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Mario Williams may start his games at ROLB, but if he’s rushing the passer, there’s a good chance that he’ll be doing it from the left side, matched up with the opposing teams’ right tackle. Williams has played 499 pass rushing snaps this season, and on 301 of them, or 60.3%, he has rushed the passer from the left. In the Week 7 matchup in Miami, Williams ate Tyson Clabo’s lunch to the tune of two sacks, two hits, and another two hurries. That was probably the low point of Clabo’s season as over the next couple days, GM Jeff Ireland would trade for Bryant McKinnie, moving Jonathan Martin to right tackle, and Clabo out of the starting lineup. However, the McKinnie-Incognito-Pouncey-Jerry-Martin offensive line lasted all of one week, and Clabo was forced back in.
Since returning to the starting lineup, Clabo has done nothing short of turn around his season. In the last seven weeks, he’s had one negatively graded game (Week 12 vs. Carolina) and has compiled +7.4 grade. Additionally, he’s given up three sacks, four hits, and 10 hurries over that time, after giving up 8-6-18 in his first six games as a Dolphin. That includes his zero-pressure performance against the Patriots last week, preventing Rob Ninkovich from getting close to his quarterback. Although Williams poses a more substantial threat to Clabo than Ninkovich may have provided, it’s become abundantly clear that he needed a little bit of time to adjust in Miami. Clabo should also receive some help from Miami’s backs. Lamar Miller and Daniel Thomas have been on the field for 559 pass plays, staying in to block on 195 of them, or about 35%.
So, Clabo will certainly get some help from the backs, in addition to some two tight end sets. The Dolphins use 12 personnel (1 back and 2 tight ends) 4% more than the NFL average, and they love using it on first down to run the ball or setup a play-action. Of their 223 plays with 12 personnel on the field, they’ve had an even split with 113 passes and 110 runs. Additionally, 119 of those plays were on first down, and with the Dolphins not a consistent run team, they could look to take some play-action shots while double-teaming Williams with a tight end. From PFF.
Clabo has become what most of us thought we were getting in the last 7 games after a disastrous start. IMO, if he continues what he has been doing, he is worth keeping for another one year deal, which will make things a whole lot easier in rebuilding our OL, and developing someone behind him.
Today will say a lot on Clabo, and we do need him to come up Big.
Since returning to the starting lineup, Clabo has done nothing short of turn around his season. In the last seven weeks, he’s had one negatively graded game (Week 12 vs. Carolina) and has compiled +7.4 grade. Additionally, he’s given up three sacks, four hits, and 10 hurries over that time, after giving up 8-6-18 in his first six games as a Dolphin. That includes his zero-pressure performance against the Patriots last week, preventing Rob Ninkovich from getting close to his quarterback. Although Williams poses a more substantial threat to Clabo than Ninkovich may have provided, it’s become abundantly clear that he needed a little bit of time to adjust in Miami. Clabo should also receive some help from Miami’s backs. Lamar Miller and Daniel Thomas have been on the field for 559 pass plays, staying in to block on 195 of them, or about 35%.
So, Clabo will certainly get some help from the backs, in addition to some two tight end sets. The Dolphins use 12 personnel (1 back and 2 tight ends) 4% more than the NFL average, and they love using it on first down to run the ball or setup a play-action. Of their 223 plays with 12 personnel on the field, they’ve had an even split with 113 passes and 110 runs. Additionally, 119 of those plays were on first down, and with the Dolphins not a consistent run team, they could look to take some play-action shots while double-teaming Williams with a tight end. From PFF.
Clabo has become what most of us thought we were getting in the last 7 games after a disastrous start. IMO, if he continues what he has been doing, he is worth keeping for another one year deal, which will make things a whole lot easier in rebuilding our OL, and developing someone behind him.
Today will say a lot on Clabo, and we do need him to come up Big.
