When the Miami Dolphins looked around this offseason and saw a number of AFC teams improve, some of which were already better than them, they knew they needed to acquire more talent.
While hiring an offensive-minded head coach in Mike McDaniel, the Dolphins also went out and brought in key veterans in free agency like Terron Armstead, Connor Williams, Chase Edmonds, Raheem Mostert, Alec Ingold, Cedrick Wilson Jr. and others before trading for wide receiver Tyreek Hill.
On paper, the offense looks deeper, but the one area that they really improved is their speed. Edmonds, Mostert and Hill are among the fastest players in the NFL, and they’re joining Jaylen Waddle who has a claim to that group as well.
Everyone is talking about how fast the group is, including Emmanuel Ogbah, who, on Tuesday, compared them to his former team.
“[Their speed] is kind of similar to Kansas City, but we have way more speed now,” Ogbah said during his final media availability of OTAs.
Ogbah spent 2019 with the Kansas City Chiefs, playing in 10 games before suffering a torn pectoral which cost him the remained of the season. That team went on to win the Super Bowl.
At the time, Andy Reid’s offense not only had Hill, but they also had Mecole Hardman, who ran a 4.33 40-yard-dash at the NFL Scouting Combine in 2019.
Between the added speed, improved offensive line and new offensive system, the Dolphins are hoping that the side of the ball, led by Tua Tagovailoa, will take a jump. Ogbah’s crew is probably hoping the same, so they don’t have to keep teams to under 19 points every week to win.
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