MIAMI GARDENS — Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver called the run defense’s performance against Carolina “disappointing.”

In fact, Weaver, whose run defense is last in the NFL at 174.2 yards per game, said the run defense was so bad that there were times he wanted to “throw up” while watching the game tape of Panthers running back Rico Dowdle rushing for 206 yards in the Panthers’ 27-24 win.

“This guy was running, he was like a runaway freight train, just running downhill,” Weaver said.

But Weaver sees light at the end of the run defense tunnel, and it doesn’t appear to be an oncoming train. Weaver sees ways things could get better fairly quickly. Hang with me. I’ll eventually get to all of the specifics.

As for the Carolina game, the way the Dolphins tell it, the run de

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