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Dolphins player of the game, Week 11: TE Jonnu Smith

All six of Jonnu Smith’s receptions Sunday resulted in either a first down or a touchdown.

In a 34-19 victory against the Las Vegas Raiders, the Miami Dolphins offense was surgical and efficient. The most reliable and dynamic target for quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who had to consistently get the ball out quick, was tight end Jonnu Smith.

The veteran pass catcher finished his big day with six receptions for 101 yards and two touchdowns.

Smith’s first touchdown occurred on the opening drive of the game. Miami embarked on a 14-play, 70-yard drive that took over eight minutes off the clock. The Dolphins found themselves in a fourth-and-goal situation a yard away from the end zone and Tagovailoa connected with Smith for the game’s first touchdown.

Smith’s second touchdown was the dagger of the game when Tagovaioa found the tight end wide open in the middle of the field for a 57-yard touchdown

That touchdown was the final blow and all but sealed a Dolphins victory. All six of Smith’s receptions Sunday resulted in either a first down or a touchdown.

After a slow start to the season, Smith has settled into the Miami offense and has found a significant role, becoming one of Tagovailoa’s favorite targets. That was especially evident Sunday in a stellar performance.

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Alec Ingold among Dolphins 7 inactive players vs. Raiders

The Dolphins will be without their Pro Bowl fullback again Sunday.

The Miami Dolphins will be without fullback Alec Ingold for the second straight week due to a calf injury.

Ingold was one of three Dolphins still listed as questionable entering Sunday morning after the team decided to leave Isaiah Wynn and Patrick McMorris on injured reserve. The other remaining two questionable players, offensive linemen Terron Armstead and Robert Jones, are both good to go in Week 11.

With kickoff 90 minutes away, here are the seven players ruled out by each team for Sunday:

Dolphins inactives

  • RB Jeff Wilson Jr.
  • CB Ethan Bonner
  • CB Kendall Fuller
  • FB Alec Ingold
  • LB Mohamed Kamara
  • OL Andrew Meyer
  • WR Dee Eskridge

Raiders inactives

  • RB Dylan Laube
  • S Trey Taylor
  • CB Nate Hobbs
  • G Cody Whitehair
  • C Andre James
  • TE Harrison Bryant
  • DT Zach Carter

The Dolphins elevated offensive lineman Jackson Carman from the practice squad for Week 11 due to their offensive line injuries, but the inclusion of Armstead and Jones in the lineup is huge for the team’s offensive capabilities.

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Dolphins vs. Raiders broadcast map: Where will the game be on TV?

Tom McCarthy, Ross Tucker, and Jay Feely will be on the call Sunday when the Dolphins take on the Raiders.

The Miami Dolphins haven’t won back-to-back games so far in 2024, but Sunday would be a great time to start.

With a 3-6 record, the margin for error for the Dolphins is minuscule and a run to the postseason requires Miami take care of business in its winnable matchups. A home battle against the 2-7 Las Vegas Raiders certainly qualifies. The Raiders, who will start Gardner Minshew at quarterback Sunday, haven’t won a game since September.

Coverage will be provided by CBS and in-market fans can stream the Dolphins’ Week 11 game on fuboTV. Tom McCarthy will be on play-by-play coverage in the booth with Ross Tucker and Jay Feely providing analysis.

Fans in the orange area on the map below will have the Dolphins vs. Raiders game on their local CBS station at 1 p.m. ET. Via 506sports.com:

Those who aren’t in an area highlighted orange will need NFL Sunday Ticket, now offered by YouTube, to watch the Dolphins as an out-of-market game.

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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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Tyreek Hill, 5 other Dolphins sit out Wednesday practice

Tyreek Hill continues to miss practice time with the wrist injury he suffered in August.

Tyreek Hill was one of six Miami Dolphins players absent from practice Wednesday.

Hill, 30, is dealing with a wrist injury that was suffered in August, but re-aggravated last week. While he missed two practices ahead of a Week 10 game against the Los Angeles Rams, the receiver played in the contest and finished with three receptions for 16 yards and a touchdown.

Also absent Wednesday was cornerback Kendall Fuller, who has already been ruled out for Week 11 against the Las Vegas Raiders, due to his second concussion of the season.

Wednesday participation

DNP

  • OT Terron Armstead (rest/knee)
  • DT Calais Campbell (rest)
  • CB Kendall Fuller (concussion)
  • WR Tyreek Hill (wrist)
  • OG Robert Jones (knee)
  • S Jordan Poyer (rest)

Limited

  • FB Alec Ingold (calf)
  • OG Isaiah Wynn (quad/knee)

Full

  • OLB Tyus Bowser (knee/calf)
  • TE Julian Hill (shoulder)
  • S Jevón Holland (hand/knee)
  • CB Kader Kohou (knee)
  • S Patrick McMorris (calf)

Wynn and McMorris are both on injured reserve, but had their practice windows to return opened. They would each have to be moved to the active roster to be available to play Sunday.

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Two former Saints offensive coordinator candidates have already been fired

Two former Saints offensive coordinator candidates have already been fired by the teams that hired them. Klint Kubiak must prove he shouldn’t join them.

