re: Ndamukong Suh ignored coach’s play calls in loss to Jaguars

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Understand that Jacksonville led the NFL by allowing a whopping 71 sacks last season. Understand these Jags picked up where they left off, yielding five sacks last week. Understand that starting left tackle Luke Joeckel did not play in this game because he was injured.

And then try to digest the fact the Dolphins, armed with all these facts and trends and Jacksonville’s terrible history for blocking, did not have even one sack on Sunday.

None. Zero.

That’s seven quarters in the eight they’ve played this year without a sack for the Miami defense.

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The Miami substitutions were curious, too. The unproductive middle linebacker platoon system continued in this game. At several points, Coyle switched out his entire starting defensive line out of the game in favor of reserves. How does that make sense?

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Coyle landed on the radar in September after The Herald reported that Dolphins players were "beyond furious, irate" at the coordinator's game plan and defensive adjustments in a 34-15 loss to the Chiefs at home in Week 3.

We expect plenty of changes for a defense that gave up 28, 41, 35 and 37 points over their last four games. The Dolphins don't view Coyle as the problem, though -- at least not Philbin.

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