As the Dolphins try to avoid an 0-2 start with a trip to a place where they haven’t won since 2008, Miami won’t have center Mike Pouncey. He’s out again, with a hip injury. Eight other Dolphins are questionable: running back Arian Foster (hamstring); defensive end Mario Williams (concussion); receiver DeVante Parker (hamstring); tight end Jordan Cameron (thigh); cornerback Xavien Howard (knee); linebacker Jelani Jenkins (knee); linebacker Spencer Paysinger (elbow); and defensive tackle Jordan Phillips (ankle).
That said, questionable doesn’t mean what it used to. Instead of a straight 50-50 proposition, the “Q” word now puts players in the gulf between 99.5 percent and 50. The better indicator of actual availability possibly comes from the level of participation in practice. Foster fully participated on Thursday and Friday after missing practice on Wednesday. Cameron fully participated all week. Of the eight questionable Dolphins, Howard, Jenkins, and Parker were the only ones limited in practice on Friday. “After practice today, we have to see where he’s at,” coach Adam Gase told reporters regarding Parker, a first-round pick in 2015. “And then tomorrow we’ll see where he is at in the morning, and then we’ll go through our walkthrough and we’ll see where he is at. When he gets off the plane, we have to see where he is at. It just changes so much when you have any kind of soft-tissue deal to where you almost have to wait until game day to make that decision.”
This implies Parker will make the trip to New England. If he or any of the other injured players don’t, they’ll be downgraded to out at some point on Saturday.
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Injury report - Patriots
Rob Gronkowski was back out on the practice field on Thursday. Dont’a Hightower was not. For the second straight day, the Patriots linebacker was the only player absent from the team’s practice session as they prepare to host the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. A second straight DNP with a hamstring injury he suffered against the Cardinals puts some serious doubt on Hightower’s availability for Sunday’s home opener. Gronkowski, who suffered a hamstring injury in a joint practice with the Chicago Bears one month ago today, was once again listed as limited on New England’s practice report. Also listed as limited for the second straight day were corner Malcolm Butler (ankle), offensive linemen Marcus Cannon (knee), Nate Solder (hamstring), Jonathan Cooper (foot) and Shaq Mason (hand), defensive end Trey Flowers (shoulder) and linebacker Shea McClellin (shoulder).
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[TD="class: stick-this-col"]Marcus Cannon[/TD]
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[TD="class: stick-this-col"]Jonathan Cooper[/TD]
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[TD="class: stick-this-col"]Trey Flowers[/TD]
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[TD="class: stick-this-col"]Rob Gronkowski[/TD]
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[TD="class: stick-this-col"]Shaq Mason[/TD]
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[TD="class: stick-this-col"]Shea McClellin[/TD]
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[TD="class: stick-this-col"]Eric Rowe[/TD]
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[TD="class: stick-this-col"]Nate Solder[/TD]
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[TD]LP[/TD]
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[TD]LP[/TD]
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[TD]LP[/TD]
[TD]LP[/TD]
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[TD]WR[/TD]
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I'm gonna call "Injury Report Shennanigans" on Belichick.
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Why isn't Garrapolo on the injury report?
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Basically we are going in healthy
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Best case, Gronk is active, and then pulls something on the first play and misses the rest of the game.
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If Pats play run and punt, can we score 21 (assuming more opportunities)? The key will be the first drive.
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Yeah as ridiculous as it seems, the only thing that can kill us is a porous run defense (assuming the offense can turn this around). And frankly, run d has been good so far this year and this game
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The Dolphins couldnt score 21+ points if the Patriots punted on 2nd down the entire 2nd half. Our offense blows. We have no playmakers. We have 1 guy who is even talented in Parker. Wr have a QB who cant make plays. He leaves points on the field all the time. He had Parker for a td right before half and ofcourse does what he does best and throws it out of bounds.