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Dolphins make injured reserve swap, bring back CB Cam Smith

The Dolphins added their 2023 second-round pick back into the fold.

Miami Dolphins cornerback Cam Smith is set to make his season debut Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals after he was activated from the team’s injured reserve Monday.

To make room on the 53-man roster, the Dolphins placed return specialist Braxton Berrios on the injured reserve. Berrios suffered a knee injury Sunday late in Miami’s 16-10 loss to the Indianapolis Colts. According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, an MRI revealed a torn ACL for the returner.

Smith, 23, was the Dolphins’ top pick in the 2023 NFL draft, taken with the No. 51 overall selection in the second round. However, he rarely saw the field as a rookie aside from special teams, and played only 20 defensive snaps.

While the cornerback appeared primed to play a bigger role in 2024, Smith suffered a hamstring injury in the Dolphins’ second preseason game and landed on injured reserve when the team cut its roster down to 53 players. In his absence, undrafted rookie Storm Duck has been called upon to step into the lineup as a reserve defensive back behind Jalen Ramsey, Kendall Fuller, and Kader Kohou.

The Dolphins opened Smith’s 21-day practice window to return from injured reserve on Oct. 2, meaning the team had to decide in the next few days whether it would return the cornerback to the active roster or lose him for the remainder of the year.

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Dolphins release QB Tim Boyle, QB Skylar Thompson to serve as backup

The roster move clears a spot for the Dolphins to activate WR Odell Beckham Jr. or CB Cam Smith from the PUP list.

The Miami Dolphins released quarterback Tim Boyle from their roster Friday.

Boyle, 30, signed with the Dolphins practice squad in August after he was released by the Houston Texans at the end of training camp. After a few weeks with Miami, he was bumped up to the active roster following Tua Tagovailoa’s move to the injured reserve due to a concussion.

It didn’t take long for Boyle to be called into action, as Skylar Thompson suffered a ribs injury in his first start of the season. After taking over in the third quarter, Boyle completed seven of his 13 passes for 79 yards against the Seattle Seahawks.

With Tagovailoa and Thompson unavailable to start in Week 4, the Dolphins passed up Boyle to start Tyler Huntley instead. And despite Huntley’s struggles in a loss to the Titans, the Dolphins again named the newcomer their starter in Week 5.

Now it’s Thompson who will serve as the backup for Huntley on Sunday against the New England Patriots.

The reason for the move is likely to make room on the roster for one of the team’s PUP list members to get activated. Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and cornerback Cam Smith are both listed as questionable for Sunday, but aren’t currently members of the active roster and don’t count against the team’s 53-man roster limit.

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Jordan Poyer ruled out, 3 Dolphins questionable vs. Patriots in Week 5

Odell Beckham Jr. is listed as questionable and could make his Dolphins debut on Sunday.

The Miami Dolphins will be without safety Jordan Poyer, but will have running back Raheem Mostert back in action Sunday against the New England Patriots in Week 5.

Wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. may make his Dolphins debut, as he’s one of three players for Miami who is questionable to play.

Both Beckham and cornerback Cam Smith are still technically members of the physically unable to perform (PUP) list, but can be moved to the active roster at any point in the next three weeks. Once they’re activated, a player (or two) will need to be released from the 53-man roster to make room.

The other questionable player, quarterback Skylar Thompson, started for the Dolphins in Week 3, but was the emergency third quarterback last week against the Tennessee Titans.

The list of injured Patriots is much longer with linebacker Sione Takitaki doubtful to play, and 12 New England players listed as questionable. That includes safeties Jabrill Peppers and Kyle Duggar, and cornerbacks Marcus Jones and Jonathan Jones, all of whom are listed as starting members of the Patriots secondary.

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Dolphins place CB Cam Smith, WR River Cracraft on short-term IR

Cam Smith and River Cracraft will both miss at least four games after landing on the IR with a designation to return.

The Miami Dolphins placed cornerback Cam Smith and wide receiver River Cracraft on the injured reserve with a designation to return Tuesday.

The ability to place up to two players on injured reserve at the cuts deadline is a new rule added by the NFL in 2024. Previously, players had to occupy one of the final 53 roster spots for at least a day before being moved to the short-term IR. Players added to the IR prior to the cut deadline were ruled out for the remainder of the year.

Thanks to the change, the Dolphins were able to save two additional places on the roster and will be able to bring Smith and Cracraft back after they miss at least four games.

