Is Koa Misi's starting job at risk?

Don’t worry folks…we will see a whole new level in two weeks. Like I said before, the Dolphins are using the preseason to evaluate talent and not to practice schemes, remember the wildcat was held in the dark, but it was unleashed it was well tuned! As Miyagi say: “preseason, win lose no matter!”

So enter Ike to set the edge on certain looks. I don’t have a problem with this. Give Misi 1 more year in the weight room and Ike may be looking for a new position. I think Misi is that good.

you better pray he never drops back into coverage. He will get straight lit up in coverage. I have seen Misi have trouble setting the edge. But it isn’t like Ike hasn’t made the same mistakes. The 30 yard cutback run by Jennings was Ike’s fault. MJD has a 10 yard run where Ike got sucked in. The falcons ran a sweep where Ike got sucked in. Not sure what people see in him.

bounced it outside, thats the most important task misi has is to keep that RB inside, misi had him contained but at the last minute fell for the juke inside. Turner’s a pro and misi is a rookie, so its to light a fire, send a message whatever cliche u want to use, also to reward IAF for playing well. Not worried at all about misi.

Look – I was against the MISI draft pick – thinking there were better options with more speed and experience playing OLB. but I thought based on what I saw on tape- that MISI looks pretty good…. I have no problem with him starting, but yea he needs a lot of improvement – thats what you get with this type of draft pick – someone who has a lot to learn….On the other hand – ODRICK has show much LESS so far, he is around the ball but never makes the tackle… and not much pressure either…. which shows 2 things – 1. 3-4 SUCKS and (2) CHARLES GRANT deserves to be the starter for now – keep working Odrick in but, Grant has OUT PLAYED HIM… I think he will be much better in the future, but we need to get off to a fast start in buffalo.

I too said what? We drafted who? But after watching him play I think he is going to be decent. Odrick is another what who IMO. We will just have to see how it all fits together.

Misi has one of the few defensive bright spots this year. He’s gotten a lot more reps than Ike, but Ike has played well in the time he’s been on the field. The team needs to cut a lot of players in the next week (77 down to 53), and they have a logjam at OLB (Moses, Anderson, etc).

The only way to really evaluate Ike is to give him some time with the starters. I don’t think that anyone annointed MIsi a lock to start anyway, so explain to me why we are having this discussion??

Let’s talk about important stuff, like the cuts we have to make tomorrow, and what positions the Dolphins will look to bring in some guys off the waiver wire.

There are no articles in a couple days, and this is what we get???

you should always put your best defensive players on the field w/regard to down and distance. me thinks that’s what TS is up to. keeps players fresh and hungry at the same time. feed the beast! would assume this will happen with both OLB spots and even w/crowder on passing downs.

Sparano said OLBer Koa Misi is presently being training to play both spots – weakside and strong side.

maybe not this year, but maybe, he would excel there IMO.

and the conclusion of that article was that Alama-Francis remains an intriguing prospect, though there’s not necessarily a statement on Misi.

My own impression is that this is, at least for the moment, a wakeup call /“gut check”/motivating ploy. Mind you, if Misi can’t improve parts of his game, namely his ability to stop the run, then I’ve no doubt that the staff would play IAF. From what I’ve read of his play, I get the sense of IAF being something along the lines of Roth.

From what I’ve read of his play, I get the sense of IAF being something along the lines of Roth.

^^^This!

Misi is doing fine for a rookie. What we have here though is a guy that converted from DE that is looking really good at OLB. He is a run stopping specialist and he is really what we need there at this time. It is not a bad thing to have many talented people. We can figure out where to put them for them to be effective. If Ike is that good maybe we can move Misi inside. I am not worried about having too many talented LBs. I am worried about not having enough talent up front though. If we don’t start playing better in the front 3 we are going to have a tough time this year. I haven’t seen enough out of our front 3. We are constantly getting pushed back and making plays 5 yards deep. I know we are not running our schemes and all, and hopefully there is something really good in store for the front 3, that helps them to actually get in the backfield and cause problems. I think if we start by surrending as much as 5 yards we will have a tough season.
Misi did let himself get sucked in a few times in the game, but it wasn’t like he was getting blocked. He just underestimated the ability of those NFL RBs to get outside fast.

My only question is, did anyone else notice Ike gulping for air after every play? He looked wiped.

Through how many years and even this offseason alone has Miami rotated players through first team repetitions? We’ve seen Cory Procter with repetitions at LG and we’ve seen Micah Johnson on the field with the first team against the Falcons. This is probably just a coach’s tool to determine how good Alama-Francis can perform against a first team unit while sending a message to Misi that he needs to set the perimeter. When we line up against Buffalo, I’d still be surprised to see IAF starting in our 3-4 package instead of Misi.

announced this while watching the gme rewind?