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Inside the Kenyan Drake touchdown that won the Patriots-Dolphins game

With the New England Patriots leading 33-28 with seven seconds remaining, the Miami Dolphins needed a miracle to win. And their prayers were answered in the form of a Ryan Tannehill pass up the middle, a pair of laterals and some shifty running from Kenyan Drake, as the Dolphins walked off the Pats on a game-winning 69-yard trip to the end zone. It was the longest game-winning touchdown with no time left in regulation in the Super Bowl era, per Elias Sports Bureau.

Here's how the crazy play worked, how Drake found space, what happened on defense and more nuggets to know from NFL Next Gen Stats:

The play: On first-and-10 at the Dolphins' own 31-yard line with 0:07 remaining in the fourth quarter of a 33-28 contest, Tannehill took a shotgun snap and threw to Kenny Stills near midfield.