Ranking the projected Dolphins’ defensive starters for 2022, 1 through 11

{"id":450792,"date":"2022-06-26T12:33:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T16:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/?post_type\u003dfishburn_gallery\u0026#038;p\u003d450792","raw":"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/?post_type\u003dfishburn_gallery\u0026#038;p\u003d450792"},"modified":"2022-06-26T12:33:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T16:33:49","password":"","slug":"ranking-dolphins-2022-defensive-starters","status":"publish","type":"fishburn_gallery","link":"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/gallery/ranking-dolphins-2022-defensive-starters/","title":{"raw":"Ranking the projected Dolphins\u0027 defensive starters for 2022, 1 through 11","rendered":"Ranking the projected Dolphins\u0027 defensive starters for 2022, 1 through 11"},"content":{"raw":"The Miami Dolphins are in the midst of their month of between OTAs and the start of training camp in late July when the team will reconvene in Miami Gardens.\r\n\r\nPlayers, coaches and front office members are taking some of this time to rest up and enjoy the fruits of their labor, while still preparing for the start of the 2022 NFL season as it nears.\r\n\r\nThis is a great time for us to peruse the roster and assess the players that will likely be taking the field when Week 1 kicks off.\r\n\r\n\u003ca href\u003d\"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/lists/ranking-dolphins-2022-offensive-starters/\"\u003eAfter looking at the Dolphins\u0027 offensive starters\u003c/a\u003e, we\u0027ll be ranking the projected defensive starters. While they will use different packages throughout the year, we\u0027ll focus on nickel defense today, meaning five defensive backs, two linebackers and four defensive linemen/outside linebackers.\r\n\r\n(H/T to \u003ca href\u003d\"https://twitter.com/GrindingTheTape\"\u003eformer Dolphins Wire managing editor Kyle Crabbs\u003c/a\u003e at \u003ca href\u003d\"https://www.audacy.com/podcasts/locked-on-dolphins-daily-podcast-on-the-miami-dolphins-21692/ranking-the-2022-dolphins-projected-starters-1-through-22-1468147214\"\u003eLocked On Dolphins\u003c/a\u003e)","rendered":"\u003cp\u003eThe Miami Dolphins are in the midst of their month of between OTAs and the start of training camp in late July when the team will reconvene in Miami Gardens.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayers, coaches and front office members are taking some of this time to rest up and enjoy the fruits of their labor, while still preparing for the start of the 2022 NFL season as it nears.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a great time for us to peruse the roster and assess the players that will likely be taking the field when Week 1 kicks off.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/lists/ranking-dolphins-2022-offensive-starters/\"\u003eAfter looking at the Dolphins\u0026#8217; offensive starters\u003c/a\u003e, we\u0026#8217;ll be ranking the projected defensive starters. While they will use different packages throughout the year, we\u0026#8217;ll focus on nickel defense today, meaning five defensive backs, two linebackers and four defensive linemen/outside linebackers.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(H/T to \u003ca href\u003d\"https://twitter.com/GrindingTheTape\"\u003eformer Dolphins Wire managing editor Kyle Crabbs\u003c/a\u003e at \u003ca href\u003d\"https://www.audacy.com/podcasts/locked-on-dolphins-daily-podcast-on-the-miami-dolphins-21692/ranking-the-2022-dolphins-projected-starters-1-through-22-1468147214\"\u003eLocked On Dolphins\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false,"block_version":0},"excerpt":{"raw":"The top guy remains the same.","rendered":"\u003cp\u003eThe top guy remains the same. \u003c/p\u003e\n","protected":false},"author":178173048,"featured_media":410556,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","_external_permalink":"","usat_canonical_link":"","usat_coauthor":"","_format_video_embed":"","_lawrence_general_short_headline":"","_lawrence_general_bridge_headline":"","_lawrence_hide_on_homepage":"0","capi_sync_syndication_toggle":"0","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[{"id":32524215,"count":9807,"description":"","link":"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/category/dolphins-news-and-notes/","name":"Dolphins News and Notes","slug":"dolphins-news-and-notes","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories/32524215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-json/wp/v2/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-json/wp/v2/taxonomies/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?categories\u003d32524215"},{"href":"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-json/wp/v2/imported?categories\u003d32524215"},{"href":"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-json/wp/v2/fishburn_gallery?categories\u003d32524215"},{"href":"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-json/wp/v2/listicle?categories\u003d32524215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https://api.w.org/{rel}","templated":true}]}}],"tags":[232142904,4233],"permalink_template":"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/gallery/%pagename%/","generated_slug":"ranking-the-projected-dolphins-defensive-starters-for-2022-1-through-11","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"images":[{"src":"https://dolphinswire.usatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2022/04/1348642435.jpg?w\u003d1000","caption":"Mandatory Credit: Eric Espada/Getty Images","author":"","date":"","id":448715,"title":"11. 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