Sudden improvement by this Dolphins defender could pay dividends in 2018 and beyond

Very quietly, the Dolphins’ run defense has begun to figure things out.

The stats might not reflect that, since Bills quarterback Josh Allen went for 135 yards two weeks ago.

But that’s an anomaly. There are only so many players like that in the league, and Kirk Cousins — this week’s challenge — is not one of them.

Yet purely against running backs the last two weeks, the Dolphins have surrendered just 137 yards on 51 carries — for an average of 2.7 yards per carry.

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And it’s no coincidence that the Dolphins’ run defense has improved at the same time the light has come on for middle…