Chris Perkins: Dolphins building physical, versatile roster and the draft is Exhibit A
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — If you want to see passion, conviction and excitement from the Miami Dolphins’ new regime of general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and coach Jeff Hafley, include the term “roster construction” or something similar in conversation or a question. Sullivan and Hafley will light up like a Christmas tree while getting as intense as a hurricane, and it gives me reassurance in the rebuild to see them react in such a way.
They love this topic. They love sharing their vision of how they want to build this Dolphins team. “The great part about our conversations,” Hafley said, including Sullivan in his remark, “is if you find a really good football player, and I mean smart guy, tough guy, a productive player that jumps out on tape, I think it’s our job as coaches to have a vision for him.
Then I think it’s our job schematically to figure out how to make it work for him. ” This is the plan for players such as edge rusher-linebacker Trey Moore, the fourth-round pick from Texas, and safety-linebacker Kyle Louis, the fourth-round pick from Pitt. The vision, who, as members of the the Dolphins, are better described as football players rather than, say, a linebacker or a safety, is to figure out how Moore and Louis can be most effective.
They might end up in a hybrid role, a safety-linebacker or an edge rusher-linebacker, or they might end up in a traditional role. They’ve both done a lot, and both can do a lot. “I played defensive end in the 4-2 scheme at Texas my first year,” said Moore, who played two seasons at Texas after playing his first three seasons at Texas-San Antonio.
“And then I played inside linebacker in that same scheme. I played Sam ’backer (strongside linebacker) in the 4-3 scheme. And I’ve played Will (weakside linebacker), outside ’backer/boundary ’backer in the 3-4 scheme.
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