The Miami Dolphins are back in action at Hard Rock Stadium tomorrow to face their long-time rival, the New York Jets. As the Jets look to enter into the win column for the first time this season, the Dolphins are looking to prove themselves right to part ways and move on from head coach Adam Gase — who now has the Jets teetering on the brink of disaster as the coach executes play after play straight out of his coaching approach to the Dolphins from 2016-2018.
You know, the one that lost him the locker room and left the Dolphins as a tangled mess in his wake?
But as Miami looks to continue their offensive success against the Jets defense, how can they best do so in tomorrow’s game?
Run behind Kindley and Hunt
This duo had some impressive double teams in their first extended work aside one another. And even though the 49ers were banged up on the defensive line, they still offer more upside and talent than what the Jets’ base personnel offers in the trenches. Yes, Quinnen Williams continues to flash as a former top-5 overall pick. But Hunt and Kindley bring over 660 pounds of mass into double teams and when they work from a A-level to the B-level to pick off a linebacker, they are capable of forming quite the wall to seal a game. Let’s see Miami physically impose their will behind their impressive rookies.
Be ready to throw “hot”
The Jets blitz on 30% of their defensive snaps this season, which is in the top half of the NFL. Yet despite that, the team has logged just 37 pressures in five games — that figure is T-6th worst in the NFL. How can that be? Because the Jets’ talent doesn’t allow them to get home in time, nor does it allow the secondary the chance to overlap assignments. Let the Jets blitz all they way — as long as Miami has their “hot” targets ready and stay vigilant to make sure they’re identifying blitzes properly and see when they need to break off their routes early. If they do that, Miami will be able to dink and dunk their way down the field versus the blitz.
Take one on one vertical shots
Miami finally had a chance to open things up this past week against San Francisco. Why? They found matchups they liked against the 49ers cornerbacks. They should find more advantageous corners to test in Week 6 against the Jets and Miami would be wise to continue to drive throws down the field versus single-high coverage against the Jets. Both Preston Williams and DeVante Parker had good wins vertically last week and there will be more to be had. Make sure the Jets don’t get the chance to put this offense into a 10-yard box and keep them respecting the team’s ability to go vertical against isolation coverage.
