{"id":378569,"date":"2026-08-22T19:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T19:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/378569\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T19:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T19:14:08","slug":"miami-dolphins-preseason-2026-fans-concerned-about-teams-defensive-secondary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/378569\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins preseason 2026: Fans concerned about team\u2019s defensive secondary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Miami Dolphins host the New York Giants this afternoon in a Preseason Week 2 showdown. Both teams are shifting from conditioning and development work to tuning up for the regular season. Where are the biggest areas of concern for Dolphins fans when it comes to the team\u2019s preparations for the season?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Earlier this week, we asked you that question in our SB Nation Reacts survey. Nearly half of the responses zero in on one major area of concern: the secondary. Miami\u2019s cornerbacks and safeties are battling for position and roster spots, but there are not a lot of players standing out as the best of the pack. Depth concerns, as well as inexperience, dominate both position groups and, if Miami\u2019s edge rushers cannot get immediate pressure on opposing quarterbacks, the secondary may not be up to their coverage responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The backup quarterback position, where Quinn Ewers struggled last week against the Washington Commanders and is now injured, was second in the results, receiving 32 percent of the vote. Injuries already starting to hit the team was third with 15 percent, while punting received four percent of the vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbook.fanduel.com\/navigation\/nfl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami heads into the game as a 3.5-point underdog<\/a>, according to the FanDuel Sportsbook oddmakers, despite being at home. That is probably something we as fans should get used to hearing &#8211; Miami is projected to be the worst team in the AFC this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Do you agree with the poll results? Do you think somewhere else on the roster is the biggest concern? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Dolphins host the New York Giants this afternoon in a Preseason Week 2 showdown. Both teams&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,38736,133023,125,124,35461],"class_list":["post-378569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins-discussion","tag-miami-dolphins-training-camp","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-sb-nation-reacts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}