By Chris Perkins, Staff writer

4:56 p.m. EDT, June 3, 2013

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"Primarily everything has been about limiting explosive pass plays and creating more takeaways," coach Joe Philbin said after Monday's OTA ...

Right now the new trio of linebackers – Misi, Ellerbe and Wheeler – are at different stages of acclimating themselves to Miami's 4-3 defense brought in last season by coordinator Kevin Coyle.

Predictably, Misi is the furthest ahead. ...

"Koa knows the defense. I feel like he's playing pretty good because he knows the defense pretty well. I feel like I, especially, need to catch up."

Ellerbe is confident everything will be OK when the season opens in September. ...