MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The house of horrors we called it. Remember?

Miami, the place where Patriot dreams wilt, wither and die.

Tom Brady had a losing record here. Bill Belichick never beat Tua Tagovailoa here.

Blah, blah, blah.

Welcome to the Mike Vrabel era.

Here, the Patriots needed just two games to do something they hadn’t done in almost three seasons: score 30 points.

Here, the Pats punched back, surviving five lead changes in a 33-27 thriller.

“We’re not front-runners,” Vrabel said. “And that’s a big thing in this league.”

Here, under the merciless South Florida sun, seeds of hope were planted again Sunday with Vrabel’s first win..

What a gift, hope.

The idea that maybe, just maybe, the past is finally behind the Patriots; the dare to dream that the cycle of dysfunction and

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