Not long ago, Charlie Anderson looked like he might become the Ernest Wilford of the Dolphins defense.
But while Wilford fades farther into the background, Anderson has gone from free-agent bust to impact player in just two weeks.
Anderson followed up last week’s breakout performance against the Bills (sack, two forced fumbles) with another high-energy performance against the 49ers.
Anderson had another sack and helped put continual pressure San Francisco quarterback Shaun Hill (five sacks), while alleviating some on the demand of Dolphins’ sack master Joey Porter.
“Huge, huge,” cornerback Andre Goodman said of Anderson’s emergence. “Any time you can get another pass rusher in there when they’re doubling Joey, that’s big for us as a unit. He’s been great these last couple of weeks.”
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It's been what I've hoped. They've taken Roth out of the game on key passing downs and having Anderson there has made the situation great.
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He's absolutely necessary to have on 3rd and 6 or 3rd and 7. If you don't have him in there your pressure on the QB is minimal.
Fortunately the Phins have two packages:
1st and 2nd or run downs:
LOLB-Roth
LILB- Ayodele
RILB- Crowder
ROLB- Porter
DE- Langford
NT- Ferguson
DE- Holliday
On passing downs:
LOLB- Anderson/Porter
LILB- Torbor
RILB- Crowder
ROLB- Porter/Anderson
DE- Merling
NT- Starks
DE- Holliday -
Roth looked awesome too. I don't think we should count either out just yet.