MIAMI GARDENS — The Nov. 4 commerce deadline is 2 and a half weeks away, and with the Miami Dolphins 1-5 coming into Sunday’s sport towards the Cleveland Browns, hypothesis over them promoting forward of the deadline is rising.
Dolphins gamers’ names are being introduced up in reviews and rumors, and coach Mike McDaniel tried to place a kibosh on it when the query arose Friday.
“All rumors about Miami Dolphins gamers are baseless, at the moment,” McDaniel mentioned. “That’s unlucky. Personally, not simply this 12 months or for this staff, this time of 12 months bothers me for the sake of the person participant that’s having to reply questions on his long-term journey or potential or has the place he’s enjoying questioned on rumors or ideas of different individuals.”
Dolphins gamers swirling in rumors embody extensive receiver Jaylen Waddle, with reported curiosity from the New York Giants. Edge rushers Jaelan Phillips and Bradley Chubb have been talked about, with ESPN proposing a commerce of Phillips from Miami to the Detroit Lions. Operating again De’Von Achane has been the topic of hypothesis.
Phillips, who has been laborious on himself this week for lacking a possible game-altering sack final Sunday towards the Chargers, confirmed he’s nonetheless in good spirits when he introduced some levity to the dialog after being requested if commerce talks each come throughout his desk.
“I don’t actually have a desk,” he mentioned, to laughter of reporters surrounding his locker. “Look, I can’t do something about that. All I can do is deal with enhancing, getting higher day by day and placing good things on movie. Whether or not that’s the Dolphins maintaining me, whether or not it’s one other staff getting me, that’s like utterly out of my management so it’s not even one thing I spend my time worrying about. What I can do is attempt to do the most effective that I can for this staff.
“I clearly love this staff and this group. I’ve spent a number of time and devoted a number of effort and feelings to this staff and group, so ideally I’d love to simply have the ability to do my job and assist this group out, and no matter performs out, performs out.”
Waddle mentioned he doesn’t see the social media reviews and pictures created of him in one other staff’s uniform.
“Probably not,” he mentioned. “I actually don’t see an excessive amount of. If my agent or something don’t contact me, then I actually don’t see an excessive amount of.”
McDaniel needs to maintain his staff’s deal with their assignments within the coming matchup in Cleveland.
“We’re targeted on the Browns, and I strive to not give legs to any of these rumors,” McDaniel mentioned. “But when I used to be a person participant, it in all probability wouldn’t be the best factor to listen to. Luckily for us, we bought a staff of gamers targeted on the Browns, and I gained’t allow them to stray from that focus with, actually, the whole lot that I might probably do.”
Waddle’s mindset backs that thought.
“I’m simply targeted on the sport, truthfully,” he mentioned. “Targeted on the Browns and simply making an attempt to get a win.”
Harm report
McDaniel mentioned he expects all gamers on the staff’s lively roster besides defensive again Elijah Campbell to be out there Sunday towards the Browns.
Campbell missed the week of apply along with his quadriceps damage that value him final week’s loss to the Chargers.
McDaniel, talking earlier than Friday’s apply, mentioned he’s “hopeful and assured” linebacker Tyrel Dodson will clear concussion protocol later within the day, as he has been put by way of full apply classes this week, indicating he’s within the closing stage of the league’s five-step protocol to return to play.
Cornerback Storm Duck, out since struggling an ankle damage within the Sept. 7 opener in Indianapolis, is in line to be out there for the primary time since.
This story will likely be up to date.
