I do love watching Miami’s defense this year
i do too - i especially like watching it because of how similar it is to our defence and to (as you'd expect) the pats defence too
also worth noting they've added 2 studs to the defence this year in the draft in jaelan phillips and jevon holland
pats also (as we know) spent a whole load of money on defence this year in the offseason and also added christian barmore in the draft
we added oweh but we've also lost our entire secondary which is the key element to all of these man coverage blitzing defences
the dolphins have 3 of their top 7 2021 cap hits at corner and that's going to continue into 2022 and beyond - and the only 2 guys in their starting defence not being paid are both day 2 picks
the pats just got rid of stefon gillmore but he had been their highest cap hit before they traded him - they've got a pro bowler in jc jackson and devin mccourty and they're paying jalen mills and jonathan jones too - worth noting that the first game after jonathan jones goes on i/r they suddenly got torn apart
the ravens have 4 of their 5 secondary on 2nd deals - the problem is that they've got 2 all-pros and a starting safety on i/r and even the backups have injuries
the other thing about the dolphins and why i have a lot of faith in their coaching staff is because we got a great inside look at them and how they work and teach and develop and just generally operate during the senior bowl (and it was really the first sign i got that matt rhule was maybe not going to work out too based on how he held himself and operated - i went on a whole rant about it in last year's senior bowl thread)