Last modified: Monday, October 22, 2007 12:08 AM EDT Patriots wide receiver Randy Moss celebrates one of his two touchdowns. (Staff photo by KEITH NORDSTROM) Fish totally squished BY MARK FARINELLA SUN CHRONICLE STAFF In some of these games, you just reach a point where you stop trying to analyze what you've seen, and just accept the greatness of it. Tom Brady, Randy Moss and the 7-0 New England Patriots made mincemeat of the Miami Dolphins Sunday at Dolphin Stadium, racing to a 49-28 victory to improve to 7-0 for the first time in franchise history. Mounting a 42-7 lead, the Patriots emptied the seats of the 75,540-seat facility by halftime - save from the thousands of New England fans who made the trek south and found available tickets quite plentiful - and sent thousands of disgusted South Floridians streaming to the beaches to catch the last rays of the day. This was not just a victory by the Patriots. It was a repudiation. It was an utter and complete rejection of the outcome of the last game between these teams on this field, a 21-0 Miami victory last Dec. 10 that served as a wakeup call to the Patriots on their march to another AFC Championship Game. Of course, this is a different Patriot team than the one that faltered last year, then overachieved over the last three weeks of the regular season and three weeks into the playoffs. This is also a much different Miami team - much worse, stripped of many of the key players on offense that had made last year's embarrassment possible. Even Wesley Welker, the multi-talented wide receiver who pulled in nine passes for 138 yards against the Dolphins, is a different player. Last year as a Dolphin, he had only one catch for a loss of a yard against the Patriots in the big Miami victory. This year, he left Dolphins' fans even angrier at losing what could have been to a hated divisional rival. "It was good to get back here and see some familiar faces, and see some of the guys I used to play with," said Welker, who pulled in two of Tom Brady's six touchdown passes. "It was good to get back down here and even better to get a win." A soft-spoken individual, Welker had a front-row seat Sunday to the collapse of his former team, which traded away its most productive receiver (Chris Chambers) earlier in the week, then had the gall to claim through the public statements of head coach Cam Cameron that it was not a signal that the Dolphins had reverted to full rebuilding mode. Welker, who scored on a 14-yard pass just before the end of the first half and a 16-yarder for the Patriots' last score, took the dignified approach and refused to torch his former team. "I'm not with the Dolphins any more," he said, "so it's hard for me to sit here and question any of that. Everybody wants to win, and wants to be on a winning team. So for that reason, yeah, I'm glad I'm here." As opposed to still being a Dolphin, of course. Another player who was happy to be a Patriot in Miami was Brady, who reversed a trend of low-yardage, high-error performances in Miami and was lights-out against the Dolphins - 21 completions in 25 attempts, six touchdown passes (a team record) and a perfect 153.8 passer rating. "We've struggled so many times down here with this team and this defense," Brady said, "and I thought the plan was good today and we executed it well in the first half. Any time you come down here and get a win, it's a great feeling." Brady was also understandably happy with the support of the thousands of Patriots' fans who found their way to Miami. Their support was obvious when, after two or three scores had been posted, Miami's majority had been silenced by the mounting deficit. By the start of the second half, most of the New Englanders or those of like mind found their way into the lower bowl of Dolphin Stadium, filling the orange plastic seats with blue or white shirts bearing the Flying Elvis and the names of Brady, Bruschi, Moss and Maroney. It wasn't exactly the equivalent of a home game, but it was close - and chasing away the hometown fans helped the Patriots execute their plays even better, Brady said. "There were a lot of Patriots' fans here today, and that's fun to hear," he said. "We were able to go on a regular snap count usually we use a silent snap count when we're on the road, but pretty much the whole second half, we went on a regular snap count, which is an advantage for us." The local fans felt so confident at 42-7, in fact, that they struck up a "Go Red Sox" chant to get into the spirit of the big sports Sunday back in New England. "Well, we didn't have it in the bag," Brady cautioned. "I never feel comfortable until there's no time left on that clock. But we had great support." A great team deserves nothing less. MARK FARINELLA may be reached at 508-236-0315 or via e-mail at mfarinel@thesunchronicle.com