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Sports Buzz: Monday night Dolphins notes

### As the Dolphins begin to evaluate potential upgrades at linebacker (Dion Jordan among those options), there’s a need not only to improve against the run but in coverage, as well.



Though the Dolphins weren’t hurt by tight ends as much over the first half of the season as they were in past years, consider the completion percentages and yards per catch averages against the team’s linebackers this season, according to Pro Football Focus:



Philip Wheeler allowed 17 of the 22 passes thrown against him to be caught for 202 yards (11.8 per catch).

Koa Misi permitted 19 of 25 to be caught for 161 yards (8.5 per catch).

Jelani Jenkins, the Dolphins’ best linebacker in pass coverage allowed 43 of 62 for 426 yards, which was sixth-most among all 4-3 outside linebackers (9.9 per catch).

And Jason Trusnik allowed 9 of 11 for 110, or 12.2 per catch.



Admittedly, completion percentages against linebackers will generally be high, because some of those passes are short dump offs to running backs. The bigger problem is the yards per catch. Wheeler’s was fifth-worst and Jenkins’ 14th-worst among 40 linebackers in a 4-3 defense.



The Dolphins can’t afford to give up as many passing plays that go for first downs (or close to it) when running backs or tight ends matched up against linebackers. Perhaps making Dion Jordan a linebacker would help in that regard.



### As of close of business day Monday, the Dolphins coaching staff remained intact. That does not rule out staff changes by any means. But Joe Philbin, who is deliberate in his approach, hasn’t made changes eight days into the offseason.
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gafin said:
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Linebacker is perhaps the biggest weakness on the team. I think Jenkins is good but the other spots need upgrades. Misi has been below average for years now. We need a true Mike. We drafted Jordan to help cover tight ends since it's been a glaring weakness for years....but who knows what's going on with that. I really think our first round pick has to be a LB or a corner. With those spots also being addressed further in the draft and FA.

Problem is our track record with free agent linebackers has been pretty terrible.
 
Linebackers, linebackers and more line backers please
 
Billk78 said:
Linebacker is perhaps the biggest weakness on the team. I think Jenkins is good but the other spots need upgrades. Misi has been below average for years now. We need a true Mike. We drafted Jordan to help cover tight ends since it's been a glaring weakness for years....but who knows what's going on with that. I really think our first round pick has to be a LB or a corner. With those spots also being addressed further in the draft and FA.

Problem is our track record with free agent linebackers has been pretty terrible.
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I'm not even willing to go so far as to say Jenkins is good yet. It's more than tackles. It's where you make them, how many you miss, can you shed blocks and, yes, can you cover. Jenkins was good by Dolphin standards, which, admittedly, weren't very high.

He did at least show something, though. But there's a lot of room for him to improve.
 
Jenkins is fine. Many other issues than Jelani Jenkins.
 
Perryman will be at the senior bowl...ha ha ha you can't hide there my friend
 
hooshoops said:
Perryman will be at the senior bowl...ha ha ha you can't hide there my friend
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Hopefully he has a bad game and slides a little were we scoop him up. He would look very good in the middle and if nothing else really store up the run D .

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fishfanmiami said:
Hopefully he has a bad game and slides a little were we scoop him up. He would look very good in the middle and if nothing else store up the run D .
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Why do you think he stayed in school his senior year??? I have some ideas but they aren't related to wanting to finish his education :lol:
 
He helped his draft stock by staying. I think he'll do well once properly coached for a change and with an actually D line in front of him. He had neither of those things in college.

plus one more year of partying before having to get a job (even though it pays millions)
 
PCmor said:
I'm not even willing to go so far as to say Jenkins is good yet. It's more than tackles. It's where you make them, how many you miss, can you shed blocks and, yes, can you cover. Jenkins was good by Dolphin standards, which, admittedly, weren't very high.

He did at least show something, though. But there's a lot of room for him to improve.
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You could say that about a lot of things on this team. Moreno looked great...by Dolphin standards. The WR corps is great...by Dolphin standards. Awesome draft...by Dolphin standards. The free agency class was nice...by Dolphin standards.
 
Jenkins made a lot of plays for us. He's a good player who will only get better. Misi was hard to judge because he seemed to be out every other game. The rest of the guys are really depth / ST guys. Wheeler stinks. Ellerbe played decent last year but we pay him way too much.
 
75 calls gameday playbook.. talk about brain freeze.. starters stuck 'thinking' football, and rookies can't remember what they don't know.. constant constipation
 
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