Tag: Jordan Poyer

5 Dolphins out, 6 limited in Tuesday practice

Tyreek Hill was one of five Dolphins absent from practice Tuesday.

The Miami Dolphins were back on the practice field Tuesday, two days ahead of a Thanksgiving game against the Green Bay Packers, but Tyreek Hill and four other players weren’t participants.

While Hill is dealing with a wrist injury, his absence Tuesday is listed as happening for personal reasons.

Elsewhere, the injury report largely mirrored the estimation the Dolphins released Monday. The only differences were the returns of defensive lineman Calais Campbell and safety Jordan Poyer, who were both listed as expected to miss Monday for rest.

Tuesday participation

DNP

  • OT Terron Armstead (knee)
  • OLB Tyus Bowser (knee/calf)
  • CB Kendall Fuller (concussion)
  • WR Tyreek Hill (wrist/personal)
  • LB Anthony Walker Jr. (hamstring)

Limited

  • DL Calais Campbell (rest)
  • FB Alec Ingold (calf)
  • DT Benito Jones (shoulder)
  • S Jordan Poyer (rest)
  • CB Jalen Ramsey (knee)
  • G Isaiah Wynn (quad/knee)

Full

  • TE Julian Hill (shoulder)
  • S Jevón Holland (hand/knee)
  • G Robert Jones (knee/groin)

Rookie Patrick McMorris previously appeared on the injury report as a full participant, but was removed after he was activated from the injured reserve Tuesday.

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Dolphins coaches defend play of underperforming starting DB

Dolphins coaches haven’t been shy about benching veterans, but they haven’t shaken up their starting secondary.

Miami Dolphins starting safety Jordan Poyer earned All-Pro honors in 2021 and a Pro Bowl nod in 2022 while with the Buffalo Bills. His play in 2024 likely won’t earn him any accolades, though.

In nine games with the Dolphins, the 12th-year safety hasn’t recorded any interceptions, tackles for loss, forced fumbles, or sacks. He’s notched only one pass defense and opposing quarterbacks have a 144.5 passer rating targeting him in coverage, per Pro Football Focus. His 55.7 grade from PFF is the lowest of his career.

“There’s some absolute plays that he could be better at — I will say I’m very happy with his play overall and what he brings to our defense,” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said of Poyer on Wednesday.

“I would imagine Jevón Holland would say he plays his absolute best when he’s alongside Jordan Poyer. … He’s making plays for us from a physical standpoint each and every week and he’ll improve on the stuff because there’s a reason he’s been in the NFL so long.”

The Dolphins have kept Poyer in the starting lineup, despite strong play off the bench from Marcus Maye, a former starter with the New York Jets and New Orleans Saints, who has made three starts in relief of Poyer and Holland.

Miami hasn’t been shy about benching struggling veterans, but defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver also thinks Poyer’s impact is more than it seems.

“Each and every week, whether it’s players or coaches, we’re all earning the right to be where we’re at,” Weaver told reporters Thursday. “I don’t know exactly what [Poyer’s] numbers are or where in the narrative that he’s failing in terms of coverage because there’s so many other things that he does in terms of just getting people in the right positions that he doesn’t get credited for. So there is a cerebral part of the game particularly at that position which is incredibly important and he has graduate level honors in that.”

Through 11 weeks, the Dolphins rank ninth in the NFL in total defense and 15th in points allowed.

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Dolphins defenders take umbrage with ‘soft’ comment from ex teammate

While Mike McDaniel and Tua Tagovailoa brushed off comments about the team being “soft,” Dolphins defenders weren’t as forgiving.

Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa shrugged off comments made by DeShon Elliott about the team’s mental toughness. Dolphins defenders weren’t as forgiving.

In a podcast appearance, Elliott — who spent 2023 with Miami and is now a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers — said the Dolphins were “soft as [expletive]” and mostly made up of “not mentally tough individuals.”

“Honestly man, if you want to call somebody out, go ahead and do that and drop names, but other than that, it’s whatever makes your boat float, whatever allows you to have a good night of sleep,” Dolphins safety Jevón Holland told reporters Wednesday. “But if you’re not naming nobody, you’re not calling nobody out, then all the rest of the comments are just empty. You’re just talking at that point.”

While Elliott’s criticisms were more pointed, he wasn’t the first to make that kind of statement. His replacement in the starting lineup, Jordan Poyer, gave a similar review of the Dolphins just a few months after joining the team in the offseason.

