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Tyreek Hill, Jalen Ramsey full participants in Thursday practice

Tyreek Hill and Jalen Ramsey were upgraded to full participation in practice Thursday.

The Miami Dolphins provided some positive updates in their Thursday injury report.

While three players — offensive tackle Terron Armstead, defensive lineman Calais Campbell, and cornerback Kendall Fuller — were still missing from the practice field, Jordan Poyer returned on a limited basis and two star players, wide receiver Tyreek Hill and cornerback Jalen Ramsey, were upgraded to full participation.

Thursday participation

DNP

  • OT Terron Armstead (knee)
  • DT Calais Campbell (rest)
  • CB Kendall Fuller (concussion)

Limited

  • FB Alec Ingold (calf)
  • DT Benito Jones (shoulder)
  • G Robert Jones (knee/groin)
  • S Jordan Poyer (rest)
  • G Isaiah Wynn (quad/knee)

Full

  • OLB Tyus Bowser (knee/calf)
  • C Aaron Brewer (shoulder/calf)
  • LB Jordyn Brooks (wrist)
  • TE Julian Hill (shoulder)
  • WR Tyreek Hill (wrist)
  • S Jevón Holland (hand/knee)
  • S Patrick McMorris (calf)
  • RB Raheem Mostert (hip)
  • CB Jalen Ramsey (knee)

Armstead was listed as questionable for the Dolphins’ Week 11 game against the Las Vegas Raiders, but played in the contest. On Wednesday, Miami coach Mike McDaniel said he was pessimistic about Kendall Fuller’s chances at playing Sunday against the New England Patriots.

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Terron Armstead, 4 other Dolphins questionable for Week 11 vs. Raiders

The Dolphins only ruled out one player for Sunday, but they have five listed as questionable.

The Miami Dolphins ruled cornerback Kendall Fuller, who suffered his second concussion of the season in a win against the Los Angeles Rams, and the team listed five players as questionable for Week 11.

Among those with their status up in the air is offensive tackle Terron Armstead, who is dealing with a knee injury, according to the injury report.

The Dolphins are already without starting right tackle Austin Jackson for the remainder of the year and plan to start veteran Kendall Lamm in his place. If Armstead is also out of action, second-round rookie Patrick Paul would be asked to start, presumably at left tackle.

Dolphins injury report

Out

  • CB Kendall Fuller (concussion)

Questionable

  • OT Terron Armstead (rest/knee)
  • FB Alec Ingold (calf)
  • OL Robert Jones (knee)
  • S Patrick McMorris (calf)
  • OL Isaiah Wynn (quad/knee)

Raiders injury report

Out

  • CB Nate Hobbs (ankle)
  • C Andre James (ankle)
  • G Cody Whitehair (ankle)
  • TE Harrison Bryant (ankle)

Questionable

  • TE Michael Meyer (not injury related)

Not on the list are wide receiver Tyreek Hill and cornerback Jalen Ramsey, who are both ready to go despite injuries that cost them practice time this week.

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Jalen Ramsey, 6 other Dolphins limited in Thursday practice

Jalen Ramsey and Tyreek Hill were among the players limited in practice Thursday.

The Miami Dolphins were without four players at practice Thursday, although only one of those absences was due to injury. Offensive tackle Terron Armstead and defensive lineman Calais Campbell were given veteran rest days, and tight end Jack Stoll wasn’t on the field after getting claimed off waivers Wednesday.

Only veteran cornerback Kendall Fuller, who suffered his second concussion of the season and has already been ruled out for Sunday, was unavailable due to injury.

Seven players, including wide receiver Tyreek Hill and cornerback Jalen Ramsey, were limited.

