DAVIE, Fla. — The linebacker corps was the most unsettled area on the Miami Dolphins' defense when training camp began.
It still is.
Miami is expected to start Kelvin Sheppard in the middle and Koa Misi and Jelani Jenkins on the outside in Sunday's season opener at Washington. But Chris McCain is also an option, Misi can move to the middle, and the Dolphins will experiment with different combinations early in the season.
"We've got a number of guys at the linebacker spot, and we're going to play them," defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle said Monday. "There are going to be guys in and out of the game throughout the early part of the season, and we'll kind of let it play its way out under game conditions.