Nice breakdown of Dolphins/Jag game.

That’s why the first key to Miami’s offensive success is to get Ryan Tannehill on the move. Tannehill has been unleashed in the last three weeks, running the ball 14 times for 135 yards, per Pro Football Reference. The use of Tannehill on read-option plays has also positively affected the passing game, as linebackers are prone to freezing a read-option run fake.

Miami’s bread-and-butter passing play has become the one shown below in a screenshot from the Chicago game.

We’ve seen this play once a week since the preseason, and it works every time. With Lamar Miller running the ball so well this year, defenses are trying to limit how often he gets open running lanes. The ensuing reaction off the play action is for linebackers to creep toward the line of scrimmage, the safeties to freeze, and the slot receiver (Jarvis Landry in this case) to speed to the open field for an easy first-down reception.

For the defense, the key is to stay disciplined and read how Tannehill is surveying the field. Will Tannehill keep the ball? Hand off? Or pull the ball out and throw it. How disciplined the linebackers are will determine the action.

Relating this back to the Jaguars, there were numerous instances against Cleveland when Jaguar linebackers bit hard on bootlegs, forgetting to keep a weak-side rusher keyed in on the quarterback. Without proper containment on the back side of the play, the QB has an open throwing window and usually a receiver open on a crossing route. The Browns exploited this multiple times, and Miami should as well.

Miami can also feel safe dropping their linebackers because the Jaguars lack a quality running game. Yes, Denard Robinson just ran for 127 yards on 22 carries in Week 7, but the Browns defensive front has been ravaged by injuries, and, even healthy, it does not compare to Miami’s front seven. Cleveland ranks as the worst run defense in the league, while Miami is in the top 10.

Unleash the Beasts

In the truest sense, the Dolphins have been fortunate and wise to stock up with talented pass-rushers over the last few seasons. As a unit, the group of Cameron Wake, Olivier Vernon, Jared Odrick, Derrick Shelby, and Randy Starks creates chaos for an offensive line.

But now, the Dolphins defense has started incorporating Chris McCain, and it gets Dion Jordan back this week from suspension. The amount of athleticism, speed and versatility within the Dolphins front line is unparalleled in the league.

Disruption=Production ! Cam Wake ( +19.6 #1 4-3 DE) Olivier Vernon (+4.5 #10 4-3 DE) Jared Odrick (+8.2) Earl Mitchell ( +5.8) Starks (+2.9).

Ryan tannehill is avering 3.6 carries a game..1 rollout a game..

these numbers must come up..

our defense is gaining steam, their getting a look about them, reshad jones adds an element that is pushing this unit into the upper echelons, Jelani's discipline and speed is making life easier for the other two guys, its exactly why wheelers or whoevers numbers are going up relative to last year, the front line needs no more introduction except that cam wake is not just an pro bowl player but a superstar..All we need is jamar taylor to step up to his talent and Dion be the player he can be, and we can be the defense some of us have always wanted us to be.

This game against the jags, it should not matter what our offense does..I want to see if this defense has the humility and hunger to make this game a statement when all eyes are on them.