Is it a reasonable to expect Wake to match 2016’s performance this year?
Can Wake still be a force in 2017?
At this time last year, Cameron Wake was still rehabbing himself from a torn Achilles tendon. Some of the best pay per head review sites on the internet were betting that the then 34-year-old Wake was past his prime and wouldn’t get back to his elite form as a pass rusher.
Well, Wake has spent his entire career proving his doubters wrong… and last season wasn’t any different.
In 2016 the coaches wanted to ease him back into the grove, and for the first month, he was only utilized during obvious passing downs.
However, Wake proved that he had no ill effects from his injury and was just too explosive and productive to keep on the bench for long stretches. As a result, the Coaches began giving him more snaps. With the extra snaps, he ripped off a stretch of 6 straight games with a sack, with a total of 7.5 sacks… which also led to 6 straight Miami Dolphin victories.
Wake finished the season with a total of 11.5 sacks, 5 forced fumbles, and amazingly enough, Miami went 10-0 when he registered a sack–and 0-6 when he didn’t.
That stat alone shows just how vital he is to the overall success of the team.
Wake earned himself a spot in the Pro Bowl and ended up being a finalist for Comeback Player of the Year. The Dolphins responded by rewarding him with a 2 year contract extension, which means he’s now signed thru the 2018 season for $19 million with $11 million guaranteed.
2016 proved Wake is the elite on many levels
Sure, he’s now 35 years old and isn’t getting any younger. However, there are few NFL players in this league that take care of their bodies better then he does, and as long as he stays healthy, there’s no reason to think that he can’t give us at least 2 more years of Pro Bowl-caliber production.
The Coaches have already stated that they aren’t going to limit his snaps in 2017. So there’s no reason why he can’t replicate last year’s double-digit sack numbers.
There has been little saying about Wake this off-season, mainly because he is healthy and quietly going about his business.
Wake had a season-high of 15 sacks in 2012, and considering what he did with limited snaps last year, this personal record of his should watch its back, because it might get topped this season.
What are the rest of the Miami Dolphins News fan’s thoughts about whether or not he can best his sack numbers from last year and top his season-best number of 15 sacks?
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