To not be misplaced amid a flurry of harm information for the Miami Dolphins was the return of sort out Austin Jackson to follow.
Jackson was positioned on IR earlier than the Week 2 sport at Baltimore due to an ankle harm and was designated for return, opening his three-week follow window. Earlier than that window closes, the Dolphins must determine whether or not to activate him, maintain him on IR for your complete season or launch him.
It is fairly clear that Jackson might be activated, and the one query is whether or not it’s going to occur this week or later. And when he does get activated, it ought to be anticipated he’ll return to the beginning lineup at proper sort out as a result of Greg Little’s play has slipped the previous couple of video games after he bought off to a superb begin.
The Dolphins have already got had one participant return from IR this season, particular groups ace Clayton Fejedelem.
Every workforce can have a most of eight returns from IR, together with the identical participant returning greater than as soon as if vital.
FOCUSING ON THE VIKINGS
There was one thing lacking from the Dolphins locker room when the media went again for interviews Wednesday: the ping-pong (or desk tennis) desk between two partitions within the center.
Head coach Mike McDaniel mentioned the choice to take away the desk got here from the workforce management, headed by Tyreek Hill.
“Tyreek and the captains determined that they needed to take a step ahead with all their opponent prep with regard to the workforce and their preparation with our sport plans on the whole,” McDaniel mentioned. “So he made the transfer to take the ping-pong tables out of a locker room. That, to me, is management. To me, management is performing, not speaking. There’s a bunch of various examples from these guys, and that’s why they’re captains and that’s why I depend on them, as a result of it’s about fixing issues, not complaining about them. They, collectively, as a bunch of gamers, needed extra time funding in the course of the week on their jobs for Sunday. So as a substitute of simply saying it, they did one thing about it. And that’s the entire motive that I actually have lots of love for these guys.”
As a reminder, the opposite captains on the Dolphins this season are Tua Tagovailoa, Terron Armstead, Elandon Roberts, Christian Wilkins, Xavien Howard and Jevon Holland.
The query now, after all, might be whether or not the ping-pong desk will return at any level this season.
O’CONNELL’S DOLPHINS CONNECTION
Enjoyable reality about Kevin O’Connell, the first-year Vikings head coach who will take his workforce into Arduous Rock Stadium on Sunday: He as soon as performed for the Dolphins.
Effectively, spent one coaching camp with the Dolphins could be extra correct.
O’Connell was signed in early August 2011, however didn’t make the 53-man roster after the Dolphins determined to maintain two quarterbacks: Chad Henne and Matt Moore. O’Connell performed within the first and final preseason sport that yr, however tried solely two passes. The opposite quarterback on the roster throughout coaching camp that yr was Pat Devlin.
The Dolphins have been the fourth of 5 groups for which O’Connell performed after being a third-round choose of the New England Patriots in 2008. His taking part in profession ended after he was launched by the San Diego Chargers in mid-August 2012.
O’Connell’s teaching profession started in 2015 when he was employed as QB coach for the Cleveland Browns. The Vikings employed him as head coach this offseason after he spent two years as offensive coordinator for the Rams.
— Extensive receiver Albert Wilson has been signed to the Las Vegas Raiders lively roster after being on their follow squad. He joins fellow former Dolphins broad receiver Mack Hollins on their roster.
— Two former Dolphins gamers joined completely different follow squads, linebacker Calvin Munson with the New England Patriots and operating again Jordan Howard with the New Orleans Saints. Munson was launched on the Dolphins IR checklist Tuesday.
ON THIS DAY IN DOLPHINS HISTORY
— Oct. 12, 1986: Within the first battle between 1983 first-round picks Dan Marino and Jim Kelly, the Dolphins defeat the Buffalo Payments, 27-14, on the Orange Bowl. Kelly, after all, performed within the USFL from 1983-85.
— Oct. 12, 2009: Sporting orange jerseys for the third time in franchise historical past, the Dolphins outlast the New York Jets, 31-27, in an exhilarating Monday night time sport in Miami.
— Oct. 12, 2014: The Dolphins hand over a last-second landing in a heartbreaking 27-24 loss in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers, however the true story is a postgame remark from then-coach Joe Philbin that may stick for years, his admission of “getting queasy” and deciding to name for a operating play when Miami had an opportunity to expire the clock with the lead.
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