Miami Dolphins: Older pass-rushers have often fared well

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Jason Taylor is 14th in NFL history with 120.5 sacks. He turns 35 on Sept. 1. If he has the success that others did when many thought they were over-the-hill, he’ll move up the all-time sack chart without much trouble. For the purposes of this chart, over-the-hill (OTH) sacks are any that the player recorded starting in the season that he began at (or became) 35 years old.

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[Fin Harry]

I don't think he's going to be dominant this year but I definitely think Jason will bounce back from the awful season he had last year

 

[Fin Harry]

I'm also excited to see how Wake plays into all of this. Maybe he can learn from Jason and Porter

 

[chucknduckking]

Are we sure JT is going to have a full time role this year or is he going to be rotated????

 

[ckparrothead]

Rotated, in all likelihood.

But, I wouldn't count out the possibility of him becoming a full time starter at LOLB. Right now Matt Roth is working back with the DL position group. That has to raise a few eyebrows.

The Dolphins picked up Gibril Wilson, one of the best run stuffing safeties in the league, and they're moving to a Quarters defense that allows them to show a 9-in-the-box look on run downs.

Meanwhile, Jason Taylor has clearly been working within the Dolphins' off season weight training system and looks a lot bigger than I remember.

It could all be enough to warrant him at LOLB because what the Dolphins lose in run defense going from Matt Roth to Jason Taylor, they may gain by having Yeremiah Bell and Gibril Wilson working in tandem within the Quarters defense. Then they could take better advantage of the JT and JP tandem in pass rush.

Getting one of those guys matched up on a back or tight end on a play-action pass is a lot more exciting than getting Matt Roth matched up on a back or tight end.

 

[Emil305]

Glad to have him back even though he left us but that old news... Saw him in the vidoes he is looking great better then the other rushers... Still has what it takes.