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Indeed, the linebacker position will be a particular interest throughout this offseason until that moment when the Dolphins feel they've resolved their linebacker problems.

Plural.

About those problems (plural): The entire Earth recognizes the Dolphins have to find a starting caliber linebacker this offseason. But the truth is the team will be looking for two -- TWO! -- starting caliber linebackers this offseason.

One of those will be a middle linebacker. The Dolphins had Kelvin Sheppard as their starter in 2015 and he proved to be solid enough. But an upgrade is necessary here and the team recognizes that.

The Dolphins also have questions on the outside. Koa Misi and Jelani Jenkins were also solid in 2015. But neither was necessarily good.
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The Dolphins, by the way, are interested in getting bigger, stronger, faster at linebacker in 2016. Their linebackers got pushed around and were slow-ish to the ball in 2015.

Misi, at 6-3 and 254 pounds, is a massive 4-3 outside linebacker. That's great. But he's not necessarily quick or fast. Jenkins at 6-foot and 243 isn't small but he isn't big-boned nor exceedingly quick or fast, either.

I believe the Dolphins will try to replace Sheppard and Misi this offseason and deal with the size issue on Jenkins because he's younger and relatively inexpensive.

But ... if the team replaces only one starting linebacker this offseason instead of two, something went wrong.
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http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolp...mi-dolphins-have-an-issue-at-linebackers.html
 
Doubt we move on from Misi yet but who knows

I disagree that Jenkins isn't fast though. And is Misi really "massive"?
 
We should keep Misi, Jenkins, Hewit and Vigil.
We should look to sign Two in FA - a solid starter in the Middle is a Must. Brandon Marshal from Denver springs to mind as does Sean Spence from Pit.
We should look at taking Mack in the first even if we find our Starter in FA. And we should look at a development back up in rounds 5 or 6.
 
We also need 2 starting guards, a defensive end, a cornerback and a safety. This isn't to mention needing a big play tight end.
 
I know Ireland screwed the pooch years ago, but when he made the move to upgrade linebackers with Wheeler and Ellerby it was praised at the time. Seems he knew even then we needed to find legit LB's. Shame that didn't work out.


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Might have been a fluke game but Hewitt played his ass off in week 17. He was everywhere. Hope he can continue that in to next year that help A LOT
 
Travis34 said:
Doubt we move on from Misi yet but who knows

I disagree that Jenkins isn't fast though. And is Misi really "massive"?
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He went from a 4-3 DE in college that occasionally moved inside on passing downs. I'd say he's a big linebacker.
 
Martel13 said:
Might have been a fluke game but Hewitt played his ass off in week 17. He was everywhere. Hope he can continue that in to next year that help A LOT
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Yeah, but it doesn't mean Miami should ignore the positions. It would be great if he developed into a starting linebacker. But I would rather have a developed player behind a starter than make a developmental player a starter.

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DefensiveEnd76 said:
We also need 2 starting guards, a defensive end, a cornerback and a safety. This isn't to mention needing a big play tight end.
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Yeah Cameron for me doesn't cut it at his salary. Ladarius Green, Colby Fleener and Dwayne Allen are all decent options that can probably be had for half of Cameron's salary.
 
tannenbaum went out of his way to ignore linebacker last year. nice to see he gives a **** this time
 
biggrouper said:
We should keep Misi, Jenkins, Hewit and Vigil.
We should look to sign Two in FA - a solid starter in the Middle is a Must. Brandon Marshal from Denver springs to mind as does Sean Spence from Pit.
We should look at taking Mack in the first even if we find our Starter in FA. And we should look at a development back up in rounds 5 or 6.
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You can basically count on Misi to not stay healthy. So that's three linebackers. If Miami addresses cornerback issues in FA, I certainly wouldn't mind a round 1 pick of Myles Jack, and a round 2 pick of Kentrell Brothers.
 
I love the plan. I think they DO need to blow 2/3's of the LB corp.
 
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