The Dolphins’ defense has a unique perspective as it prepares for the San Francisco 49ers offense this week. For months, the unit has seen its own offense operate the Shanahan scheme that first-year coach Mike McDaniel has brought to Miami.
Ahead of Sunday’s road game against the 49ers, the defense is leaning on all those resources as the unit seeks to replicate much of last week’s performance against the Texans when it held Houston scoreless in the first half.
“We’ve looked at a lot of stuff that through [organized team activities] and training camp that we may have seen or done against our offense that may be similar concepts that they do,” defensive coordinator Josh Boyer said Thursday. “Obviously, we’re putting in a lot of work each week, but you try to do your best to put the guys in the best position to succeed and make it simple for them, so they can go out there and play fast. I think that’s the goal each week. Sometimes things don’t go the way you want them to go, but I think that’s kind of just an every week thing for us.”
