2 years ago
322
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle is connected the verge of the NFL rookie receptions record.
With 1 crippled remaining, helium has 99 receptions. He’s 2 distant from tying and 3 distant from breaking the people of 101 established by Anquan Boldin, a Pahokee and Florida State alum, successful 2003 with the Arizona Cardinals.
The record, though, is not astatine the forefront of Waddle’s caput heading into Sunday’s play finale and 4:25 p.m. kickoff against the New England Patriots astatine Hard Rock Stadium.
“I’m not truly that focused connected the grounds oregon anything,” Waddle said. “I’m conscionable focused connected doing my occupation and trying to assistance win.”
Miami enters Week 18 eliminated aft past Sunday’s 34-3 nonaccomplishment astatine the Tennessee Titans. Regardless, Dolphins manager Brian Flores said helium volition not effort to get Waddle the grounds aboriginal successful Sunday’s crippled but, rather, fto the crippled travel dictate that.
“The absorption volition beryllium trying to determination the shot against a bully defense,” Flores said. “Whoever that is. If it’s Jaylen, it’s Jaylen. If it’s [tight end] Mike Gesicki, it’s Mike Gesicki. If we’re moving it, we’re moving it. Run, play action, screen. It’s truly to determination it efficaciously and efficiently against a truly bully defense.”
Along with a rookie grounds and 100-catch archetypal NFL season, Waddle tin besides surpass 1,000 receiving yards with 12 more. He has 988. Waddle already holds Miami’s rookie receptions record, and lone Jarvis Landry has had much successful a play successful franchise history, doing it doubly successful 2017 (112) and 2015 (110).
“Jaylen’s done a bully job,” Flores said. “He’s gotten amended each day. He works hard. It’s important to him. He’s tried to conscionable larn much astir the position, larn much astir defenses, larn much astir matchups and just, really, gotten amended each week.”
Waddle takes the pursuit of the grounds into the last week successful the archetypal play of the NFL’s 17-game regular-season schedule, but helium besides missed a crippled owed to COVID-19 protocols, truthful Sunday volition beryllium his 16th crippled played. Boldin played successful 16 games erstwhile helium acceptable the grounds successful 2003, but helium besides had acold much yards (1,377).
Brown staying connected IR
Dolphins moving backmost Malcolm Brown volition enactment connected injured reserve done the finale against the Patriots, ending his season, Flores said Wednesday.
Brown finishes the twelvemonth with 33 carries for 125 yards and a touchdown successful 7 games, 3 starts. He added 3 receptions for 10 yards.
Brown started disconnected the play arsenic 1 of 3 backs splitting reps with Myles Gaskin and Salvon Ahmed. Veteran backs Duke Johnson and Phillip Lindsay were past inserted into the premix aft Brown went down with a quadriceps wounded successful the Oct. 24 nonaccomplishment to the Atlanta Falcons, and Brown was ne'er activated disconnected IR aft helium became eligible to return. He had been practicing the erstwhile 3 weeks.
Johnson, the Miami Hurricanes’ all-time starring rusher, joined the Dolphins’ signifier squad successful October, and since his December signing to the progressive roster has been Miami’s apical rusher. Lindsay has besides been successful the premix with Gaskin aft helium was claimed disconnected waivers successful November.
Brown was connected a one-year, $1.75 cardinal declaration and volition beryllium an unrestricted escaped cause this offseason.
Hunt’s home
While Robert Hunt has been a positive for the Dolphins’ violative enactment astatine close defender and Jesse Davis has struggled astatine close tackle, Flores said Wednesday helium ne'er considered moving Hunt backmost to close tackle, wherever helium played arsenic a rookie successful 2020.
“I deliberation he’s recovered a location determination astatine close guard,” Flores said. “He played well, truthful didn’t privation to alteration that oregon determination him. I deliberation he’s done immoderate bully things. I deliberation he’s inactive a young subordinate who’s getting amended each clip helium goes retired there. I deliberation he’s making improvements connected a play basis, getting much comfy with his connection and conscionable knowing however tough, carnal it is successful determination astatine that position.”
Other notes
Flores said helium expects to person a steadfast roster astatine signifier this week up of the finale against the Patriots.
He added the squad volition person activations disconnected the reserve/COVID-19 database connected Wednesday. The lone 2 active-roster players remaining connected the database are cornerback Noah Igbinoghene and information Sheldrick Redwine.
English (US) ·