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Dave Hyde’s top 50 Miami Dolphins of all-time

Dolphins top draft picks Keith Sims (left) and Richmond Webb take a breather in between plays at practice. It was Sims' first day. Playing alongside Webb, Sims, provided the upfront presence of powerful offenses.

Dolphins top draft picks Keith Sims (left) and Richmond Webb take a breather in between plays at practice. It was Sims’ first day. Playing alongside Webb, Sims, provided the upfront presence of powerful offenses.

  (NFL / AP)

By Dave Hyde
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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Dave Hyde ranks the Top 50 Miami Dolphins in team history.

No. 40 -- Jon Giesler

Gave 10 good years and two good knees to protecting quarterbacks centered around the two Super Bowl teams in the 1980s.

  (Ed Wagner Jr. / Chicago Tribune)

No. 21 -- Bryan Cox

The first picture of Cox as a rookie was wading into the Cincinnati Bengals’ sideline to attack a player who had cheap-shotted Pete Stoyanovich. That temperamental mage didn’t fade through the years. That often obscured his great talent.

  (BILL SIKES / AP)

No. 14 -- Jake Scott

See No. 15 ...

  (JAMES P. KERLIN / AP)

No. 12 -- Zach Thomas

His five All-Pro seasons tie Little as the most in franchise history. The fact they came over an eight-year spread tells he played a dominant stretch. For most of 11 years, he was the perfect fit in a defense built for his athleticism.

  (CHRISTOBAL PEREZ / AP)

No. 5 -- Larry Little

Little’s five All-Pro selections tie the franchise high. He was involved in the most lopsided trade in franchise history.

  (Bruce Bennett Studios / Getty Images)

No. 3 -- Dwight Stephenson

The league’s dominant offensive lineman of the 1980s. His presence changed the ways this offense operated. For instance, his ability to block whomever Chicago lined up over him one-on-one was the strategic starting point to the Dolphins’ defeat of the famed “46” Bears defense.

  (Al Messerschmidt Archive / AP)

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Dave Hyde

Dave Hyde has been a sports columnist at the Sun Sentinel since 1990. He has covered three Heat, two Marlins, four University of Miami championships and too many bad South Florida sports seasons to chronicle. His writing has been in the Top 10 of the national APSE contest 15 times. A native of Ohio, he never seriously considered pulling a LeBron and returning.

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