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It’s an unusual and oddly wonderful identity crisis the Miami Dolphins enjoy right now.

Namely, is this who they really are?

A run-first team. A smash-mouth team. A suddenly physical team built around De’Von Achane’s running and an offensive line that as center Aaron Brewer said about the latest win against the New York Jets, “We’re out there breaking their will and forcing our will on them. It’s our day, it’s our world. We can do whatever we want to. It’s amazing, great feeling.”

For the previous three years and nine games under Mike McDaniel, this was a pretty, pass-first team centered on the speed of receiver Tyreek Hill and the accuracy of quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. Even in the snow in Buffalo and the cold of Kansas City, even when Hill

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