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| Wilfork (Photo: Keith Allison) |
Patriot defensive tackles Vince Wilfork and newly-acquired Albert Haynesworth will square off against an unproven Miami Dolphins offensive line. The two big men, to put it lightly (660 pounds combined), will give Dolphins’ rookie offensive lineman Mike Pouncey a crash course in NFL trench warefare and should have quarterback Chad Henne looking for dump-off passes to Reggie Bush.
“Two great athletes,” Bush told the media Monday. “Two monstrous guys in the middle who do a good job of stopping the run and putting some pressure on the quarterback and pushing that pocket.”
The 6-foot-2, 325-pound Wilfork totaled 57 tackles and two sacks last season with both quarterback takedowns coming against the Dolphins.
Haynesworth, who stands 6-6, 335 pounds, recorded two and a half sacks in eight games with the Redskins last year. He had one sack the last time he faced Miami, when he was with the Tennessee Titans in 2006.
“We’re very well aware of what they bring to the table,"Bush said. "So we have to do our best here at practice day in and day out preparing ourselves, mentally and physically, to play a fundamentally sound game.”
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