The Dolphins will once again use a three-man rotation at defensive tackle. Ndamukong Suh will play the bulk of the snaps and Earl Mitchell and Jordan Phillips will share time.
So it shouldn’t matter to Mitchell if he or Phillips technically start, right?
It matters to him.
“It’s a competition,” Mitchell said. “Whenever there’s a competition you feel like you want to win. You never want to just look at it like that. That’s the worst thing you can do.
“Whatever I can do to push him, whatever he can do to push me, we’re both welcoming that atmosphere.