Thursday participation

DNP

  • OT Terron Armstead (rest/knee)
  • DT Calais Campbell (rest)
  • CB Kendall Fuller (concussion)
  • TE Jack Stoll (not injury related)

Limited

  • TE Julian Hill (shoulder)
  • WR Tyreek Hill (wrist)
  • FB Alec Ingold (calf)
  • OL Robert Jones (knee)
  • S Jordan Poyer (rest)
  • CB Jalen Ramsey (knee)
  • OL Isaiah Wynn (quad/knee)

Full

  • WR Odell Beckham Jr. (knee)
  • OLB Tyus Bowser (knee/calf)
  • S Jevón Holland (hand/knee)
  • CB Kader Kohou (knee)
  • S Patrick McMorris (calf)

Tyreek Hill told reporters Thursday that his wrist injury is “going to get worse” as the season continues, but he plans to “suck it up and just deal with the pain.”

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Watch: Cameras catch Cooper Kupp’s postgame chat with Jalen Ramsey

Cameras caught a cool moment between Cooper Kupp and Jalen Ramsey after Rams-Dolphins on Monday night

Cooper Kupp and Jalen Ramsey were teammates for three and a half seasons in Los Angeles, winning a Super Bowl together as members of the Rams. Monday night was Ramsey’s first game against his former team, returning to the place where he won a ring with Kupp less than three years ago.

It was Ramsey’s Dolphins who came away with the 23-15 win over the Rams and after the game, the two All-Pros caught up on the field. Kupp and Ramsey shared a cool moment, which was caught by cameras and posted by the Rams on social media.

Ramsey thanked Kupp for sending him some of his Dodo Coffee Co. coffee and wished him well the rest of the way.

“What’s up, brother? How you doing? Thank you for the coffee, my shorty loves it,” Ramsey said.

Kupp told Ramsey that he’s “playing great ball” and wished him “a great rest of the year.”

How has Jalen Ramsey performed against former teams in his 9-year career?

Ramsey got revenge against the Jaguars. Are the Rams next?

Jalen Ramsey has gone above and beyond the potential that made him the fifth overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. In eight-plus seasons in the league, he’s been a nine-time Pro Bowler and three-time All-Pro.

He’s also been one of the NFL’s more outspoken players. Back in 2019, a confrontation with then-Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Doug Marrone led him to issue a trade request just two weeks into the season. The Jags acceded fewer than two weeks later, sending him to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for a pair of first round draft picks and a fourth-rounder.

That move paid off for Ramsey and the Rams. He returned to All-Pro form and was a key piece of Los Angeles’s 2021 Super Bowl champion roster.

It also allowed him some minor revenge against his former team. As a cross-conference opponent, he had only a single opportunity to face the franchise that failed to maximize the draft picks it gleaned through his departure (they were spent on K’Lavon Chaisson and Travis Etienne). But Ramsey put in work that afternoon in 2021, allowing just one completion on four Trevor Lawrence passes thrown his way. He knocked down one of those attempts and recovered a fumble in a 37-7 Rams win.

Ramsey’s next showdown with a former employer won’t have the same acrimony of his game against the Jags. While he was happy to leave a Rams team that looked to be in the midst of a rebuild:

there weren’t public signs of frustration and displeasure otherwise. There’s no doubt he’ll be motivated to shine in front of his former teammates, but a big win over the Rams probably won’t have the same meaning as trashing Jacksonville did three years earlier.

Jalen Ramsey says Cooper Kupp is still ‘easily’ a top-5 WR

Jalen Ramsey had high praise for Cooper Kupp ahead of tonight’s matchup, leaving no doubt about where he ranks among the NFL’s top WRs

Jalen Ramsey and Cooper Kupp were teammates in Los Angeles for three and a half years, helping the Rams win Super Bowl LVI in 2021. Being on the same team for as long as they were, Ramsey and Kupp saw each other a lot on the practice field.

Ramsey always had a ton of respect for Kupp’s game and regularly praised the Rams wide receiver, and that admiration hasn’t waned now that they’re no longer on the same team. Ramsey still views Kupp as one of the best wideouts in football, putting him in the top five at his position leading up to Monday night’s game between the Rams and Dolphins.

