Wilfork: “If we don’t come to play, it’s going to be a long day for us.”

Patriots nose tackle Vince Wilfork can always diagnose a situation, whether in the trenches or at his locker. Predictably, the big man is, as he’d say “quite sure” the Dolphins will run the ball, run the ball and run the ball.

And, thanks to Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams, they’ll be tough doing it.

“Oh yeah. You have a couple teams in the league that are built like this,” said Wilfork, right, in Matthew West’s picture from today’s practice. “They’re strong, they can move, they’re powerful, they tackle well, they do a lot of good things well and they want to be physical. If we don’t have our mind right, once again, it’s going to be a long day for us again, but I think we understand how we want to play this game.”

Wilfork, the birthday boy, recalled the Dolphins torching them last year with the Wildcat to a tune of 119 yards on six carries. Expecting a surprise this time?

“We haven’t seen what they’re going to do,” Wilfork said. “But they’ll want to run the football, so that’s a challenge for us.“



(bostonherald.com)