MIAMI GARDENS — A funny thing has happened to the Miami Dolphins during this year’s roster flip from “win now” to “ trying to win with youth and draftees .”

The Dolphins’ best depth and talent, for the first time in the coach Mike McDaniel era, is shifting to the defensive side of the ball.

I’ll admit that I didn’t see this coming. In the days before the draft and immediately after I was writing about the obvious talent shortfall at cornerback and the shortfall of defensive offseason additions compared to offense.

But this ongoing talent shift began surfacing during organized team activities and minicamp, and continued through training camp and preseason games .

Will the talent shift give the Dolphins, who I’ve predicted to win nine games this season, a better chance

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