Natural front-four pressure and allowing the other seven defenders to drop back in coverage — that is the way. As our Matt Holder laid out succinctly in his Q&A previewing the Raiders-Dolphins matchup, that’s going to be one of the ways the Silver & Black can stymie Mike McDaniel’s potent offense.
That’s going to be a tall task for defensive coordinator Patrick Graham. And the defensive boss described the Miami Dolphins offense just like interim head coach Antonio Pierce did.
“Fast. Explosive. Smart. Mike [McDaniel], he went to a great school. But just in terms of what those guys do offensively, the bind they put you in, the run-pass conflict, the way they’re able to move guys around,” Graham said during his media availability earlier this week.