CLEVELAND — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is not anticipated to play Sunday’s recreation towards the Cleveland Browns.
Tagovailoa was downgraded to uncertain Saturday because the Dolphins (7-8) traveled to Cleveland as he offers along with his hip harm.
Tagovailoa was already deemed questionable for Sunday’s 4:05 p.m. kickoff on Miami’s Friday harm report, however his hip harm was not largely thought-about regarding after he was additionally on the harm report for it final week and made it by the win over the San Francisco 49ers.
He downplayed the importance of the ailing hip, which he first banged up within the Dec. 15 loss to the Texans in Houston, when he spoke to reporters Wednesday.
“It’s good,” Tagovailoa stated then. “It’s similar to anybody else on the group and anybody else across the league. You get banged up little bit in the direction of the ending of the 12 months so simply bought to care for that.”
Tagovailoa additionally famously had his school profession at Alabama minimize quick on account of a hip harm. He recovered from it throughout his draft course of in 2020, the Dolphins chosen him with the No. 5 choose.
With out Tagovailoa, the Dolphins seemingly begin backup quarterback Tyler “Snoop” Huntley towards the Browns. Third-stringer Skylar Thompson was elevated from the follow squad to the energetic roster Saturday forward of Sunday’s recreation.
The Dolphins, on Saturday, additionally positioned cornerback Kendall Fuller on injured reserve. He was already dominated out for Sunday’s recreation along with his knee harm and thought of week to week with simply two weeks remaining within the common season.
With the roster spot, Miami signed broad receiver Erik Ezukanma from the follow squad to the energetic roster, as Tyreek Hill (wrist) and Jaylen Waddle (knee) are questionable for Sunday.
Together with Thompson, the Dolphins elevated cornerback Nik Needham from the follow squad for depth at cornerback with Fuller out and Storm Duck more likely to play in nickel packages.
Tagovailoa, this season, is vying for Drew Brees’ single-season completion share document.
With Miami set to go along with Huntley and the Browns in line to begin Dorian Thompson-Robinson, the NFL is lucky to have flexed out of airing Sunday’s Dolphins-Browns recreation out of prime time on the penultimate week of the common season.
Barrett to Bucs
Unretired NFL edge rusher Shaquil Barrett is returning to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
After Barrett, whom the Dolphins waived from the reserve/retired checklist Thursday, cleared waivers Friday, he agreed to signal with Buccaneers, in keeping with a number of studies.
Barrett signed with the Dolphins as a free agent in March, retired in July earlier than coaching camp and wished to return out of retirement in late November. Miami, caught off guard by the request on a brief week earlier than taking part in the Inexperienced Bay Packers on Thanksgiving evening, didn’t activate him earlier than its deadline, nor did the group instantly launch him so he may be part of one other group.
The Dolphins reversed course on that call this previous week, with coach Mike McDaniel citing the group didn’t consider waiving him would create a aggressive drawback at this level.
The Bucs (8-7) are tied with the Atlanta Falcons atop the NFC South, with the Falcons holding the tiebreaker. Tampa Bay can nonetheless win the division with two weeks remaining.
Barrett by no means performed a down for the Dolphins. He had 45 sacks, made two Professional Bowls and gained a Tremendous Bowl in his earlier 5 seasons with the Bucs.
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