It's said so often around football that it's become trite: Games are won and lost in the trenches. And while I'm not here to knock the big men, I have a different spin on things, at least when it comes to the defensive side of the ball. I have a saying that I've used so often that it elicits eye rolls from those who talk football with me most. Yet not one has been able to disprove my theory: Safeties are destiny.
For one, there is the question of who starts at safety opposite Minkah Fitzpatrick between Ashtyn Davis and Ifeatu Melifonwu. Both safeties are newcomers to the Dolphins, signed early in free agency. Davis has been listed first on the team's official depth chart since early in training camp, even as a calf injury sidelined him. Melifonwu started camp on the non-football injury list, and then he worked himself into practice snaps as Davis was out.
