MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Harold Landry knew.

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Digging in next to defensive tackle Milton Williams before Miami’s final offensive play Sunday, Landry saw the ball snap and then a blur. That blur was Williams, who had fired off the line a split-second before any other lineman. At that point, Landry figured he had Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa dead to rights.

“He beat me off the ball,” said Landry, the Patriots’ captain and top edge rusher. “I knew something good was about to happen for him. And once he smoked the (offensive) guard, I knew it was gonna be a sack.”

Sure enough, Tagovailoa went down, and the Patriots had a win.

Williams dropped Tagovailoa on fourth-and-12 to end Miami’s hopes of a game-winning drive in the final minute of the Patriots’ thrilling 33-27 wi

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