Chubb took a lot of heat for extending a critical Titans’ drive with a nonsense helmet-throw penalty. And rightly so. The Dolphins’ defense had stymied the Titans’ struggling attack on third-and-long. Had Chubb maintained his composure, Miami would’ve gotten off the field with likely just a field goal attempt. Instead, he gave Tennessee new life, and the Titans made him pay by scoring a touchdown.
In effect, this was a four-point penalty in what ended as a one-point game:
Bradley Chubb with an all-timer bad penalty for the Dolphins.
Now, that aside, I want to focus on Chubb’s overall performance as the Dolphins’ supposed star pass-rusher. Chubb is being compensated like these four players, despite playing more like an edge Scottie Pippen than a Michael Jordan. This is a huge problem, particularly for a Dolphins defense that needs Chubb to be more productive and a better leader in the absence of Jaelan Phillips. We’re over a full season’s slate of games with Chubb wearing Dolphins teal. There’s enough of a sample size that I’m not sure we’re going to see that come to fruition.