Injuries are abundant in the NFL and it seems that every year this becomes an even larger truth than the year before. Torn ACLs, MCLs, and achilles are suddenly becoming a regular occurrence in the league and it seems to be happening to a lot of the star players on every team, and backups have had to fill that void. That is the situation Dolphins DE Derrick Shelby finds himself in.
With the Dolphins star pass-rusher Cameron Wake out for the season with a torn achilles, Shelby will have the daunting task of taking over the majority of the snaps that Wake would have normally played.