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Dolphins Catch Huge Special Teams Break With Inactives List
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- Dolphins Catch Huge Special Teams Break With Inactives List
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The Miami Dolphins are set to face off against the San Francisco 49ers , and the team has released its official inactives list.
Miami just received some good news on long snapper Tucker Addington , who is not on the list and is now active.
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The full list is as follows:
Jalen Tolbert , WR
Brady Cook , QB (emergency third)
Marcellas Dial Jr. , CB
Chop Robinson , Edge
DJ Campbell, G
Justin Joly, TE
There are no big surprises on the list, but Addington not being present is huge news for the Dolphins' special teams.
Addington suffered a shoulder injury during Week 1 when he tackled a Las Vegas Raiders returner. Without that tackle, the Raiders may have scored.
The tackle caused some damage to Addington, who nearly had to be pulled from the team. This led to the Dolphins turning to their backup and emergency option: rookie linebacker Jacob Rodriguez.
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Rodriguez began taking snaps as the backup long snapper, but that would have impacted his ability to be on the field. The rookie was already named the green-dot linebacker, meaning he was calling plays on defense.
With such a huge responsibility in calling plays, the Dolphins may have overworked Rodriguez by asking him to be the long snapper as well. That ended up not being the case, as Addington played through the injury.
Addington was then limited through practice, and Miami brought in some insurance in the form of long snapper Cal Adomitis , who was signed to the practice squad.
Admoitis was not called up, making this a big break for this Dolphins special teams.
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One of the biggest losses for the Dolphins heading into this 49ers game was Robinson being ruled out. The edge rusher suffered a concussion on Wednesday and was limited throughout the week.
Miami head coach Jeff Hafley stated that he would be in the concussion protocol and would not be able to make the game. Robinson will now need to pass concussion protocol to take the field again.
To make up for the loss of Robinson, the Dolphins elevated edges Clelin Ferrell and Max Llewellyn. The hope for this Miami defense is that both can generate some strong pressure on Brock Purdy , as the team failed to do much pass rushing on Kirk Cousins in Week 1.
Miami needs all the players they can get to try and keep pace with the 49ers and attempt not to drop to 0-2 on the season.
