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Miami Dolphins’ weekend of fixing the defense is a band-aid on a deep wound

Miami Dolphins coaches spent the weekend fixing the defense.

Well, that was the assignment over the time the Dolphins had to spare following a Thursday night massacre at Houston. Embattled defensive coordinator Matt Burke, along with head coach Adam Gase and others were supposed to do in one weekend what they had failed to do the past 2 1/2 years.

How so, you ask?

Well, you’ll recall the Dolphins supposedly fixed the defense in the 2017 offseason.

And then fixed it some more in the 2018 offseason.

And yet ... not fixed.

So the idea that one weekend of work can fix all that is wrong with this defense is laughable because one weekend will not fix fundamental issues that trouble any defense.