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This defensive line will be historic

Hstokes1447 said:
2025 pressure rate 41.7%
2026 pressure rate 41.2%

The pressure is getting there, bro. The problem is the secondary just isn’t holding up its end of the deal. Way too many missed tackles in the open field, turning what should be 3–5 yard stops into 15–20 yard explosive plays. The front is doing its job getting pressure and sacks, but the secondary has to finish the play.
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I’m sold! All the haters better recognize
 
Level of competition at this point in the season isn’t the same as last year. Comparing this line to mesi and bain is laughable, we have eyes.

Even heatherman has made tweaks because he knows we can’t just live with 4 down this year.

Lightfoot has been great but yall aren’t gonna talk me into thinking wilson/blount is close to mesi or bain. I don’t think yall believe it either tbh. And im not someone who thinks the dline has been the issue this year
 
E1k said:
Level of competition at this point in the season isn’t the same as last year. Comparing this line to mesi and bain is laughable, we have eyes.

Even heatherman has made tweaks because he knows we can’t just live with 4 down this year.

Lightfoot has been great but yall aren’t gonna talk me into thinking wilson/blount is close to mesi or bain. I don’t think yall believe it either tbh. And im not someone who thinks the dline has been the issue this year
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I don’t think any DE on this team is better than Bain or Mesidor as individual players. Those two were generational talents and, in my opinion, the best DE duo in Miami history. My point isn’t that this group has better players. It’s that the overall defensive line, as a unit, has performed better than the 2025 defensive line had at this same point in the season..

Through 8 games
2025 pressure rate 41.7%
2026 pressure rate 41.2%

2025 sacks 17
2026 sacks 24

2025 run defense ranking #6
2026 run defense ranking #1
 
Hstokes1447 said:
I don’t think any DE on this team is better than Bain or Mesidor as individual players. Those two were generational talents and, in my opinion, the best DE duo in Miami history. My point isn’t that this group has better players. It’s that the overall defensive line, as a unit, has performed better than the 2025 defensive line had at this same point in the season..

Through 8 games
2025 pressure rate 41.7%
2026 pressure rate 41.2%

2025 sacks 17
2026 sacks 24

2025 run defense ranking #6
2026 run defense ranking #1
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We have eyes. We are sacrificing more from our pass defense to keep this intact, with mesi and bain we didn’t have to as much. And they played alot of snaps

I don’t think scott has been as good as last year yet, moten is moten. I like carter as dt3, davis idk if he’s played as much as blay but he doesn’t look much different than blay, is Wilson/blount/pickett the guys who are better players? Neither of them are 3down edge players.

More players doesn’t equal better players with one unit having the best two players by far
 
E1k said:
We have eyes. We are sacrificing more from our pass defense to keep this intact, with mesi and bain we didn’t have to as much. And they played alot of snaps

I don’t think scott has been as good as last year yet, moten is moten. I like carter as dt3, davis idk if he’s played as much as blay but he doesn’t look much different than blay, is Wilson/blount/pickett the guys who are better players? Neither of them are 3down edge players.

More players doesn’t equal better players with one unit having the best two players by far
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You’re talking about individual players and I’m talking about the complete unit.

Also when you have time just go look at the games from week 1-8 of 2025 and you will notice that the blitz rate is the same. You will also notice, not as many short passing plays turning into 15 - 20 yard explosives due to missed tackles. You will also notice not many screens against turning into massive gains.
 
Hstokes1447 said:
You’re talking about individual players and I’m talking about the complete unit.

Also when you have time just go look at the games from week 1-8 of 2025 and you will notice that the blitz rate is the same. You will also notice, not as many short passing plays turning into 15 - 20 yard explosives due to missed tackles. You will also notice not many screens against turning into massive gains.
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Individual players are included into the entire unit, just looking at numbers is surface level.. The individual players dictate how you gameplan the entire defense all year, and how other teams gameplan against you

Im not talking about just blitz rate, heatherman blitzes regardless. Im talking about how we structure our defense based on the impact of mesi and bain. If Lightfoot keeps playing like this we will then see how teams will have to address him consistently or they will risk him blowing their offense up
 
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