Everyone Said Miami's Pass Rush Would Fall Off. They Were Wrong.
Miami lost two first-round defensive ends, Rueben Bain Jr. and Akheem Mesidor. All offseason the take was that the pass rush would fall off a cliff. Five games into 2026, I lined up this year's defensive line against last year's through the same five games, using the same official stats for both seasons.
The sacks went UP, from 12 to 16. Opponents are running for 1.84 yards a carry, down from 2.82. Points allowed dropped from 13.6 a game to 9.8.
In this video:
🔸 Bain's real regular-season sack number, and why the "cliff" talk was built on his playoff run
🔸 Why this is a fair test: both…
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