“They were great,” Ramsey said, via the Palm Beach Post. “I’ve got a ton of respect for Coop. I easily think he’s a top five receiver. He and Matthew (Stafford) have a chemistry, great connection. And yeah, it was it was truly iron sharpening iron. We worked. We made each other better.”

Ramsey may be in Miami now, but he still has a lot of love for Los Angeles and the Rams, saying the city of LA is “like a home to me.”

“I never got an opportunity to give like a farewell gift to, you know, all the people out there,” Ramsey said. “It’s like a home to me. It’s like a family. I’ve got some family from out there. My daughter was born out there. Great memories out there. Everlasting memories of community, always treated me and my family right, nothing but loved and respected. So, still got a lot of ties out there. Still go out there often. A lot of positive energy out there. Nothing, like, negative that I could say about my time there.”

Monday will be Ramsey’s first time back in Los Angeles to face his former team, which traded him to the Dolphins in 2023. That adds to the magnitude of this matchup between the Rams and Dolphins, which might be a must-win game for his 2-6 Miami team.

If there’s one receiver that’s likely to see Ramsey often in coverage, it’s Kupp. Both players primarily line up in the slot, as they did often in practice when they were teammates with the Rams.

Kupp recalled those battles in Los Angeles, appreciating the way they made each other better.

“All those ‘Mamba’ periods. There were a lot of times when he played that star role for us for a while and with me playing in the slot a lot of the time, we ended up being matched up on each other often,” Kupp said Friday. “It was always so competitive. The physicality and the urgency that he plays with, it makes you meet him there. You can’t hesitate at all. It was something I appreciated about the way that Jalen played the game.”

Ramsey’s first season in Miami didn’t go according to plan in 2023, struggling to get going in Vic Fangio’s defense. But in 2024, he’s the Dolphins’ highest-graded player on defense (83.4), tied with Calais Campbell, per PFF.

The Rams know how talented and impactful Ramsey can be in the secondary, so they’ll try to find ways to attack other defenders instead of going at the All-Pro corner. That’s not to say Kupp will shy away from that matchup, but there are better ways to exploit Miami’s defense.

Matthew Stafford ready for ‘big challenge’ of facing former Rams CB Jalen Ramsey

See what Matthew Stafford said about Jalen Ramsey ahead of their matchup on Monday night, which is just their 2nd meeting as opponents

Matthew Stafford has had his fair shares of battles against star DBs, who have impacted the overall performance of the offense throughout his career. However, arguably his most difficult challenges came during the week of preparation instead of on Sundays.

While most teams shiver at the thought of playing against seven-time Pro Bowler Jalen Ramsey, Stafford had to face the future Hall of Fame cornerback every day in practice. As they say, iron sharpens iron and Stafford’s daily duels with Ramsey resulted in both players being victorious in Super Bowl LVI.

While the Rams’ cap situation saw their time as teammates come to an end, it’s all love for Stafford heading into this week’s game against Ramsey and the Dolphins – his first game against the former Rams corner.

“I practiced against him for a while there. I have so much respect for who he is as a player and a teammate,” Stafford said of Ramsey. “He affects the game in so many different ways, even if a lot of times guys are staying away from him. It’s basically a one for one that he’s taking away out there. He’s doing a heck of a job like he always does. He’s mixing it in there in the run game, finishing plays, blitzing, sacking the quarterback and getting a tipped interception last week. He’s doing all the things you want from Jalen Ramsey and I got a ton of respect for him. I had an amazing time playing with him as a teammate and that’ll be a big challenge for us come Monday night.”

Ramsey is now 30 years old but it doesn’t seem like his athleticism has declined at all.

“It still jumps off the tape,” Stafford said of Ramsey’s athleticism. “Some of the plays that he makes down the field, tracking the football, blitzing the quarterback, batting balls down or whatever it is, he’s still got all the tools that you would want at a corner. I remember watching him when he was in college, doing all the stuff he did, and just tracking his career. He has been an incredible player for a long time and is still doing it at a high level.”

