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Dolphins depth is not that bad (Defense Edition)-FOX SPORTS

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In a league where teams churn their rosters every 2-3 years, the Dolphins fit right in with the rest of the NFL. Do they have areas that need to be upgraded? Absolutely. Will Miami suffer a 'hardship' trying to rebuild/improve the depth on the roster? Absolutely not!

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THIS GUY'S ASSESMENT OF MIAMI'S DEPTH ISSUES. IT'S NOT THE BEST BUT HEAVEN IS NOT FALLING!











http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/09/06/dolphins-depth-is-not-that-bad-defense-edition.html
 
I'm not worried about the depth. The lead talent is not that good. I have a feeling we will not be able to stop the run which will cripple the pass defense.

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Teams are built in different ways. We are top heavy. That's not necessarily good or bad. It's not so great for us because our top is not that heavy. But yeah, our depth sucks. Easiest cuts I remember. In the past years they were tougher. Usually we are clamoring for a certain player that was cut that should've made the team. Not now. We could cut a couple more without any issues. Dallas Thomas, Doughty, Jordan Lucas. Fede. Damien Williams. Justin Hunter. No one would lose much sleep over those guys. Personally I wouldn't mind if they put Drake on IR, either, or if they'd cut Arian Foster to grab Justin Forsett. If Lippet were cut or traded it probably wouldn't impact the team much. Aikens wouldn't have irked me. Frankly, I wouldn't terribly miss Billy Turner, either. Or Urbik or whoever is our depth there, either. Our backup linebackers? I'd miss them for their special teams, no more. One of our deepest areas was supposed to be WR, but Parker misses a game and we're sweating trying to find a #3. Our deepest position may be DE and we can't afford injuries there, either.

Maybe it's easier to look at it the other way around. As far as depth I like Michael Thomas, Pead, Matt Moore. Warmsley. Maybe Jason Jones. Dion Sims. Steed. That's it.

I went into more detail than I expected. But no, I don't like our depth.
 
Something that doesn't exist can't be good or bad. :crazy:
 
The author of the article isn't a real journalist who gets paid. FOX lifted the article from a fan-site. (check the fine print)

Nothing against fan-sites, hell I have my own.....but its not from an unbiased source and that has to be taken into account
 
"depth is great until you have to use it." Marv Levy.
 
IF you look around the league....every single team has weak areas as well as depth issues. Nature of having a 53 man roster and salary cap. The Dolphins are no different, we just notice more because we follow the team so closely. What separates good teams and bad team tends to be health of the starters through out the season as well coaches being able to adjust when they have to use the next man up.
 
FSU Truth said:
IF you look around the league....every single team has weak areas as well as depth issues. Nature of having a 53 man roster and salary cap. The Dolphins are no different, we just notice more because we follow the team so closely. What separates good teams and bad team tends to be health of the starters through out the season as well coaches being able to adjust when they have to use the next man up.
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Agreed, but it's also about star players and their ability to make the jobs of average players easier. In Carolina, for example, the LB's cover so much ground that the DC can limit what he asks of the DB's. In Seattle, Earl Thomas covers a lot of ground from the FS position, allowing the Hawks to play press cover-3 way more than most teams would dare. In Denver it doesn't seem to matter who they play at ILB, because the DL/OLB's and secondary are so good. As you note, coaching is important here. You can have a top-10 defender, but if the DC doesn't utilize his strengths and set up the other players to work off those strengths, you get the situation we had in Miami last year.
 
j-off-her-doll said:
Agreed, but it's also about star players and their ability to make the jobs of average players easier. In Carolina, for example, the LB's cover so much ground that the DC can limit what he asks of the DB's. In Seattle, Earl Thomas covers a lot of ground from the FS position, allowing the Hawks to play press cover-3 way more than most teams would dare. In Denver it doesn't seem to matter who they play at ILB, because the DL/OLB's and secondary are so good. As you note, coaching is important here. You can have a top-10 defender, but if the DC doesn't utilize his strengths and set up the other players to work off those strengths, you get the situation we had in Miami last year.
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Yes, players like Suh, Williams, Alonzo, Jones, and Maxwell need to play to the best of their ability (they have in the past so it is not a stretch) to cover up the other areas of deficiencies. That doesn't mean the holes will be exposed, but if your areas of strength (d-line) can play like a strength it will make the back end look better then it is. I sure as hell hope that Joseph is the defensive counterpart to Gase, because I feel Gase has the smarts to make these adjustments and hide some weaknesses on offense.
 
fisi said:
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In a league where teams churn their rosters every 2-3 years, the Dolphins fit right in with the rest of the NFL. Do they have areas that need to be upgraded? Absolutely. Will Miami suffer a 'hardship' trying to rebuild/improve the depth on the roster? Absolutely not!

I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THIS GUY'S ASSESMENT OF MIAMI'S DEPTH ISSUES. IT'S NOT THE BEST BUT HEAVEN IS NOT FALLING!

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2016/09/06/dolphins-depth-is-not-that-bad-defense-edition.html
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Sounds to me like the writer is judging depth partly on contract length. Player X is signed until 2018. Not exactly what I'd call judging depth.
 
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