Slow starts have plagued the Miami Dolphins for what seems like forever and through four weeks of 2018 it hasn’t improved. We discussed on Wednesday whether or not Ryan Tannehill or Adam Gase is to blame for the slow starts. You can read that here.
While the offense is a slow starting unit right now, there are problems on the defensive side of the ball as well. Some of that can be attributed to youth. Three starters are either rookies or basically rookies. Minkah Fitzpatrick, Jerome Baker, and Raekwon McMillan who missed his entire rookie season with a knee injury.