The Miami Dolphins defense played winning football last week. No, the team did not win, but the defense played well enough to win a typical game even as it worked to cover for the absence of a starting cornerback, a starting defensive end, a backup defensive end, and a limited number of defensive tackles.
The Miami defense held the Cincinnati Bengals to one touchdown.
Cincinnati scored all of 13 points on offense and with their field goal kicker.
And Matt Burke’s unit seemed different in that it attacked more often. It blitzed much more often. It pressured the quarterback much more often than it had previously.