Both players were injured in the Dolphins’ second preseason game earlier this month. It was a hamstring injury for Smith and an undisclosed “upper body” issue for Cracraft.

Miami also kept Odell Beckham Jr., Bradley Chubb, Cam Goode, and Isaiah Wynn on the PUP list, ruling those four players out for at least four games, as well.

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Cam Smith’s injury won’t cost him too much time, says Mike McDaniel

Mike McDaniel anticipates Cam Smith making a return to the practice field soon after leaving with an injury Sunday.

Miami Dolphins second-year cornerback Cam Smith left training camp practice with a trainer on Sunday and was absent from the Monday session. Head coach Mike McDaniel, who is typically reticent about sharing information about injuries, wasn’t too concerned about Smith, though.

“Based upon the severity of the injury and his previous injury history, let’s say that training camp and preseason games won’t be compromised in terms of their entirety,” McDaniel said. “He should be able to participate in that. I don’t know when that’ll be.”

The nature of Smith’s injury hasn’t been revealed.

The Dolphins are banking on a sophomore leap for Smith after the 2023 second-round pick spent almost all of his rookie year watching from the sidelines. In June, Smith told reporters that while he didn’t get the opportunities he wanted, he took advantage of the chance to go “to school for a year” with Jalen Ramsey and Xavien Howard ahead of him on the depth chart.

But following the departures of Howard and Eli Apple, the Dolphins are banking on Smith or Ethan Bonner emerging as a reliable fourth option with Ramsey, Kendall Fuller, and Kader Kohou.

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Cam Smith: ‘I didn’t really get the opportunities I wanted’ as a rookie

After spending almost all of his rookie year on the bench, Cam Smith is itching for the chance to prove himself.

For almost all of the 2023 season, Cam Smith watched the Miami Dolphins defense from the sidelines.

The second-round pick — Miami’s top selection in the 2023 NFL draft — was on the field for only 20 defensive snaps as a rookie, and he was a healthy scratch in the Dolphins’ playoff loss to the Kansas City Chiefs.

“I didn’t have the season I wanted. I didn’t really get the opportunities that I wanted, but I mean that’s that,” Smith said last week, via ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques. “In the end, ain’t nothing given to you in this league. Stuff happens and I’m here so I feel like I’m free.”

Smith, 23, tried to take positives from his year on the bench, though.

“[It wasn’t] really that bad. I’m under two of the greats in the league, two of the best to ever do it, in [Xavien Howard] and Jalen [Ramsey],” Smith said. “I literally learned so much from them just sitting in a room with them just picking their brain and stuff like that. Just seeing what they see when I’m on the field. So it was just kind of really a learning experience. I just went to school for a year.”

Was it enough to mean a significant sophomore leap is on the way? The Dolphins certainly hope so.

After cutting ties with Howard, the team signed Kendall Fuller in free agency to be their new starter opposite Ramsey. But depth behind that duo will be awfully thin if Smith isn’t ready to see the field in 2024.

“Timelines are unique to each individual,” Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said when asked about Smith last week. “What I’m really pumped about is I know in year two that the relationships that he’s holding within his position and the coaches and the way he’s attacking this offseason is that he’s not satisfied with that by any stretch nor is the organization.”

The battle for snaps at cornerback behind Ramsey and Fuller will include Kader Kohou, Nik Needham, Siran Neal, and Ethan Booner, in addition to Smith.

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2024 LIV Golf Singapore prize money payouts for each player and team

It pays to play well in the Saudi-backed league. Just ask Brooks Koepka.

It pays to play well in the LIV Golf League, just ask Brooks Koepka.

The 34-year-old won for the fourth time on the Saudi-backed circuit on Sunday after a 3-under 68 in the final round at Sentosa Golf Club to claim the league’s seventh event of the 2024 season, LIV Golf Singapore.

For his efforts, Koepka will take home the top prize of $4 million. Ripper GC captain Cameron Smith and teammate Marc Leishman, who finished T-2, two shots behind Koepka at 13 under, banked $1.875 million each.

With $20 million up for grabs, check out how much money each player and team earned at 2024 LIV Golf Singapore.

