"For one, there is the question of who starts at safety opposite Minkah Fitzpatrick between Ashtyn Davis and Ifeatu Melifonwu. Both safeties are newcomers to the Dolphins, signed early in free agency. Davis has been listed first on the team's official depth chart since early in training camp, even as a calf injury sidelined him. Melifonwu started camp on the non-football injury list, and then he worked himself into practice snaps as Davis was out."
""A lot of those things, they're still in flux a little bit," Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver said Thursday. "Never get concerned much about who's starting," he continued. "I just care about who's finishing, who's finishing plays, who's finishing tackles.""
"At cornerback, second-year player Storm Duck should be one of the starters. Is Jack Jones holding on to the other starting spot on the outside? Has Rasul Douglas done enough in a short period of time since signing last week to earn his way into the game right away? "We'll see. I think that's a lot to ask of anybody who's been here for, what, a week and a half, two weeks," Weaver said. "His football acumen is so high, so he's gotten a lot of what we're trying to do already.""
The Miami Dolphins' secondary enters the season with notable positional uncertainty at both safety and corner. Minkah Fitzpatrick will start, while Ashtyn Davis and Ifeatu Melifonwu compete for the opposite safety spot after arriving in free agency and navigating injuries. Coaching emphasis centers on who finishes plays and makes tackles rather than declared starters. At corner, Storm Duck projects as a starter while Jack Jones and recent signee Rasul Douglas vie for outside reps. Rookie Jason Marshall Jr. has emerged as a nickel option because of his physicality at the line.
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