Miami Dolphins: 5 offseason needs in 2020

3. Fortify the offensive line

Time to cut to the chase. Ben Linsley of Pro Football Focus (subscription required) recently ranked the offensive lines for the 32 teams in the National Football League. Any guess which team came in last?

"The Dolphins created a comfortable cushion for themselves at the bottom of the league in 2019 in nearly every metric you could use to evaluate offensive line play. Their average time to pressure allowed of 2.22 seconds was over one-tenth of a second faster than any other offense, and they allowed quick pressure in 2.5 seconds or less on 33 percent of their dropbacks. That was over five percentage points more than any other team. To top it off, they recorded the lowest team run-blocking grade of any team in the NFL…"

Just prior to the start of the season, the new regime of the Miami Dolphins opted to trade talented left tackle Larmey Tunsil to the Houston Texans – part of a large deal that included the team picking up a first-round draft choices in 2020 and first- and second-round selections in 2021. Part of that deal meant that Texans’ left tackle Julie’n Davenport would head to South Florida. In the draft, the club added guard Michael Deiter (Wisconsin) in the third round and he saw plenty of playing time.

When it was all said and done, veteran center Daniel Kilgore was arguably the line’s lone bright spot. General manager Chris Grier not only needs to restock this unit but add significant depth as well.

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