The Dolphins spent the 2016 season holding their linebacker group together with band aids. Koa Misi was in three games all season while Jelani Jenkins missed five. Misi and Jenkins both may not be back which would leave the Dolphins looking for an almost entirely new group at the position.
Miami fans remember quite well when the Dolphins played the merry-go-round at linebacker from 2010 to 2013 when they went through players like Tim Dobbins, Karlos Dansby, Dannelle Ellerbe, Phillip Wheeler, and Kevin Burnett. The Dolphins released both Dansby and Burnett in one off-season and then jettisoned Ellerbe and Wheeler two seasons later.