Against Buffalo last week, Ramsey recorded his first interception of the season as the Dolphins look reenergized by the return of Tua Tagovailoa. With two of the more established passers in the NFL set to duel, it will be very interesting how Stafford and Sean McVay counter the problems created by Ramsey, especially if they need to put up points in a hurry.

NFL Trade Deadline: Ranking Commanders’ needs ahead of Tuesday

We rank the Commanders’ needs ahead of Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline.

The Washington Commanders are ahead of schedule. Remember when head coach Dan Quinn was first asked about Washington’s rebuild? He hesitated to call it a rebuild, instead using the word recalibrate.

It’s a word he’s used since, too, which make s

At 6-2, Washington is in first place in the NFC East and has answered many roster questions midway through the season. Remember the offensive tackle concerns? What about wide receiver and edge rusher? And cornerback?

With Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline approaching, we rank Washington’s needs. We recently previewed eight realistic targets, but now, we’ll focus on the positional needs from lowest to highest.

4. Offensive tackle

Imagine calling this the Commanders’ fourth-biggest need in August. Andrew Wylie has been a much better player at right tackle this season. And the combination of rookie Brandon Coleman and veteran Cornelius Lucas at left tackle has been outstanding. General manager Adam Peters will listen, but it’s doubtful he will make a move here. Washington is set with its top three. Lucas will miss the Week 9 game at New York but is not dealing with a long-term injury.

What if a struggling team gives up a tackle that hasn’t yet lived up to its potential? Would Peters throw a late-round pick to that team, hoping a change of scenery would help. Think Cleveland’s Jedrick Wills.

The Commanders will certainly look to add an offensive tackle in the offseason, but that’s not a priority now.

3. Wide receiver

Washington traded former first-round pick Jahan Dotson in August, and Peters may have stolen a third-round pick from Philadelphia. The subtraction of Dotson and the addition of Noah Brown have changed this group. The Commanders love this room built around Terry McLaurin. Rookie Luke McCaffrey feels close to a breakout. The analytics prove his separation skills are elite. Dyami Brown hasn’t put up big numbers but has proven reliable when his number is called. Veteran Olamide Zaccheaus was an underrated pickup.

Peters will keep tabs on all available receivers. What if there was a chance he could land Tee Higgins? Higgins is big, young, and could serve as Washington’s 1b to McLaurin’s 1a. Additionally, the Commanders have the cap space to pay Higgins the contract he demands. This is doubtful, but it wouldn’t shock anyone to see Washington add a receiver to the room.

2. Edge rusher

The Commanders have a solid group here, but no pass rushers who can take over games. Realistically, that option doesn’t exist on the trade market unless Peters can convince the Browns to part with Myles Garrett (not happening) or the Raiders to part with Maxx Crosby (unlikely). Head coach Dan Quinn is excellent at creating pressure, and players like Dante Fowler Jr., Dorance Armstrong, Clelin Ferrell, rookie Javontae Jean-Baptiste and Jalyn Holmes have all produced at times this season. A realistic option here is Browns veteran Za’Darius Smith. Smith would be in a part-time role for Washington, where he could thrive in limited snaps.

1. Cornerback

This is Washington’s most significant need. There should be options available. Could the Commanders swing big and land Marshon Lattimore (Saints), Jalen Ramsey (Dolphins), or Denzel Ward (Browns)? The smoke around Washington is that Peters is checking on cornerbacks. Emmanuel Forbes hasn’t taken the next step in his career, and the team clearly lacks confidence in him. Benjamin St-Juste is better than some want to admit. However, he’s not a No. 1 corner and a free agent at season’s end.

Noah Igbinoghene was an excellent low-cost pickup. He’s played well. Rookie Mike Sainristil is already the Commanders’ top cornerback. He’s had to play out of position some and has still thrived. Whether it’s a veteran like Jonathan Jones or someone like Lattimore, this feels like the move for Washington.

