River Cracraft returned to the follow squad Monday, once more having made his case the Miami Dolphins ought to simply go forward and signal him to their 53-man roster.

After scoring a second landing in two video games, Cracraft not can merely be elevated from the follow squad to play for the Dolphins within the 2022 common season as a result of the workforce already has used up its three most elevations with him.

Which means both he simply continues to follow, he indicators with one other workforce or the Dolphins signal him to their 53-man roster, which appears nearly like a given at this level the way in which he has carried out.

“It’s the day after the sport, so nothing has been communicated, which is completely fantastic,” Cracraft stated Monday. “I’m going to maintain going about my enterprise. And like I stated, all the things will fall into place. I’m not nervous about it.” 

Whereas Cracraft stated the curler coaster of getting minimize, signing to the follow squad and going forwards and backwards from the follow squad to the lively roster every week has been “nothing to me,” his work hasn’t gone unnoticed together with his teammates.

“Yeah, I imply, you like to see tales like that,” tight finish Durham Smythe stated. “Clearly, he’s a fantastic man and he’s been by quite a bit on this league. He’s been minimize plenty of instances, has been on a couple of completely different groups, and he continues to carry out for us. He does plenty of issues that lots of people don’t see. I imply, clearly he’s scored two touchdowns now. However he’s getting in there, he’s blocking guys, which plenty of guys on this league don’t love to do at that place. So he does plenty of the soiled work and clearly now it’s cool to see him get some stats within the stat guide and a pair touchdowns. However I’ve nothing however respect for him and the way he’s going about his enterprise during the last couple of months.”

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SILENT APPLE WHEN IT COMES TO HILL

No matter is happening between Dolphins huge receiver Tyreek Hill and Bengals cornerback Eli Apple, whether or not you need to name it a feud or a disagreement, Apple declined to leap on the chance to fireside again Monday.

Hill had some pointed feedback to and about Apple following the Dolphins’ victory in opposition to the Buffalo Payments, on Sunday.

Apple had media members ready at his locker for a response Monday, however he declined the invitation, based on ESPN author Ben Child.

Hill’s feedback stem from the 2021 AFC Championship Sport after Apple stopped the huge receiver wanting the objective line when the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tried to attain a landing on the ultimate play of the primary half main 21-10 as an alternative of kicking a area, a play that loomed giant within the Bengals’ 27-24 extra time victory.

Apple took a shot at Hill on Twitter after the sport.

Even when Apple declines to remark all week, this guarantees to be a enjoyable matchup Thursday evening.

RILEY NO FAN OF PICKLE JUICE

Gamers on every workforce had been searching for methods to cope with the oppressive warmth at Laborious Rock Stadium on Sunday, and for linebacker Duke Riley that concerned consuming some pickle juice — a trick we first grew to become conversant in from Jay Ajayi’s days at Boise State.

“Right this moment’s a extremely huge restoration day for us being that we performed in a recreation like that yesterday with a bunch of warmth and guys had been cramping up,” Riley indicated. “I’m consuming pickle juice on the sideline as a result of I’m feeling like I’m about to cramp and I normally don’t, in order that’s how scorching it was, as a result of I normally don’t even really feel that. Nah, I needed to that additional throughout recreation and at halftime.”

In fact, the following query needs to be: Does Riley get pleasure from pickle juice?

“No, (laughter) I imply, some individuals do, however I don’t,” he stated. “Particularly just like the pickle juice wasn’t even chilly. So, I imply, simply take into consideration consuming scorching pickle juice. Proper? It’s already dangerous however then you definitely drink it scorching. However apart from that, I believe you bought to do no matter you bought to do to not cramp.”

BILLS COACH EXPLAINS TIRADE

Assuming by now that everyone has seen the video clip of Payments offensive coordinator Ken Dorsey — how let’s consider it? — bodily expressing his frustration after the conclusion of the sport Sunday, the previous College of Miami quarterback defined what occurred throughout a media session Monday.

“I am up within the field, I am watching my guys down there simply give us all the things they probably have in ’em with effort and from begin to end, enjoying 90 one thing snaps within the recreation,” Dorsey stated. “And it was a playoff environment, plenty of credit score to the Miami Dolphins, and clearly, we weren’t on the profitable finish of it, so it is irritating that I reacted that approach and, clearly, that is one thing that I am positively gonna be taught from.

“And I do not ever need to take the eagerness out of the sport, we’re all on this to win soccer video games clearly for the Payments, for our followers, and we’re gonna give them all the things we acquired, however it’s one thing I am gonna be taught from him and ensure let’s appropriate shifting ahead.”

One fast observe on the play that ended the sport, with Melvin Ingram tackling Isaiah McKenzie in bounds and leaving the time with out sufficient time to line as much as spike the ball: Kudos to Xavien Howard for getting upfield and reducing off McKenzie’s angle.

Take a look at the replay and it seems as if Howard possible would have prevented McKenzie from attending to the sideline earlier than bringing him down, which prompted McKenzie to chop inside upfield and gave Ingram the prospect to catch him from behind.

ON THIS DAY IN DOLPHINS HISTORY

1992 — Byron Jones is born. So Glad thirtieth Birthday to the Dolphins cornerback. Jones stays on Reserve/PUP, however he’ll grow to be eligible to begin working towards subsequent week.

2004 — The Dolphins residence recreation in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers is moved from 1 p.m. to eight:30 p.m. a day after Hurricane Jeanne lands in South Florida. The Dolphins drop a 13-3 resolution.

2021 — The Dolphins take a fast 14-0 lead in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders, however find yourself shedding 31-28 in extra time.

THEY SAID IT …

WR River Cracraft on Tua Tagovailoa’s landing cross to him: “It was a dart, man. Tua is a harmful man again there and I used to be glad to be on the opposite finish of it.”’

G Robert Hunt on veteran LB Melvin Ingram: “Mel is a dawg, man. He’s actually good. He’s been good. Everyone knows he’s been good in his league for some time, and he can play, man. He can simply flat out play. Lining up in opposition to him in camp, you bought to be with it as a result of he can do plenty of various things. He can energy, he can rush to love get the sting. He’s a harmful rusher, man. He’s good. He’s actually good.”

LB Duke Riley on Tua’s singing potential: “I’m telling y’all proper now, he can sing his tail off. (laughter) Tua is a humorous, man. Y’all don’t even know. I want everyone knew. I’m simply lucky sufficient that I do know. He can sing and he can sing any music. I’ve seen his dude sing some loopy stuff that you’d by no means even know. And it simply lets you understand how good his vitality is and the way constructive he’s and the way a lot of a fantastic individual he’s and the way his household raised him. I like Tua, man. I like Tua.”

LB Jerome Baker on the defensive effort in opposition to Buffalo with plenty of yards allowed however not that many factors: “As a defensive participant, after all, we’re not blissful about that. If we get off the sector extra, we’ve much less snaps and it’s only a trickledown impact. If we simply lock in and do some higher, it’d be simpler on plenty of us. So am I pleased with the efficiency we had? It’s no matter. On the finish the day, we received. In order that’s all that issues. We positively acquired to only play higher Thursday. It’s going to be an excellent problem for us.”