Individual prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1  Brooks Koepka -15 $4,000,000
T2  Cameron Smith -13 $1,875,000
T2  Marc Leishman -13 $1,875,000
4  Talor Gooch -12 $1,000,000
T5  Tyrrell Hatton -11 $750,000
T5  Thomas Pieters -11 $750,000
T7  Dustin Johnson -10 $522,500
T7  Joaquín Niemann -10 $522,500
T7  Kevin Na -10 $522,500
T10  Jon Rahm -9 $371,250
T10  Eugenio Chacarra -9 $371,250
T10  Adrian Meronk -9 $371,250
T10  Abraham Ancer -9 $371,250
T14  Kalle Samooja -8 $287,000
T14  Patrick Reed -8 $287,000
T14  Sergio Garcia -8 $287,000
T14  Dean Burmester -8 $287,000
T14  Cameron Tringale -8 $287,000
T19  Carlos Ortiz -7 $240,000
T19  Martin Kaymer -7 $240,000
T19  Sebastián Muñoz -7 $240,000
T22  Phil Mickelson -6 $203,000
T22  Peter Uihlein -6 $203,000
T22  Richard Bland -6 $203,000
T22  Kieran Vincent -6 $203,000
T22  Louis Oosthuizen -6 $203,000
T27  David Puig -5 $180,000
T27  Bryson DeChambeau -5 $180,000
T27  Lucas Herbert -5 $180,000
T30  Anirban Lahiri -4 $167,500
T30  Matthew Wolff -4 $167,500
T32  Branden Grace -3 $155,000
T32  Paul Casey -3 $155,000
T32  Harold Varner III -3 $155,000
T35  Charl Schwartzel -2 $146,500
T35  Ian Poulter -2 $146,500
T37  Matt Jones -1 $140,333
T37  Graeme McDowell -1 $140,333
T37  Scott Vincent -1 $140,333
T40  Charles Howell III E $131,500
T40  Caleb Surratt E $131,500
T40  Brendan Steele E $131,500
T40  Jason Kokrak E $131,500
44  Henrik Stenson 1 $128,000
T45  Andy Ogletree 2 $125,000
T45  Bubba Watson 2 $125,000
T47  Mito Pereira 3 $121,500
T47  Sam Horsfield 3 $121,500
T49  Danny Lee 4 $60,000
T49  Hudson Swafford 4 $60,000
T49  Lee Westwood 4 $60,000
T52  Pat Perez 6 $50,000
T52  Anthony Kim 6 $50,000
54  Jinichiro Kozuma 8 $50,000

Team prize money

Position Team Score Earnings
1 Ripper GC -32 $3,000,000
2 Fireballs GC -29 $1,000,000
3 Cleeks GC -29 $1,000,000

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Brooks Koepka wins 2024 LIV Golf Singapore; Ripper GC claim back-to-back team titles

The win is Koepka’s fourth since he joined the Saudi-backed circuit in 2022.

A pair of Aussie’s made a late charge but it wasn’t enough to catch Brooks Koepka.

Earlier in the week the five-time major champion was downplaying his chances to defend at the upcoming PGA Championship and just a few days later he was raising his fourth LIV Golf trophy after he won 2024 LIV Golf Singapore at Sentosa Golf Club on Sunday. Koepka shot a 3-under 68 in the final round to finish at 15 under, two shots clear of Ripper GC teammates Cameron Smith (64) and Marc Leishman (66) T-2 at 13 under. Defending champion Talor Gooch (67) finished fourth at 12 under, with Tyrrell Hatton (66) and Thomas Pieters (69) T-5 at 11 under.

Koepka previously won LIV Golf Jeddah (2022, 2023) and LIV Golf Orlando (2023).

Thanks to their captain Smith and his first mate Leishman, the Ripper GC boys took the team title at 32 under, three shots clear of runner-up Fireballs GC and Cleeks GC at 29 under. It’s the second consecutive win for the all-Australian squad after they won their home event last week in Adelaide.

The league is now off for a month until LIV Golf Houston makes its debut, June 7-9 at Golf Club of Houston.

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2024 LIV Golf Adelaide prize money payouts for each player and team

It pays to play well in the Saudi-backed league. Just ask Brendan Steele.

It pays to play well in the LIV Golf League, just ask Brendan Steele.

The 41-year-old won for the first time on the Saudi-backed circuit on Sunday after a 4-under 68 in the final round at the Grange Golf Club to claim the league’s sixth event of the 2024 season, LIV Golf Adelaide.

For his efforts, Steele will take home the top prize of $4 million. Louis Oosthuizen, who finished a shot behind Steele at 17 under, banked $2,250,000 while five players finished T-3 and earned $920,000: Charl Schwartzel, Jon Rahm, Andy Ogletree, Joaquín Niemann, Dean Burmester.

Check out how much money each player and team earned at 2024 LIV Golf Adelaide.

