The Miami Dolphins’ 2024 season overall was disappointing, but that doesn’t mean it was without some solid individual performances.
Some of them were expected to one degree or another, such as Zach Sieler duplicating his breakout season of 2023 to earn team MVP honors or Jason Sanders delivering in the clutch and from long distance.
But which performance didn’t get the attention it deserved?
His choice for the Dolphins was rookie first-round pick Chop Robinson on the basis of his strong second-half showing when he was among the most productive pass rushers in the NFL.
“Given his first-round pedigree, it’s a surprise that Robinson could be so overlooked,” Patra wrote. “A slow start to the rookie campaign will do that. Those who didn’t bail on the Dolphins watched Robinson’s production surge down the stretch. From Week 8 through the end of the regular season, Robinson generated 44 QB pressures, seventh-most among all edge rushers. For the entire season, Robinson earned a 17.2 QB pressure percentage, tops among all rookies (even better than presumptive Defensive Rookie of the YearJared Verse’s mark of 16.8 precent) and the fifth-highest rate by a rookie edge defender with at least 200 pass rushes in a season since at least 2018, per NGS (Micah Parsons, 25%; Josh Hines-Allen, 17.8%, Nick Bosa, 17.3%, Will Anderson Jr., 17.3%). The foundation has been laid for a massive second season in South Beach.”
Overlooking the extraordinarily tired idea of Dolphins playing in South Beach (for the 73rd time, they don’t), Patra’s criteria for choosing his overlooked or surprise contributor was that the players couldn’t have been selected to the Pro Bowl. Based on that, though, the clear choice here would have been Sieler because he clearly was the team’s best player. But he did get team MVP honors, so he was recognized if maybe it wasn’t to the degree he should have been.
