Following the post on 2025 offensive team leaders, I posted the following question:
What’s your prediction for who will lead the Miami Dolphins defense and special teams in any statistical category? Give us your list of leaders, along with statistical numbers, if you also want to predict those.
Below are some of your thoughts and answers-
Dolfanjoe has Seiler leading the way.
Seiler is the unquestioned quiet leader of this defense!
sdphinsfan has the trio of pass rushers going off.
I don’t know if he’ll lead in anything statistically, but I think Seiler cements himself as the leader of the Defense. The trio of Chop, Chubb, and JP will end up with between 25-30 sacks as a group. And I won’t be surprised if Grant finds himself in the conversation for DROY. He’ll have opportunities…
SlayerNation1 has an LB leading the team in INTs.
Malik should have all the return yards.
Sacks : Sieler 12, Chop will improve but still single digits
Chop will get the pressures, never been a finisher
Tackles: whatever Safety is best at tackling
Interceptions: Dotson with 3 again, yes a LB leading the team in Interceptions again for obvious reasons.
Weaver: leads the organization in HC interviews for 2026
JUK has Chop as the team’s leader in sacks.
This is much more difficult than the offensive side. We’ve got 4 good candidates for sacks/pressures but I’m going to go for Chop. Tackles is easy – Brooks. Interceptions… who knows???
glen55, Like most of us, is worried about that secondary.
Interesting choice putting Chop in the header photo with 2 veteran sack artists on the roster. But if I had to put money on one of them he is the one I would go for.
I hope one of the cornerbacks gets more than 1 pick. That position still has me scared.
Yarganaught believes the team will have a top-5 defense.
Washington to return… But if this is Hill’s last season as a Dolphin, I might use him. Perhaps that way he can claim some sort of large number of all-purpose yards at the end of the season (because Waddle may get more receiving yards).
I don’t see one stand-out sack leader, but a high total of them shared between Seiler, Grant, Chop, Chubb, and Phillips. Opponents aren’t going to know who to block, or might have a difficult time accounting for them all during any given game.
Tackles will be Brooks.
I actually see the CBs taking advantage of rushed passes, and coming up with more INTs than we’ve seen in recent years.
Top 5 Defense with <20pts per game average.
JPeay has the defense going off.
Return yards: Malik Washington, Tackles: will definitely be Jordan Brooks (top 5 in the league), Sacks: if healthy our big 3 (Chop, Chub, Phillips) will all produce 8+, Ints: I think with a more expanded role in Weavers defense will lead to a breakout year for Ashtyn Davis with 5+. Honor Mention: Sieler 6+ Sacks, Iffy & Kohu 3+ Ints. Top 5 defense overall….Go Fins!!!
The post was a bit slower than I like, but such is the way the Summer goes around here. It appears that the fans have a great deal of confidence in this defense heading into the season. Thank you to each of you who took the time to answer our question of the day.
