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Bill Belichick explains why Patriots didn't call timeout on final drive of the first half

Before halftime in their game against the Miami Dolphins, the New England Patriots had the ball on their own 25-yard line. They had 57 seconds on the clock, three timeouts left and potentially could have tried to mount a scoring drive to close the half.

Instead, the Patriots ran the ball twice and elected to head into the locker room.

And after the 27-24 loss that the team suffered, that decision came under scrutiny.

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