Dolphin Defense Must Step Up

Dolphin Defense Must Step Up

Coming into the regular season, I thought I knew one thing for certain.

Through two weeks, I could not have been more wrong.

Miami’s defense allowed points on nine straight possessions from week 1 to halftime of week 2.

While they did eventually play better for parts of the contest in the loss to New England, they could not step up when it mattered most.

That begs the question.

If even the unit that seemed solid when the season began cannot be trusted, then what is the future outlook of this team?

In simple terms, it is not good.

The hallmark of the defense was supposed to be the front seven.

On Sunday, there were times when it seemed that Drake Maye had all day to throw.

At the beginning of the game, Rhamondre Stevenson ran roughshod all over the Dolphins’ defense with little resistance.

The mainstays and big names of the defense, including Bradley Chubb, Jaelan Phillips, and Minkah Fitzpatrick, made little to no impact.

Even on times when they had the Patriots in long down and distances, they would let New England off the hook quickly, such as when Jason Marshall Jr. was called for an illegal contact penalty on 2nd down and 25.