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The 2015 season was a valuable learning experience for Tony Lippett
, who not only had to make the transition from college football to the NFL but also from primarily wide receiver to full-time cornerback.
The good news for Lippett is that he made significant progress throughout the season, earning compliments from his coaches and additional playing time in the final weeks.
It adds up to a promising future for Lippett, one that has him eager to continue to learn his new craft.
“I’m just going to work with a bunch of guys at the cornerback position, defensive perspective and things like that,” Lippett said of his offseason plans in an interview with The Finsiders. “I’m really just going to put on weight, work on footwork, work on (vision) and just work on the things that corners do a lot in the game that can translate to the game and help me out.”
Lippett appeared in nine games for the Dolphins in 2015, but was mostly a special teams player until the final three games when he got 38 defensive snaps against both San Diego and Indianapolis, and then 25 snaps in the season finale against the New England Patriots.
He was credited with 10 tackles on defense and one pass defensed, which came in that 20-10 season-ending victory against New England on a deep pass by Tom Brady intended for wide receiver Brandon LaFell.
“Yeah, I should have caught it,” Lippett said about the play. “He had a cut split and from watching film I kind of knew that was the route they wanted to run. We were in man. He just ran a deep post and he got the stride and he (started) looking back while the ball was coming. I just turned around and saw the ball in the air and I just tried my best to make a play on it.
I hope Tony can continue to improve this up coming year.
The 2015 season was a valuable learning experience for Tony Lippett
, who not only had to make the transition from college football to the NFL but also from primarily wide receiver to full-time cornerback. The good news for Lippett is that he made significant progress throughout the season, earning compliments from his coaches and additional playing time in the final weeks.
It adds up to a promising future for Lippett, one that has him eager to continue to learn his new craft.
“I’m just going to work with a bunch of guys at the cornerback position, defensive perspective and things like that,” Lippett said of his offseason plans in an interview with The Finsiders. “I’m really just going to put on weight, work on footwork, work on (vision) and just work on the things that corners do a lot in the game that can translate to the game and help me out.”
Lippett appeared in nine games for the Dolphins in 2015, but was mostly a special teams player until the final three games when he got 38 defensive snaps against both San Diego and Indianapolis, and then 25 snaps in the season finale against the New England Patriots.
He was credited with 10 tackles on defense and one pass defensed, which came in that 20-10 season-ending victory against New England on a deep pass by Tom Brady intended for wide receiver Brandon LaFell.
“Yeah, I should have caught it,” Lippett said about the play. “He had a cut split and from watching film I kind of knew that was the route they wanted to run. We were in man. He just ran a deep post and he got the stride and he (started) looking back while the ball was coming. I just turned around and saw the ball in the air and I just tried my best to make a play on it.
I hope Tony can continue to improve this up coming year.
