This gave the Dolphins a four-man rush with the fourth man coming from a different spot each time.

"Teams that play good pass defense in this league have corners who can cover and a good four-man rush."

This time, there was a four-man rush, and more pressure.

"On that play," Fletcher said, "they had max protection, seven men blocking against our four-man rush."

The Rams rarely blitz, preferring to pressure the quarterback with the four-man rush.

"If you can do that without blitzing and keep pressure from the four-man rush, it's great," Cottrell said.

We knew the four-man rush wouldn't get to them, so we tried different things.

At times they had a four-man rush and the guy didn't have time to set up.

We were having trouble putting pressure on them in our four-man rush, so we decided to bring a little extra heat, Gordon said.

The defense probably will use a four-man rush to chase O'Brien.