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Miami Dolphins: Players Who Deserve More Time on the Field

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OFFENSE

Rishard Matthews
With chatter of Brian Hartline's struggles in the Dolphins new offense, it only makes sense to look further at options to receive his playing time.
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Option one: Rishard Matthews. Matthews, now in his third year after being drafted in the seventh round of the 2012 NFL Draft, was the Dolphins most productive receiver in preseason and training camp. His toughness, catch radius, strong hands and ability to produce yards after the catch would greatly benefit the Dolphins offense.

Runner Up: Running back Damien Williams


DEFENSE

Chris McCain
Linebacker Chris McCain has played very little this year, appearing only in specific situations. McCain has taken snaps at both defensive end and linebacker. As a defensive end, McCain rushes the passer. McCain has one sack this year in this role. As a linebacker, he is mainly tasked with being a spy on mobile quarterbacks. McCain saw many snaps at this role against the Green Bay Packers.
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The question with McCain is-- are the Dolphins putting enough on his plate? Are the Dolphins starving this talented defender in fear of overloading him?

Runner Up: Defensive end Terrence Fede
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DKphin said:
Runner Up: Defensive end Terrence Fede
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I like Terrence Fede, but I don't know if you want to take more snaps away from Cam Wake, Olivier Vernon, Derrick Shelby.

I think the current DL rotation is fine.
 
normaldude said:
I like Terrence Fede, but I don't know if you want to take more snaps away from Cam Wake, Olivier Vernon, Derrick Shelby.

I think the current DL rotation is fine.
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Vernon needs someone to relieve him the same way Shelby gives Wake a breather every now and then. Problem is with Jordan back the guy that gives Vernon his breather is Jordan.

Still 9 snaps is not enough for Fede who's shown the ability to get to the QB...I thought he should have had a half sack earlier this season but they gave a full sack to Wake. Fede just knows how to get to the QB. He still needs to learn how to set the edge and play the run before he gets 20+ snaps a game.
 
I think we have a very good group of young players on this roster. I think our GM did a great job with the draft and UDFA players. You go after talent with question marks with those guys, and Hickey did very well, unlike his predecessor who wanted high character types as UDFA and late round guys. High character guys with legit talent go in the first three rounds. You have to take fliers on athletes.

Hoskins/D.Williams/McCain all as UDFA is impressive in one year for a .500 ball club the previous year.

And I have hopes for Fede/Tripp/Aikens/Lynch a year or two down the road.

I have more questions about our coach now than our GM
 
Would love to see Mathews unseat Hartline and take over that #2 spot.
 
Well if we start to see Gibson and/or Matthews start getting more snaps on the outside instead of Hartline I think the message will be clear....Hartline will be on notice.
 
Catching radius, YAC, and using hands to catch are the reasons I would love to see Mattews get some more run on the outside over Hartline. These are all traits Hartline does not possess and I am really getting tired of his limitations as a receiver.
 
datruth55 said:
Vernon needs someone to relieve him the same way Shelby gives Wake a breather every now and then. Problem is with Jordan back the guy that gives Vernon his breather is Jordan.
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I don't see Jordan coming back as a problem. Maybe for Fede but I'm excited/curious to see what he brings to the team for the back half of the season.
 
Sorry I just have not seen why everyone has been so high on Williams at rb. Miller and DT have shown much more based on their snaps in the offense, forget the draft status and just production. I like McCain at LB along with Jenkins who has been a huge surprise this year and while I like Mathews he dropped some passes early this year which hurt his chances later IMO so while I agree Hartline can be limited in this offense this year RT looks to Hartline as a security blanket when he is in trouble and Mathew has to earn that trust. Talking about WR's etc Clay is playing hurt IMO which means with Sims out this week Gator is the next man up will be interesting to see what he bring to the table.
 
phintim said:
Sorry I just have not seen why everyone has been so high on Williams at rb. Miller and DT have shown much more based on their snaps in the offense, forget the draft status and just production. I like McCain at LB along with Jenkins who has been a huge surprise this year and while I like Mathews he dropped some passes early this year which hurt his chances later IMO so while I agree Hartline can be limited in this offense this year RT looks to Hartline as a security blanket when he is in trouble and Mathew has to earn that trust. Talking about WR's etc Clay is playing hurt IMO which means with Sims out this week Gator is the next man up will be interesting to see what he bring to the table.
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Agreed, Williams looks slow.
 
1. Jarvis Landry
2. Jarvis Landry
3. Jarvis Landry

With Sims out this week let's see some more 3wr.
 
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