How is the play of contrast important for the poem‘the dolphins’?
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The technique of contrast is successfully used in the poem to highlight the sufferings of the dolphins displaced from their natural habitat (the ocean) and confined to a pool. The dolphin thinks about his happy life in the ocean andhis present life in the confinement of the pool.
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❥After the Miami Dolphins penned cornerback Byron Jones to a massive five-year $82.5 million contract, they briefly had the two highest cornerback contracts in the league on their books. Darius Slay’s deal later in the week actually topped both of them following his trade from the Detroit Lions to the Philadelphia Eagles, but that does not change the fact that the Dolphins are taking a fascinating direction with their defensive plans. With two of the top-three cornerback contracts on their roster, the Dolphins have demonstrated their intent to build their defense from the back. Let’s take a look at why this plan is fascinating as well as digging into the contract specifics, and how the structure of them gives the Dolphins options in the coming years.
Miami Dolphins are following an unsurprising blueprint
It does not take a lot of digging to understand the inspiration for the Dolphins’ latest plan. Last season, we saw two defenses dominate the league in the early part of the year. The San Francisco 49ers domination came thanks to the strength of their pass rush, with a solid but unspectacular secondary behind them. However, the Dolphins division rivals, the New England Patriots, dominated opponents through the first part of the season thanks to the superb utilization of their secondary. The Patriots used their shutdown corner, Stephon Gilmore, to take away one option on the opponent’s offense, allowing the rest of their secondary to use double-teams on other receivers, as well as providing extra run support.
It should not be a surprise, given Brian Flores was a linebackers coach and de facto defensive coordinator of the Patriots in 2018, that the Dolphins have decided to use a similar plan to the Patriots. However, Flores and the Dolphins have decided to go one step further than the Patriots, who utilized one highly paid cornerback and then used a committee approach to the rest of their secondary. By putting two highly paid cornerbacks on the outside the Dolphins will be hoping they can focus the attention of the other nine defenders between the numbers, offering run support as well as shutting down slot receivers, tight ends and running backs coming out of the backfield on passing routes.
We have seen the Dolphins further commit to this strategy by signing useful but by no means dominant pass rushers in free agency this past week, hoping they will be able to get creative with nine defenders on most plays. It is a really interesting strategy and one that requires both cornerbacks to play up to those contracts if the Dolphins are to see success.
Jones reaps reward from a players market
The cornerback market this offseason had depth but it lacked top-end talent and that played into Jones’ hands. As free agency approached, a competitive market formed for Jones, with Pro Football Network Insider Benjamin Allbright reporting that multiple teams were hoping to secure the signature of the ex-Cowboys cornerback. In the end, the Dolphins created some surprise as they came out on top, but they had to set a new benchmark for the cornerback market in the NFL to do it.
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