Here’s why Jordyn Brooks is No. 15 on our Dolphins’ Top 20 players
(Part of a series counting down to the start of 2024 Dolphins training camp.)
Technically speaking, OTAs are voluntary in the NFL.
Jordyn Brooks doesn’t see it that way.
Brooks is joining the Dolphins in free agency in what you could effectively consider a trade. While Brooks was swapping his Seattle Seahawks uniform for aqua and orange, the opposite was happening for Jerome Baker. Which team got the better of the deals won’t be known until the fall.
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In Brooks, the Dolphins are getting a player a year younger than Baker. Like Baker, he’ll be asked to fill a variety of roles in the heart of Miami’s defense. But he’s not the only one adapting to new surroundings. So is coordinator Anthony Weaver, who arrives from Baltimore.
With so much new, Brooks wasn’t about to skip OTAs.
“For me it’s like I got to get to know the guys that I’m playing with, get to know the system and let them get to know me,” he said in the spring. “It was important that I be here, it was mandatory for me. I’m glad I came, I’m enjoying it.”
Why Jordyn Brooks is No. 15
Brooks will be hard to miss on Sundays. Like Baker, he can be counted on to make triple-digit tackles over the course of a season. Brooks has made more than 100 total tackles each of the past three seasons and even led the NFL with 109 solo tackles in 2021.
He also had a career-best 4.5 sacks last season despite coming off an ACL tear suffered in January 2023.
Telling stat
There are two ways to look at Brooks’ missed-tackle rate. One is that he was charged with 12 of them last season, which equates to a career-high 9.8 percent. The other way is it’s still lower than Baker’s 12.4 percent in 2023.
How we see Brooks' future
Brooks won’t turn 27 until the middle of the season. If he lives up to his billing, he could have a lengthy future in Miami. Interestingly, his cap number is a mere $2.8 million this year but balloons to $10 million each of the next two years. With $9.5 million of his deal guaranteed, the likelihood is he’ll be a Dolphin in 2024 and ’25 while he plays for a longer future here.
Dolphins reporter Hal Habib can be reached at hhabib@pbpost.com. Follow him on social media @gunnerhal. Click here to subscribe.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Miami Dolphins 2024: Our Top 20 player countdown rolls on with Jordan Brooks
