Miami Dolphins All-Decade team has good but not great talent

By network rule, I have a word count that I need to put on each slide. So embellishing can be a bit problematic when the answers to the question of who the best defensive ends were in the last decade come down to two players and two players alone. Without debate.

Should there even be honorable mentions for the position? Andre Branch perhaps, Olivier Vernon maybe. Vernon had one solid season for the Dolphins. It came in his contract year and he used that season to sign what was at the time, the biggest contract for a DE thanks to the Giants.

Still, no one else compares unless we want to really dive in and consider Randy Starks who would sometimes play on the edge.

Jason Taylor: We only get to keep Taylor on this list because he returned to the Dolphins in 2011 and played his final NFL season with Miami. He could have signed a ceremonial one day contract and he would stay on this list. After playing in 2010 for the Jets, Taylor completed his swan song in ’11 and five years later entered the Hall of Fame.

Cameron Wake: If only he and Taylor could have more time together. Wake was without question the best DE of the last decade and that is only because Taylor played one season. His career could have spanned the entire decade had it not been for the decision to not re-sign him this past off-season. Now, it’s a waiting game for his official retirement and the wait to see if he makes the Hall of Fame.