Individual prize money

Position Player Score Earnings
1  Brendan Steele -18 $4,000,000
2  Louis Oosthuizen -17 $2,250,000
T3  Charl Schwartzel -16 $920,000
T3  Jon Rahm -16 $920,000
T3  Andy Ogletree -16 $920,000
T3  Joaquín Niemann -16 $920,000
T3  Dean Burmester -16 $920,000
8  Mito Pereira -15 $525,000
T9  Abraham Ancer -14 $385,500
T9  Brooks Koepka -14 $385,500
T9  Matt Jones -14 $385,500
T9  Jinichiro Kozuma -14 $385,500
T9  Danny Lee -14 $385,500
T14  Martin Kaymer -13 $275,000
T14  Lucas Herbert -13 $275,000
T14  Marc Leishman -13 $275,000
T14  Tyrrell Hatton -13 $275,000
T14  Thomas Pieters -13 $275,000
T14  Anirban Lahiri -13 $275,000
T14  Cameron Smith -13 $275,000
21  Cameron Tringale -12 $230,000
T22  Caleb Surratt -11 $206,250
T22  Richard Bland -11 $206,250
T22  Patrick Reed -11 $206,250
T22  Carlos Ortiz -11 $206,250
T26  Adrian Meronk -10 180,000
T26  Matthew Wolff -10 180,000
T26  Talor Gooch -10 180,000
T26  Bryson DeChambeau -10 180,000
T26  Charles Howell III -10 180,000
T31  Pat Perez -9 160,000
T31  Paul Casey -9 160,000
T31  Dustin Johnson -9 160,000
T34  Kevin Na -8 146,250
T34  Lee Westwood -8 146,250
T34  Bubba Watson -8 146,250
T34  Peter Uihlein -8 146,250
T38  Sebastián Muñoz -7 138,750
T38  Phil Mickelson -7 138,750
T40  Sergio Garcia -6 130,500
T40  Branden Grace -6 130,500
T40  David Puig -6 130,500
T40  Kalle Samooja -6 130,500
T40  Sam Horsfield -6 130,500
45  Eugenio Chacarra -5 125,000
T46  Graeme McDowell -4 123,750
T46  Scott Vincent -4 123,750
48  Harold Varner III -3 120,000
49  Jason Kokrak -2 $60,000
50  Kieran Vincent -1 $60,000
51  Henrik Stenson 3 $60,000
T52  Hudson Swafford 4 $50,000
T52  Ian Poulter 4 $50,000
54  Anthony Kim 6 $50,000

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Brendan Steele wins 2024 LIV Golf Adelaide, Cameron Smith’s Ripper GC claim first ever team playoff

For the first time in 28 tournaments a LIV Golf event came down to a team playoff.

After 28 tournaments a LIV Golf event finally came down to a team playoff.

Ripper GC, the all-Australian team led by Cameron Smith, beat the South African Stinger GC squad on the second playoff hole on Sunday to win 2024 LIV Golf Adelaide at the Grange Golf Club in Adelaide, Australia.

“This is unreal,” said Smith after the playoff alongside teammates and countrymen Marc Leishman, Matt Jones and Lucas Herbert. “It’s a dream come true for us.”

In LIV’s team playoff format, the lowest cumulative score wins, all four players compete and each score counts.

“You couldn’t have staged a better place to do the first playoff,” said Oosthuizen. “Probably couldn’t script it better with the Rippers winning. We had chances. We had two putts on the first hole. And I hit a good putt on the second playoff hole as well. Some days they go in, some days they don’t.”

On the individual side, 41-year-old Brendan Steele took home the trophy, and the $4 million first-place prize, after a 4-under 68 to win by one shot at 18 under over Stinger captain Louis Oosthuizen.

“Really surreal,” said Steele of his first win since the 2017 Safeway Open on the PGA Tour (now the Fortinet Championship). “I’m pretty overwhelmed, but to win this event is really special. I can’t say enough good things about the fans and the golf course and the whole experience this week.”

According to LIV, more than 90,000 fans attended the tournament over the three days of play.

Oosthuizen (65) finished at 17 under just ahead of five players T-3 at 16 under: Andy Ogletree (65), Jon Rahm (64), Charl Schwartzel (64), Dean Burmester (67) and Joaquin Niemann (66).

The league heads to Sentosa Golf Club next week, May 3-5, for 2024 LIV Golf Singapore, where Talor Gooch and RangeGoats GC will look to defend their individual and team titles.

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