The winning streak of the New England Patriots was ended with a brutal domination by the lowly Miami Dolphins. Ronnie Brown scored a team-record four touchdowns rushing and threw for another — with four of the scores coming on direct snaps to the running back — as Miami destroyed New England 38-13 Sunday. The loss ended the Patriots’ NFL mark of 21 straight regular season wins that began after a 21-0 loss to the Dolphins on Dec. 10, 2006, in which Tom Brady, who’s now out for the season with a knee injury, was sacked four times.
It also ended New England’s chance for a second straight unbeaten regular season.
The Dolphins, who lost their first 13 games last year and finished 1-15, won for just the second time in 22 games. It was the first victory for Miami’s new coach Tony Sparano, and it was an incredible win. The Pats didn’t have Tom Brady to lead them as he’s done 28 times in the fourth quarter. They had to count on Matt Cassel and an offense missing running back Laurence Maroney to a shoulder injury, which was simple not enough. many Patriots fans were booing their team and some left early.

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ason Taylor wanted out of Miami, and Bill Parcells was happy to let the defensive end go. The six-time Pro Bowl defensive end who was also the 2006 NFL Defensive Player of the Year — got into his teams bad books after spending his offseason on the TV show Dancing With The Stars rather than working out with teammates. So when the Washington Redskins lost a starting lineman to a season-ending injury Sunday, a significant swap quickly got done. The Redskins gave the Dolphins a second-round pick in 2009 and a sixth-round choice in 2010 for Taylor, who is leaving the only NFL team he’s ever played on.