Caleb Harris
Ahead of the 2023 season, the Miami Dolphins hired one of the best defensive minds in football to be their defensive coordinator. Vic Fangio, who had just completed a year as a consultant for a Philadelphia Eagles defense that was one of the best in the game, NFLand who masterminded a scheme that has been sweeping the league for years, came to join Mike McDaniel’s coaching staff.
But things didn’t work out as planned. Fangio simply didn’t fit in well, as he clashed with both the team and the players on his defense. Several Dolphins took veiled shots at Fangio following the news that he was leaving, and some of the unit’s best players expressed that they are much happier with new DC Anthony Weaver, who came over from the Ravens.
Cornerback Jalen Ramsey passed up the opportunity to make a direct comparison between Fangio and Weaver, but praised the new coordinator for what he considers a more fun style of defense.
“I’m not going to compare them,” said Ramsey, via All Dolphins. “I’m not going to sit here and do that. You guys can do it yourselves, but I think (Weaver is) a great coach. I think he’s a good hire. I think he’s going to put guys in position to do really good things and show all the your skill set. That’s fun… that makes the game fun.”
And what exactly is more fun? Well, it looks like Ramsey will go to both shadow receivers and move around the formation more often than he did a year ago.
“These are things I’ve done my entire career except for last year,” he said. “Last year was the only time I didn’t follow and I was just on one side of the field. So last year was kind of a different year for me, rather than this one being different. where I thrive, make an impact and have a lot of fun playing.”
In the table below, we’ve broken down Ramsey’s lineup during his career by position: left corner, right corner, slot corner, box safety, and deep safety. (With help from Pro Football Focus.) We’ve highlighted in bold the position where he played the most snaps that season. The distinction here should be very, very obvious.
| 2016 | JAX | 44.1% | 36.5% | 11.7% | 7.7% | 0.1% |
| 2017 | JAX | 67.5% | 14.7% | 6.3% | 5.7% | 5.7% |
| 2018 | JAX | 55.7% | 28.6% | 6.4% | 5.2% | 4.0% |
| 2019 | JAX/LAR | 49.1% | 33.2% | 10.3% | 6.2% | 1.3% |
| 2020 | HOME | 34.9% | 40.1% | 18.0% | 6.8% | 0.3% |
| 2021 | HOME | 25.9% | 28.1% | 32.3% | 13.0% | 0.6% |
| 2022 | HOME | 28.9% | 39.8% | 20.2% | 10.6% | 0.5% |
| 2023 | Missing | 8.4% | 83.0% | 2.4% | 6.0% | 0.2% |
His best years came when he was used in a hyper-versatile role, but Ramsey played 83% of his snaps at right corner last season after never playing more than 67.5% of his snaps at a single position and in recent years He divided his time between three or four positions on the field. That almost didn’t happen in 2023, but it looks like he’ll play that style again in 2024.
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