Patriots Notes: Marshall Newhouse gets nod at left tackle vs. Dolphins, Belichick cuts short press conference

When injuries hit on the offensive line, the argument often centers around whether or not to plug one spot by weakening two.

Patriots line czar Dante Scarnecchia obviously prefers as few moving parts as possible because he said Friday that Marshall Newhouse, who took over for the injured Isaiah Wynn in Sunday's game, will continue as the team's left tackle.

That means everyone else, including left guard Joe Thuney, will remain at their spots.

"We're just going to play that way," Scarnecchia said. "We would rather not have to move Joe here or move Joe there. We'd like to keep four of the five components that we started with, in place. ... We think Ted (Karras) has done a nice job for us and there's no reason to think that won't continue."

Belichick walks off after Brown questions: Bill Belichick was ready for more Antonio Brown questions after another report surfaced overnight, but only so many.

"I know there are questions about Antonio," Belichick said. "We take all the situations with our team very seriously. There are some things we're looking into. I'm not going to comment on any of the off-the-field situations."

Belichick deflected a few Brown follow-ups, and then walked off the podium after about three minutes.

"We had enough of those," he said.