Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel challenged his team after an underwhelming performance in their season-ending loss.

Safe to say Vrabel appreciated the response.

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"I'm just excited for these guys," Vrabel said after a 33-27 victory against the Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday afternoon. "I'm really excited they could fight and compete and come on the road, be in a game, get off to a good start, not be front-runners. Everything that we talked about."

It wasn't a mistake-free effort from New England, but that might've made it even more impressive to the first-year Patriots head coach.

"I felt like we were willing to get into a a street fight," Vrabel said. "We hit a little lull and we didn't pack it up a

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