This morning, we took a look back at the Miami Dolphins’ 21-11 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday by examining the offensive snap counts for the Dolphins. Now it is time to take a closer look at the defense. There really were not any major surprises, with maybe some extra rotation of players in the first game of a season which included no preseason games.
No one played all 64 of the Dolphins’ defensive snaps, though there were a few who came close. One of those, surprisingly, was Shaq Lawson, who played 94 percent of the game, 60 snaps, at defensive end.