Jaelan Phillips was relentless in his pursuit of Josh Allen on Sunday

<div> <figure> <img alt="NFL: AFC Wild Card Round-Miami Dolphins at Buffalo Bills" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/ChAKVkLnNIMwuoBwVmbMKBlA1Ws=/0x0:2850x1900/1310x873/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/71881230/usa_today_19796317.0.jpg"> <figcaption>Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption> </figure> <p>The stock is rising for Miami’s former first-round pick.</p> <p id="Qp0toI">The <a href="https://www.thephinsider.com/">Miami Dolphins</a> flustered Josh Allen with seven sacks and forced the <a href="https://www.buffalorumblings.com/">Buffalo Bills</a>’ quarterback into three turnovers in last Sunday’s Wild Card Weekend loss. </p> <div id="YROupc"></div> <p id="a7YvWx">Miami needed to bring pressure throughout all four quarters to pull off the upset and it was 2021 first-round pick Jaelan Phillips leading the charge for Josh Boyer’s defense. </p> <p id="OupH3i"><a href="https://premium.pff.com/nfl/players/2022/REG/jaelan-phillips/56902/defense">According to ProFootballFocus</a>, Phillips registered seven pressures of Allen, just one behind Micah Parsons of the <a href="https://www.bloggingtheboys.com/">Dallas Cowboys</a>, who led the league with eight pressures during Wild Card Weekend. </p> <div id="OcH3S2"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Most pressures during Wild Card Weekend <a href="https://t.co/9GdJHASIJ3">pic.twitter.com/9GdJHASIJ3</a></p>— PFF (@PFF) <a href="https://twitter.com/PFF/status/1615499336363773952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2023</a> </blockquote> </div> <p id="cvpswY">Phillips added three quarterback hits, two tackles for a loss, half a sack, and nine total tackles on Sunday as Allen fumbled the ball three times. </p> <div id="jOngal"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/JJPhillips15?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jjphillips15</a> was a monster on wild card weekend, recording 9 tackles (2 TFL), 7 QB pressures, 3 QB hits & a .5 sack. per <a href="https://twitter.com/PFF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PFF</a>, phillips finished the szn with a 90.1 pass-rush grade (4th), a 74.8 run grade (18th) & an overall grade of 88.8 (6th) among all EDGE defenders. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/finsup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#finsup</a> <a href="https://t.co/jpSp0KCZrX">pic.twitter.com/jpSp0KCZrX</a></p>— josh houtz (@houtz) <a href="https://twitter.com/houtz/status/1615725838628016133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2023</a> </blockquote> </div> <p id="wWbkd1">“I know me and [Phillips] talked [Sunday] night, man, we’re just going to get to it and understand that we just have to (hone our) craft,” <a href="https://media.miamidolphins.com/transcripts/">linebacker Bradley Chubb said on Monday</a>. “Make sure we’re leading the pack and make sure we’re doing everything we can do to help this organization take it to the next step.</p> <p id="WKWZ5z">“It could be real scary, man. It could be real scary. We’re looking forward to all the things that we’ve got coming ahead and looking forward to the future.”</p> <p id="INIqK2">Phillips ended the season tied for fourth in solo tackles (42) and tied for 20th in the league with nine sacks. </p> <div id="EGWtxV"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Crazy to think that I’ve played more games (35+preseason) in the NFL, than in my entire college career (20 games) feels like I’m just warming up!</p>— Jaelan Phillips ; ® (@JJPhillips15) <a href="https://twitter.com/JJPhillips15/status/1615029781317181440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2023</a> </blockquote> </div> <p id="U0y7Mb">“Crazy to think that I’ve played more games in the NFL (including preseason) than in my entire college career,” Phillips said Monday on Twitter. “Feels like I’m just warming up!”</p> </div>