When Antonio Brown celebrated his first touchdown with New England by vaulting into a first-row luxury box, he didn't linger. The Patriots had a job to finish.
Determined to play to the final gun after allowing a miracle comeback at Miami last year, the Patriots beat the Dolphins 43-0 Sunday.
Bill Belichick had Tom Brady still throwing at the end.
"We're playing 60 minutes," the New England coach said.
The Patriots did that. They scored twice on interception returns in a two-minute fourth-quarter span, and they registered their first shutout since Week 3 of 2016.
Brown helped get them going. The Patriots (2-0) were 18½-point favorites but led Miami (0-2) only 7-0 late in the first half before Brady hit his newest target for a 20-yard score. Brown and Brady connected four times for 56 yards in all, all in the first half.
"It was a good start," Brady said. "I was just trying to find an open guy. He was snapping off some routes and did a great job."
Brown didn't talk to reporters after the game. The NFL let the four-time All-Pro play despite a lawsuit filed Tuesday by his former trainer accusing him of sexually assaulting her on three occasions. Brown has denied the allegations.