Bills vs. Dolphins: 3 key matchups to watch in Week 9

Bills vs. Dolphins: 3 key matchups to watch in Week 9

The Buffalo Bills (6-2) will host the Miami Dolphins (2-5) in their upcoming Week 9 matchup.

In this divisional clash, the games within the game will make all the difference.

Here are three key matchups to watch during Sunday’s Bills-Dolphins contest:

Keon Coleman/Amari Cooper vs. Miami CBs

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The Dolphins have one of the better cornerback duos in the NFL. Jalen Ramsey is still performing like one of the best in the NFL and Kendall Fuller is no slouch either. According to Pro Football Focus, Ramsey grades as the 13th-best corner in the league while Fuller grades 42nd-best.

They are going to make the Bills’ boundary receivers work for their catches. Insert Coleman and Cooper. We know what Cooper is capable of at wideout, and in the last couple of weeks, Coleman has emerged as well. These two can make catches with the best of them, and with Ramsey and Fuller in coverage, they might need to come down with some contested catches.

De’Von Achane vs. Bills’ front seven

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Running back De’Von Achane is performing well despite Miami’s recent offensive struggles. He has averaged 87 rushing yards and almost seven yards per carry in their last two games. And, when the Bills visited Miami in Week 2, he was the lone bright spot for the Dolphins on offense.

In Week 2 he accounted for 165 yards from scrimmage and scored their only touchdown. He averaged 4.4 yards per carry and caught all seven of his targets.

The Bills have had an up-and-down season defending the run. They’ve had some games where they can’t defend it and some games where they can. In all, they rank middle of the pack in the NFL, allowing 120 yards per game on the ground. Last week, they completely shut down one of the better runners in the league, Kenneth Walker III, so it will be interesting to see which form of the Bills’ run defense shows up in Week 9.

Bills offensive line vs. Dolphins defensive line

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Despite losing standout edge defender Jaelen Phillips to a season-ending injury earlier this year, the Dolphins still have a solid group on the defensive line. Calais Campbell, described by PFF as an “ageless wonder,” is still wreaking havoc on the interior of the line. Zach Sieler is another guy who can move bodies on the interior, but he is questionable with a facial injury.

On the edge, Emmanuel Ogbah and 2024 first-round pick Chop Robinson have shown flashes at times. The Dolphins’ defensive line currently ranks 13th-best in the NFL according to PFF. They have dropped seven spots in the rankings after back-to-back disappointing efforts.

The Bills offensive line is looking elite at the moment, coming off of a one-sack performance against the Seattle Seahawks. They have given up only ten total sacks in 2024 which ranks best in the NFL. According to PFF, the offensive line as a whole currently ranks seventh-best. There will be a lot of talent fighting in the trenches when the Bills are on offense.

Cardinals QB Kyler Murray needs to be mistake-free vs. Dolphins

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray will have his hands full attacking the Miami Dolphins’ pass defense in Week 8.

Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray will need to beware of the Miami Dolphins’ pass defense at Hard Rock Stadium Sunday.

Defensive backs Jalen Ramsey and Jordan Poyer have done due diligence, keeping the Dolphins’ defense intact despite the injury to quarterback Tua Tagivoloa and defensive back Xavien Howard. Amongst NFL teams, the Dolphins actually rank No. 1 in opponent pass yards allowed per game.

However, the Dolphins haven’t been nearly as strong versus the run. The Tennessee Titans had a time of possession of 34:22 versus the Dolphins in week seven and rushed the ball for 142 yards.

With this, the Cardinals cannot fall into the thrill of trying to pass the ball at high volumes versus the Dolphins defense. With Tagovailoa back in the lineup, it is expected that the Dolphins will be just as effective as they were before his concussion.

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To counter the Dolphins’ attack, the Cardinals may sequence in some run-option and give increased touches to running back James Conner. Sustaining offensive drives will be key on the road for the Cardinals and they cannot get off to a slow start if they want to win this game.

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