Dolphins coach Joe Philbin has watched lots of tape of Patriots QB Tom Brady -- and he's worried about what he sees.

“He’s playing at an extremely high level,” Philbin said. “He’s very, very productive and he’s playing well. The big thing for us (is) we’re going to have to get off the field on third down and we’re going to have to play well in the red zone and keep them out of the end zone.”

Easier said than done.

Brady, an MVP candidate, is completing 65 percent of his passes for 3,299 yards with 24 touchdowns against three interceptions. That’s bad news for a beleaguered Dolphins defense. The unit is allowing nearly 262 passing yards per game, the seventh-worst mark in the league, to go with 14 passing touchdowns.

“We have to be able to understand their strengths,” Brady told the South Florida Sun Sentinel, “and try to go down and execute against a very good defense, one that is always a challenge for us, especially in Florida in December.”

He fought the law: Philbin had little to say about DB Jonathon Amaya’s arrest this weekend in South Beach for allegedly assaulting a taxi driver.

“Well, there’s always circumstances surrounding any incident,” Philbin said. “The big thing we want to do is be fair any time we make a decision regarding a player in the program. That’s the overriding principle.”

Amaya is mainly a special teams contributor and has five tackles this season. WR Chad Johnson was released earlier this season after being arrested on domestic battery charges.

“I think you guys know everybody in the program and the organization is accountable for their actions on and off the field,” Philbin said. “It’s a situation that has been addressed internally, and that’s what I have to say about it.”

Powerball frenzy: Even Dolphins players were stopping at their local corner store to buy Powerball tickets this week.

And why not? Wednesday’s drawing was worth an estimated $550 million.

“You’re damn right I’m gonna take my stab at it,” Dolphins LB Karlos Dansby told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “Why not?”

His teammates agreed.

“I might buy 100,” DE Jared Odrick told the newspaper. “Dead serious. I might sit there all night tonight at 7-11 and get the numbers that come to me, that come to my head. Just start marking numbers down like Rain Man.”

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