Two former New Orleans Saints offensive coordinator candidates have already been fired by the teams that hired them this offseason, with the Chicago Bears jettisoning Shane Waldron not long after the Las Vegas Raiders moved on from Luke Getsy.

Klint Kubiak, who the Saints ultimately went with, must prove he shouldn’t join them. Getsy interviewed with New Orleans twice before accepting the Raiders job. Kubiak may have been hired by Dennis Allen but that doesn’t mean Darren Rizzi won’t let him go if the team doesn’t get results. Fortunately, that feels unlikely after the team revived itself with a win in Rizzi’s head coaching debut last weekend.

A big reason naming Rizzi the interim head coach made sense was because it meant little disruption for Kubiak on offense and Joe Woods coordinating the defense. That Rizzi didn’t quickly dismiss Kubiak and go with his own play-caller after being named the interim speaks volumes.

Still, Waldron and Getsy being axed doesn’t necessarily mean the Saints got it right with Kubiak. He’s been too slow to adapt when the defense has countered his game plans, and he didn’t do a good job preparing rookie quarterback Spencer Rattler to start during a string of losses when Derek Carr was injured. Widespread injuries to the offensive line and skills positions played a part, sure, but Kubiak’s unit hasn’t reached the same heights they met back in Weeks 1 and 2.

Hopefully he gets back on track once Erik McCoy returns to the lineup. The Saints welcomed their starting center back at practice last week and waived his backup Conner McGovern on Monday, which probably signals his return. McCoy was vital to Kubiak’s vision for the offense — the Pro Bowler was tasked with setting protections pre-snap, not the quarterback, which took a big load off Derek Carr’s shoulders to start the season. There’s not much reason to think Kubiak’s job is in jeopardy right now, but if the Saints fall back into a slump after beating Atlanta every option should be on the table. They need to know who’s part of the solution, long-term, and who’s part of the problem.

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Derek Carr on Dennis Allen’s second firing: ‘This one was harder’

Derek Carr has seen Dennis Allen get fired in the middle of the season twice, but the pill was tougher to swallow the second time:

Derek Carr is far from unfamiliar with the process of changing head coaches. Darren Rizzi will be the seventh head coach of Carr’s career. This is the third time he’s witnessed a midseason coaching change.

This one in particular hits a little different because it’s the second time he’s seen Dennis Allen be fired in the middle of the year. First time it happened was as a rookie with the Oakland Raiders, and the second time was obviously this week with the New Orleans Saints.

“This one was harder. The first one was like three games into my rookie year,” Carr said. That first moment was kind of like a welcome to the NFL moment and left Carr thinking “Dang, this is the NFL?”

It may not have been just four games, but Carr felt like this run was short too. Over the course of three seasons, Carr has played a total of 27 games under Dennis Allen. The pairing hasn’t equated to success, but they’ve closer since Carr’s rookie season, making this a tough pill to swallow.

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Dennis Allen and Derek Carr make unfortunate history together

Dennis Allen and Derek Carr made unfortunate history together. Allen is the first NFL coach to be fired by two teams with the same starting quarterback:

There are many head coaches who have been fired from multiple teams. Dennis Allen is the first head coach in NFL history, however, to be fired from two teams with the same quarterback at the helm.

Derek Carr was with Allen with the Oakland Raiders for a year and has been a part of of the New Orleans Saints since 2023. You may wonder why Allen would partner up with Carr again if the first attempt ended so badly.

In Allen’s defense, it wouldn’t be fair to point to Carr as the reason he was fired in Oakland. Allen lasted just four games into Carr’s rookie season. Not only is a player not truly developed as a rookie, the partnership lasted less than a handful of games. The issues in Oakland went further back than Carr’s tenure.

Allen handpicked the veteran version of Carr as the quarterback who was supposed to solve the issues. That didn’t happen. Unlike in Oakland, Carr played a big role in this firing.

Long stint or less than a season, veteran or rookie. The fact each time Dennis Allen lost his job as head coach Derek Carr was the quarterback is a very unfortunate piece of history that likely won’t be replicated any time soon

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Derek Carr just made NFL history in the worst possible way

Derek Carr just made NFL history in the worst possible way. He’s the first quarterback in NFL history to lose to 31 different teams:

Derek Carr just made NFL history in the worst possible way. He’s the first quarterback in NFL history to lose to 31 different teams, having fallen short against the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

Between his time with the New Orleans Saints and the Las Vegas Raiders, Carr has now taken a loss to every team active in the league except for his old Raiders squad. They’ll have an opportunity to beat him themselves later this season.

It’s not where you want to be. But the Raiders moved on from Carr for good reasons. The Saints are finding out what some of those reasons were for themselves. He never found playoffs success with the silver and black, and that trend has continued now that he’s playing for the black and gold. He just might be a regular season quarterback like Ryan Tannehill was before the Miami Dolphins and Tennessee Titans jettisoned him, too.

Maybe Carr can be a winner if everything around him is going perfectly, like it did in the first two weeks this season. But at this point the sample size is large enough to make it clear he won’t be consistently elevating his teammates week in and week out. So what comes next? That’s for general manager Mickey Loomis to decide.

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