“Playing against this team over the past few years, you kind of get a sense of, ‘OK, if you get on top of this team, they might fold,’” the former Buffalo Bills safety told reporters in July. “This is just being honest, so what is that that happens in those moments where we get hit in the mouth?”

Elliott spent one season with the Dolphins after beginning his career with the Baltimore Ravens.

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Dolphins’ Jordan Poyer calls hit on Bills’ Keon Coleman ‘clean’

Dolphins’ Jordan Poyer calls hit on Bills’ Keon Coleman ‘clean’

The Bills were charging downfield on offense in the final minutes of their matchup against the Dolphins Sunday, aiming to score the winning points to break a tie and win the game before the end of regulation.

Buffalo did just that, winning 30-27, and a former Bill even helped them get the opportunity for the victory, albeit at a cost.

Bills quarterback Josh Allen and the offense were making their way downfield in the final minutes of the contest after Miami tied the score at 27 when Allen threw a deep pass toward the left sideline targeting rookie receiver Keon Coleman.

While the pass was incomplete, Dolphins safety and former Bill Jordan Poyer, who returned to Orchard Park for the first time since his seven-year run with Buffalo ended, was whistled for a personal foul as he made helmet-to-helmet contact on the play. The flag kept the drive alive and led to Buffalo winning the game on a 61-yard field goal by kicker Tyler Bass.

Poyer’s helmet crown made contact with Coleman’s facemask, and his helmet also came into contact with the rookie’s right hand during the hit as well, and he appeared to motion toward his arm on his way to the sideline after the play.

Per Syracuse.com, Coleman had a brace on his right wrist and left the game late after the injury.

Poyer said postgame that he believed at the time that the play was clean.

“I’m just playing football. I thought it was a clean play, felt like I put my helmet right into his chest,” he said to the press. “I’m just playing football, it’s tough. … What can you do? I don’t know. I had a great post-break, he went up for the ball and I literally didn’t stop my feet. I felt like I hit him where I was supposed to hit him. Apparently, the ref didn’t think so.”

Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel acknowledged that their goal is to play aggressively, though he did not disagree with the penalty call.

“It takes it out of everyone’s hands when you go helmet to helmet,” McDaniel said. “I didn’t see it live, but if there was helmet-to-helmet contact, it is what it is. You have to go strike zone, which is below the neck. So they’ll call that every time if that’s the case.”

Buffalo was down a receiver as recent trade acquisition Amari Cooper had been ruled out ahead of Sunday’s game with an arm injury of his own.

Coleman has been a top receiver for the Bills this season with 22 catches for 417 total yards and two touchdowns.

Jordan Poyer thinks his hit was clean. Mike McDaniel isn’t so sure

Jordan Poyer argued the hit that drew a costly 15-yard penalty in the last minute of the game was a “clean play.”

With just under a minute left in the fourth quarter Sunday, the Buffalo Bills faced a third-and-14 situation deep in their own territory. A failure to convert would mean the Miami Dolphins would get the ball with a chance to get their first win at Highmark Stadium in eight years.

But a Chop Robinson neutral zone infraction cut five yards off that third down, and the Bills were able to convert when Jordan Poyer was flagged for unnecessary roughness on a hit that jarred the ball loose from Buffalo’s Keon Coleman.

“I thought it was a clean play,” Poyer said. “I felt like I put my helmet right in his chest. Just playing football. … I felt like I hit him right where I was supposed to hit him. Apparently, the ref didn’t think so, so he called it. It is what it is.”

While Mike McDaniel said he never saw the play, he wasn’t so sure it was as clean as Poyer described.

“It takes it out of everyone’s hands when you go helmet to helmet,” McDaniel said. “I didn’t see it live, but if there’s helmet-to-helmet contact, it is what it is. You have to go strike zone, which is below the neck. They’ll call that every time if that’s the case. We’ll see it on film.”

After the penalty, the Bills were held to just 11 more yards and forced to try the game-winning field goal attempt from 61 yards. That was close enough for Tyler Bass, who drilled the game-winner to drop the Dolphins to 2-6 on the year.

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Bills GM Brandon Beane: ‘We have been all in, all along’

Buffalo Bills general manager Brandon Beane joined the Pat McAfee show Wednesday to answer some questions in light of the recent trade for wide receiver Amari Cooper.

Beane made one thing loud and clear. The Bills were never thinking about a rebuild. The trade for Cooper was evidence that the Bills are still very much all in to win the whole thing.

