven guys running, eight guys catching 鈥?that makes it hard for them to defend us," he said. "Hopefully we can keep it going."The Patriots (9-3) have won eight of nine since starting the season 1-2. Belichick improved to 65-13 in December. Brady is 59-11. Both marks are NFL records for the most wins during that month for a coach and player.The Patriots have clinched their 18th straight winning season. It is the second-longest streak in NFL history. The record is held by the Cowboys at 20 seasons from 1966-85.Minnesota (6-5-1) has lost two of its past three. The defeat prevented Minnesota from gaining ground on the NFC North-leading Chicago Bears, who lost 30-27 in overtime to the New York Giants.The Vikings entered the game allowing the third-fewest rushing yards in the league (93.6 per game). But New England was able to spread them out, rushing for 160 yards.Kirk Cousins kept Minnesota in the game early, before faltering down the stretch. He finished 32 of 44 for 201 yards and touchdown but had two late interceptions.Brady improved to 5-0 against Minnesota, one of five teams (Atlanta http://www.neworleanssaintsteamonline.com/alvin-kamara-jersey , Chicago, Dallas and Tampa Bay) he has a perfect regular-season record against.With New England leading 10-7 in the third quarter, Stephen Gostkowski missed a 48-yard field-goal attempt wide right at the 6:26 mark. It snapped a streak of 35 straight makes in the regular season of less than 50 yards, going back to October of last season.The Vikings tied the game on the ensuing series with Dan Bailey's 39-yard field goal.But the Patriots bounced back, needing just four plays for Brady to cap a 75-yard drive with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Josh Gordon that put the Patriots back in front 17-10.Following Minnesota's punt, the Patriots picked up where they left off. This time they needed only six plays to set up a 2-yard TD run by Develin that made it 24-10.The Vikings survived a challenge by Belichick of a spot on a fourth down rush by Latavius Murray on their next possession. Belichick's challenge led to a brief verbal exchange between him and receiver Adam Thielen. It included linebacker Kyle Van Noy coming to his coach's defense."Everybody's out there battling," Patriots safety Devin McCourty said. "Sometimes football comes down to a yard. ... But Bill's fiery. We see it every day."But facing a fourth-and-11 seven plays later, the Vikings turned it over on downs after Cousins' pass to Laquon Treadwell came up short.Thielen said it's a wakeup call for the Vikings."Obviously we've got to get better. I've got to get better," Thielen said. "I didn't make the plays I needed to."Minnesota got the ball back quickly after Brady threw his first interception in five games to Eric Kendricks. But a pass into the end zone by Cousins was tipped by J.C. Jackson and intercepted by Duron Harmon ."Every guy on the offense, they're hungry. You know, just like the defense. We're all hungry," Patriots receiver Cordarrelle Patterson said. "We all know our role and we embrace it."SPOT ONMinnesota coach Mike Zimmer pulled out his red challenge flag at just the right time late in the first half to help get his team on the scoreboard.The Vikings successfully challenged the referee's spot after an apparent first down completion to Rob Gronkowski. It left the Patriots with a third-and-1 on their 26.Minnesota stopped the ensuing run by James White and New England was forced to punt.Cousins went to work in the two-minute offense, opening Minnesota's drive with completions of 24 and 23 yards to Stefon Diggs and Kyle Rudolph. He added another 10-yard completion to Diggs four plays later to set up a 5-yard touchdown pass to Thielen that trimmed the Patriots' lead to 10-7 at the half.RUN BRADY RUNBrady reached another milestone: 1,000 yards rushing in his career.Brady hit the mark on a 5-yard scramble in the first quarter. He slid to a stop, popped to his knee and signaled for a first down.He finished with two rushes for 5 yards. He avoided losing a yard when he kneeled down on the final play of the game ."I'm not trying to go backward," he said. "I don't want us to go backwards anymore."Never considered much of a mobile quarterback, it took Brady 19 years and 265 games to reach the 1,000-yard milestone 鈥?the most by a player since the merger. At 41, he is also the oldest player to reach 1,000 career rushing yards since 1970.He has averaged 1.7 yards per carry and 3.8 yards per game, with his most "prolific" season in 2002 when he ran for a total of 110 yards.INJURIESVikings: CB Trae Waynes was evaluated for a concussion in the second quarter and ruled out for the rest of the game.Patriots: S Patrick Chung was helped off the field in the fourth quarter.UP NEXTVikings: At Seattle for "Monday Night Football" matchup on Dec. 10.Patriots: At Miami next Sunday. NFL Outlet