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Earlier today, we took a look at the Miami Dolphins offensive snap counts against the New England Patriots. We come back now to look at the Dolphins' defensive snaps in their 33-20 victory over their AFC East rivals.
The defense held up during 86 defensive plays, with 17 different 20 Dolphins players taking at least one defensive snap. Miami also had eight players take snaps only on special teams during the contest, which are listed in the chart below.
Week 1
vs. Patriots
33-20 Dolphins win
| Player | Position | Snaps | Percent | Special Teams Snaps | |
| Cortland Finnegan | Cornerback | 86 | 100% | 4 | |
| Brent Grimes | Cornerback | 86 | 100% | 4 | |
| Louis Delmas | Safety | 86 | 100% | ||
| Jimmy Wilson | Safety | 84 | 98% | 4 | |
| Olivier Vernon | Defensive end | 78 | 91% | 4 | |
| Jared Odrick | Defensive tackle | 69 | 80% | 4 | |
| Jason Trusnik | Linebacker | 67 | 78% | 23 | |
| Cameron Wake | Defensive end | 62 | 72% | 1 | |
| Jelani Jenkins | Linebacker | 59 | 69% | 14 | |
| Will Davis | Cornerback | 57 | 66% | 6 | |
| Earl Mitchell | Defensive tackle | 46 | 53% | 4 | |
| Randy Starks | Defensive tackle | 46 | 53% | 4 | |
| Derrick Shelby | Defensive end | 20 | 23% | 19 | |
| Anthony Johnson | Defensive tackle | 18 | 21% | 6 | |
| Dannell Ellerbe | Linebacker | 18 | 21% | ||
| Koa Misi | Linebacker | 17 | 20% | ||
| Chris McCain | Linebacker | 16 | 19% | 11 | |
| Jamar Taylor | Cornerback | 15 | 17% | 20 | |
| Jonathan Freeny | Linebacker | 14 | 16% | 25 | |
| Michael Thomas | Cornerback | 2 | 2% | 26 | |
| Walt Aikens | Defensive back | 20 | |||
| Caleb Sturgis | Kicker | 15 | |||
| Orleans Darkwa | Running back | 14 | |||
| Nater Garner | Guard | 10 | |||
| Brandon Fields | Punter | 9 | |||
| John Denney | Long snapper | 9 | |||
| Dallas Thomas | Guard | 7 | |||
| Sammy Seamster | Defensive back | 6 |
Dolphins season snap counts - Defense
