Miami Dolphins Defensive Line Finally Playing with Some Aggression

October 21, 2015   ·   Erik Frenz   ·   Jump to comments

The Miami Dolphins defensive line was unable to get after the quarterback and make plays in the backfield during the first four games of the season. Dolphins defensive coordinator Lou Anarumo denies that the Dolphins defense ever ran a two-gap system. 
Whatever the reason was for the struggles, their performance in Week 6 sufficiently eased those concerns.
In both the running game and the passing game, the Dolphins defensive line played with aggression, as if they'd been bottling it up for four weeks and suddenly unleashed it all on the Tennessee Titans. The Dolphins held the Titans to just 63 rushing yards on 18 carries and generated six sacks of quarterbacks Marcus Mariota and Zach Mettenberger.
It was exactly the kind of performance that the Dolphins have been expecting all year.
Defensive ends Cameron Wake (four tackles, four sacks) and Olivier Vernon (four tackles, one sack) were wreaking havoc in the backfield. Defensive tackle Ndamukong Su...

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