Miami Dolphins DE Andre Branch plans ‘dirty pocket’ for Tom Brady

[DKphin]

Dolphins defensive end Andre Branch (50) and Cameron Wake (91) celebrate after a stop against the Bills on Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

DAVIE — Tom Brady is usually difficult to sack, but even if he’s not dropped a few times on Sunday, Miami Dolphins defensive end Andre Branch believes he can help disrupt the flow of the New England Patriots’ offense.
“Having a dirty pocket is what we preach, making sure there is pressure on him all game,” Branch said. “And hit him legally, when it’s time to hit him, and just keep rushing relentless.”
The Dolphins are right in the middle of the NFL with 33 sacks. But Miami leads the NFL with 126 team quarterback hurries, according to SportingCharts.
In fact, Miami has three players in the top 34 of quarterback hurries: Cameron Wake (24), Ndamukong Suh (20) and Branch (19).
Sacks? They’ve done that, too.
Wake has 11.5, Branch has 5.5 and Suh has 5.0.
“You know, as a defensive line it’s not just me and Cam, but everybody, Suh and Jordan (Phillips) and Earl (Mitchell), so we work together and if one person is getting doubled or two people are getting doubled that mean basically somebody is 1-on-1 so we always harp on winning our 1-on-1 matchups,” Branch said. “And we expect that out of our room. We have a ton of talent. We see ourselves as leaders. And we don’t want to let our brothers down. So we have to play at a high level each and every week.”


Miami Dolphins defensive end Andre Branch has had a strong contract season. (AP Photo/Bill Wippert)

Branch is showing humility. But the insertion of Branch and Wake into the starting lineup has prompted a 9-1 Dolphins run.
Another crazy set of stats:
•The Dolphins are 10-0 in games in which Wake has at least a half-sack.
•The Dolphins are 6-0 in games in which Branch has at least a half-sack.

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[Danny]

Brady will get rid of it fast. We need to mix things up. Show blitz and then back off. Hands up when we can't get there. Get on his way. He's just going to go short to those WR's and we need to tackle which we're not very good at so that can be a problem. Our o-line has to bring it tomorrow so we can control the ball and keep our defense off the field

Ozzy rules!!

 

[uk_dolfan]

Hit the ****ard hard and hit the ****ard often

 

[artdnj]

I like Branch, i hope he gets some tomorrow.

 

[MelbournePhin]

if w cant re-sign him we should get a pretty darn good comp pick?

 

[ANUFan]

Branch meh! Brady is getting rid of the ball so fast. I really hope we challenge their receivers instead of giving them free releases.


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[artdnj]

Branch meh! Brady is getting rid of the ball so fast. I really hope we challenge their receivers instead of giving them free releases.


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that goes hand in hand. Little pressure on Brady would make Revis queasy in his prime. Have to play press to take away quick throw and apply relentless pressure. Stopping Blount is another issue altogether.

 

[nick1]

if w cant re-sign him we should get a pretty darn good comp pick?

Only if he signs a big contract I can't imagine he would get that much

 

[royalshank]

Please knock that ball-deflating cheat mother ****ing asshole ****sucking douche nozzle of human who is AKA Tom Brady into oblivion x infinity.

 

[Despacio]

We didn't even sniff Joe Flacco once. I could see the same for Tom. Could be a slow death type of game.


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[artdnj]

We didn't even sniff Joe Flacco once. I could see the same for Tom. Could be a slow death type of game.

so true, thats what scares me. Our blitz's usually = fail. Only pressure we get is from outside be it cb or d ends and by that time it's an 8-10 yd completion.

Oh and I have to say it, Tom is used to having a "dirty pocket" to dive in to so we have to make it extra fishy

 

[royalshank]

**** Tom Brady.

 

[Martel13]

We didn't even sniff Joe Flacco once. I could see the same for Tom. Could be a slow death type of game.


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Hopefully we learned from that game and we are at home! We are gonna hit him early and often!! I hope! lol

 

[spiketex]

We didn't even sniff Joe Flacco once. I could see the same for Tom. Could be a slow death type of game.

so true, thats what scares me. Our blitz's usually = fail. Only pressure we get is from outside be it cb or d ends and by that time it's an 8-10 yd completion.

Oh and I have to say it, Tom is used to having a "dirty pocket" to dive in to so we have to make it extra fishy

Ndamukong Suh gave him a lot of trouble last year and got to him. We happen to have beaten the Patriots for the past 3 years in Miami and Brady's record in Miami is slightly short of perfection - 7 wins, 9 losses (and he knows it). Eliminate all your negativity. I assure you that our D-linemen won't be riddled with the abject defeatism that has stricken you.

 

[roy_miami]

Just looked it up and surprised to see our D-line is ranked 31st in adjusted sacks.

Anyway, for this game if Brady's first read is there the d-line might as well just stay on the bench. Confusing him, even if its just for half a second is the key to getting a few hits on him, and getting a few hits on him is the key to getting him off his game. But if he's on and is seeing everything clearly we're going to get torched. Having said that I won't be surprised if Garappolo is the starting QB for them Sunday.