Dolphins Depth chart, Defense

padre31 · Jul 28, 2010

Problem here is, the entire unit is in flux, outside of Cb/De/NT/SS/ILB

Defensive Line (11, with one on injured reserve)

LE – Kendall Langford, Ryan Baker, Ikaika Alama-Francis

NT – Randy Starks, Paul Soliai, Travis Ivey (undrafted rookie), Montavious Stanley

RE – Jared Odrick (first-round pick – UNSIGNED), Tony McDaniel, Marques Douglas, Lionel Dotson, Phillip Merling (IR – quadriceps injury)

Langford and Starks are the only locks as starters. Everything else is open, and will come down to production. The end who plays Pro Bowl left tackle Jake Long the best will wind up starting on the right side. Where the ends line – left or right – up will be fluid, but the guys who generally end up on the right side are the better pass rushers. Baker will likely be cross-trained as a end, and nose tackle. The Dolphins will likely keep at least eight defensive linemen on the 53-man roster.

Linebackers (12)

WLB – Cameron Wake, Charlie Anderson, Chris McCoy (seventh-round pick)

MIKE ILB – Karlos Dansby, A.J. Edds (fourth-round pick), J.D. Folsom

MOE ILB – Channing Crowder, Tim Dobbins, Austin Spitler (seventh-round pick)

SLB – Koa Misi (second-round pick – UNSIGNED), Quentin Moses, Erik Walden

I’ve made Wake the starter over Anderson because he’s a superior pass rusher, and this unit needs a serious threat to quarterbacks. But if Wake doesn’t improve his run support he’ll get pigeonholed into the pass rushing specialist role he had last season. Most of the outside linebackers, expect Misi, will go back and forth from weakside to strong side. Anderson’s the most versatile, so he’ll probably serve as the primary backup on both sides if he doesn’t win a starting job, which is still possible.
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I suspect Anderson will start simply because he is more consistent, Wake can win more playing time based on his on the field and inweek practice performance.

Love the Dline though, not a scrubini in the bunch..well maybe Dotson..

http://blogs.sun-sentinel.com/sport...i-dolphins-defensive-depth-chart-precamp.html

the 23rd · Jul 28, 2010

Wake will start over Anderson

dolfan7171 · Jul 28, 2010

I really would like to see how this defense will look in action.

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