“We are still all in… If Cleveland wasn’t ready to do this we were going to continue to monitor it,” Beane said. “We still got a few weeks before the deadline. If we feel there is something else that we need or we feel there is something else that can get us over the top… we have been all in all along.”

When the Bills didn’t bring back a handful of marquee players this offseason, there were murmurs that it was a “reload” or “rebuild” year for the team. Jordan Poyer, Tre’Davious White, Stefon Diggs, Mitch Morse, Gabe Davis, Micah Hyde… there were a lot of familiar names and trusted leaders who exited the team. But, Beane had a plan all along. It wasn’t a rebuild, it was a transition.

“I know we have lost some names this offseason… some guys who have been captains… this was what I said was an offseason of transition,” Beane said. “The mindset here, as long as Josh Allen is our quarterback, we’re going to try to win this thing and we’re going to do what we can every single year.”

So, sitting at 4-2 with a lead in the AFC East, the team added a legit number-one receiver and has left the door open to upgrade the team further before the trade deadline. These are reassuring words from Beane if you are a Bills fan.

Take a look at the full response from Beane on the Pat McAfee Show:

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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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Jordan Poyer sits out, 9 Dolphins limited in Wednesday practice

The Dolphins have several players dealing with injuries, including starting safety Jordan Poyer.

The Miami Dolphins held safety Jordan Poyer out of practice Wednesday due to the shin injury he suffered in a Week 4 loss.

“I wouldn’t rule him out or in for this game [vs. the Patriots],” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said of Poyer on Tuesday. “He’s a warrior that I know will play through anything that he’s able to play through so we’ll give his body a little time and he’ll be diligently in the training room trying to be a part of this New England game.”

Also out of action was Jaelan Phillips, who revealed Wednesday that his knee injury will require season-ending surgery. Additionally, there were nine Dolphins who were limited in practice.

Listed, but not limited Wednesday was wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who is practicing for the first time since signing with the Dolphins earlier this year. He spent all of training camp and the first four weeks on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list and now can be activated on to the roster any time in the next three weeks.

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4 Dolphins players land between Nos. 62 and 67 on NFL Top 100

A group of four Dolphins players all landed in the 60s on the annual NFL Top 100 list.

The NFL’s annual list of the top 100 players in the league as voted on by players is currently being revealed 10 players at a time on NFL Network. While no Miami Dolphins appeared in the first three groups that were unveiled, four made their appearance when players 61 through 70 were released Wednesday.

Offensive tackle Terron Armstead was No. 67, safety Jordan Poyer was No. 65, wide receiver Jaylen Waddle was No. 63, and pass rusher Bradley Chubb was No. 62.

Last year, the Dolphins had six players make the list: Tyreek Hill (No. 7), Jalen Ramsey (No. 36), Waddle (No. 44), Christian Wilkins (No. 81), Tua Tagovailoa (No. 82), and Armstead (No. 83).

Of the four Dolphins players who have made the list so far in 2024, Poyer is the only one who is new to the team. The former Buffalo Bills defensive back signed a one-year deal with Miami in free agency after he was released by Buffalo to save salary cap space.

The reveal of the NFL Top 100 will continue until Friday, Aug. 2.

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Jordan Poyer: Dolphins had reputation of folding under pressure

Jordan Poyer hopes he can help the Dolphins shake their tendency to shrink in big moments.

New Miami Dolphins safety Jordan Poyer joined the team earlier this year after spending the majority of his career as a division rival with the Buffalo Bills.

In the 13 games he’s played in his career as a Dolphins opponent, Poyer came away victorious 11 times.

“Playing against this team over the past few years, you kind of get a sense of, ‘OK, if you get on top of this team, they might fold,'” Poyer told reporters Tuesday after reporting to his first training camp with the Dolphins. “This is just being honest, so what is that that happens in those moments where we get hit in the mouth?

“I’ve been in games where I’ve been up 24 points and end up losing. I’ve been in games where we’ve been down 21 points and end up winning. So it’s just continuing to just play, play the game. The game is going to come down to the last series, the last play, so just keep playing and don’t get stuck into that play that you didn’t make or don’t get stuck into X, Y, or Z of the past.”

Poyer, 33, isn’t the only veteran with playoff experience who has been added to the Dolphins roster. The team also added Calais Campbell and Odell Beckham Jr., who have combined to appear in 22 playoff games. Miami also signed Shaquil Barrett, a two-time Super Bowl champion, but the pass rusher abruptly retired just prior to training camp.

Still, the Dolphins have added veteran experience in hopes that it can shake its reputation as a team that chokes in big moments.

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