The New York Jets and Miami Dolphins have had household names nationally on defense in relatively recent seasons in Darrelle Revis and Jason Taylor. Revis has been traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as the Jets attempt to rebuild and Taylor has retired, but Muhammad Wilkerson and Reshad Jones are two of the best young defensive players in the NFL that are on the cusp of breaking out.

Wilkerson is a member of the already famed 2011 NFL Draft class that included the likes of Von Miller, J.J. Watt and Aldon Smith, all of whom widely considered to be in the top-15 of all players in terms of immediate value despite just two seasons in the books.

Wilkerson, a defensive end, has steadily improved and had a combined 37 sacks, hurries and quarterback hits last season. Those numbers are on par with Haloti Ngata and Calais Campbell, who are the gold standards at the position.

Wilkerson wasn’t selected for the Pro Bowl, which was one of the biggest snubs of 2012. Wilkerson was ranked 14th overall in terms of total production by Pro Football Focus and was dominant as a 3-4 end could possibly be both against the pass and run.

Wilkerson will turn 24 in October and the hype momentum is beginning to swing in the opposite direction as it almost always does with even marginally talented players in New York, but the attention has been well-earned. Wilkerson will anchor a defense and franchise badly in need of remaking itself.

Jones was a fifth round pick in 2010 out of Georgia and is easily one of the steals of that year. Jones showed a lot of promise in his first two seasons while establishing himself as the Dolphins’ starting strong safety, but his production in 2012 was Pro Bowl worthy. Jones finished the season with four interceptions and 95 total tackles.

Jones was rated by Pro Football Focus as the third best safety in the NFL in 2012, behind Eric Weddle and Jairus Byrd, who also made our Be The GM 32 as representatives from the Chargers and Bills.

Jones makes a strong impact against both the pass and run, which led to a four-year, $30 million extension in the offseason.

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Dustin Keller will miss the entire 2013 season with a gruesome knee injury.

Keller tore his ACL, MCL and PCL while also dislocating his knee.

Keller's leg bent unnaturally when he was tackled on the right knee by D.J. Swearinger.

Keller signed a one-year, $4.25 million contract with the Miami Dolphins in the offseason.

The Miami Dolphins have terminated the contract of Dan Carpenter.

Carpenter was a Pro Bowl selection at kicker in 2009.

Carpenter was due $2.675 million in base salary.

The Dolphins will use Caleb Sturgis at kicker.

Ryan Tannehill and Mike Wallace have been slow to connect during their early days together with the Miami Dolphins.

For example, Tannehill targeted Wallace just three times during Monday's practice while connecting twice. Tannehill threw many more passes to reserve receivers Brian Tyms and Jeff Fuller, as well as Dustin Keller and Brian Hartline.

Tannehill has clearly developed a chemistry with Keller and Hartline.

"Ahhhh, I think it's going to come," said Wallace when asked if he's receiving enough targets. "Obviously I didn't practice for like a week and a half so that kind of takes away shots I would have had. But I think I get enough balls. Well, I wouldn't say ... We have a lot of periods in practice so you're going to catch a lot of passes. At the same time we have so many guys and there's so much going on so fast that you're not always going to ge the ball."

Dion Jordan, the third overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, has been highly impressive in camp with the Miami Dolphins.

Jordan had two sacks while matched up against starting left tackle Jonathan Martin.

"Jordan also looked good in one-on-one drills," writes James Walker. "Jordan is very fluid and athletic in his movements and showed flashes of why Miami made him its top pick in April's draft."