Thursday Dolphins Notebook: OTA, Hunt and Roster Notes

Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa had been back at practice in the event the Miami Dolphins wrapped upwards their second week involving OTAs on Thursday.

Tagovailoa missed the previous OTA on Tuesday after they was sent home since of a non-COVID sickness. His presence was validated by just a clip sent away by the Dolphins public media team showing Tua completing a pass to be able to Preston Williams.

The Dolphins will have their two-day mandatory minicamp next 7 days (Wednesday and Thursday specifically) before closing out his or her offseason program the subsequent week with OTAs each day except Wednesday (June 6-7, 9-10).

Hunt with all the Orange Honor

Keeping track involving the practice players involving the day, guard Robert Hunt wore the fruit jersey at practice Wed. That signified having been stated the top practice gamer for Tuesday and received the chance to decide on the music to the operate on this day.

For those keeping score, the particular five winners of the particular orange jersey since the particular start of OTAs currently have been linebacker Jaelan Phillips, Tagovailoa, defensive lineman Zach Sieler, defensive lineman Dean jerrod Wilkins and now Search.

Roster Minimize Revelations

The NFL informed squads Thursday about roster cutdown dates and procedures with regard to the 2022 season, using some things staying condition quo and some alterations.

The roster cutdown schedules is going to be as they were being last year, on 3 consecutive Tuesdays with all the final one coming after the next preseason game and approaching nine days before the particular first regular season video game.

So on Tuesday, Sept. 16, teams must minimize their rosters from three months to 85 players; rosters have to be cut from eighty five to 80 players upon Tuesday, Aug. 23; in addition to the final cut by 80 to 53 online players will take place Wednesday, Aug. 30. All slashes must be made simply by 4 p.m. Western on those times.

As had been the case this past year, squads will be allowed to be able to have 16 players upon their practice squad, using as many as twelve allowed to be old soldiers or exemption players.

Finally, you will find a change to the particular IR rule.

Teams around 2022 is going to be allowed to be able to have eight players give back from IR over the period, including a player coming back again more than once (though each occasion counts versus the eight-return limit).

In another change, players place on IR during the particular regular season now can have to miss in least four games instead of three last year. Which will would meant, for example of this, that Tagovailoa could have got to miss four video games last year with his / her rib injury instead involving three.