Miami Dolphins Get BIG-TIME News Heading Into NFL Week 4

Miami Dolphins Get BIG-TIME News Heading Into NFL Week 4

[Music] I am Nick Rolloff. This is Dolphins Today by Chat Sports. Miami plays the Monday night game this week against the New York Jets to cap out week four. And we got some major updates to talk about. Injury news revolving the New York Jets. Some updates on the Miami Dolphins. We’ll have it all here on this episode. And we’ll start with the news on the Jets because it is the most crucial part of this game. It has to do with the quarterback position. We talked about it on our video Wednesday afternoon. Justin Field still in concussion protocol. Well, Aaron Glenn, the Jets head coach, confirmed on Thursday that he remains in concussion protocol, but will practice. So Fields practicing on Thursday signifies he’s close to clearing concussion protocol because if he was still suffering symptoms and still struggling with recovering from that concussion, he would not be out on the practice field. So the fact that he is going to be out there practicing today means he is likely going to be cleared some point Friday, Saturday or Sunday and be good to go for week one or week four I should say. I don’t know where week one came from, but either way, it looks like the Dolphins are going to be playing Justin Fields this upcoming Monday night. And make sure you are subscribed to the channel. We’re 645 subscribers away from 76K. Can we get there today? Why not join the channel? We’ll be live for that Monday night game. We put out daily free Dolphin shows that are informative, entertainmenting, and fun. So, subscribe and join the channel today. There was actually a lot of speculation surrounding Justin Fields on if he returned for week four, if he would be even the starting quarterback for the New York Jets because Tyrod Taylor filled in in the week two game against the Bills and the week three game against the Buccaneers and played well. Like you actually look at the two quarterbacks production through three weeks, they’ve almost played the same amount of snaps and the production is eerily similar. Sure, you get slightly more scrimmage yards from Fields due to his rushing performance against the Steelers in that opening week, but both of them have accounted for three touchdowns. Taylor does have an interception. QB rating is about the same. Honestly, the completion percentage is close to the same and the passing yard is about to the same. So, it’s like very similar between the two quarterbacks, but you imagine with that contract that the Jets ran out there, Fields would be the starter, and Aaron Glenn confirmed that today at his press conference. So, now the Dolphins got to start preparing their game plan defensively for a mobile quarterback like Justin Fields. And the number one thing that Miami has to do in this game defensively is keep pass rush integrity. What do I mean by that? Well, if you are sending four people, you can’t break contain. Can’t do it. So, if you are getting outside and you’re Jaylen Phillips, you’re Chop, you’re Chub, you’re Judon, and your goal is to rush the passer and if you win and could get a sack, great. But your number one goal should not allow Justin Fields to break the pocket and scramble out for a 15 yard gain. And if you’re one of the two interior pass rushers, Sealer, Bonito Jones, Kenneth Grant, Jordan Phillips, you also got to keep that contained. Drive up the middle and don’t get too wide to allow Fields to step up and make a play. Like, please keep control of Justin Fields in the running game because if you do that, he is going to struggle. And Justin Fields, the last time he played the Dolphins was actually a member of the Chicago Bears on November 6th, 2022. What happened in that game? It was not ideal. The Dolphins won the game, but the Bears quarterback at the time completed 17 of 28 passes, had over 300 scrimmage yards, three four total touchdowns, no interceptions, and actually set a QB record for rushing yards in one game for 178. So, the last time, I know it was in 2022, different defensive coordinator, the Dolphins really struggled keeping Justin Fields in the pocket. Let’s not have that again. And one of my solutions is playing Willie Gay Jr. more. Like obviously you have to keep pass rush integrity, but it would help if you had an athletic rangy linebacker there to help track down Justin Fields or have him as a QB spy. I said it before week three against Buffalo. I wanted to see more Willie Gay Jr. and use him as a pass rusher, use him as a coverage linebacker as well as a spy against Josh Allen. Well, I am going to ask this Dolphins organization once again to get him on the football field more. And yes, we have had more snaps gradually as the weeks have progressed, but it still isn’t that many. Played zero snaps in week one, only three in week two, and then eight in the game against the Bills on Thursday Night Football. And the ironic thing about Willie Gay Jr. in those 11 snaps through three weeks. I know, unbelievably small sample size. He’s actually our highest graded defender on Pro Football Focus. And I know, very small sample size, but I do just find it ironic that I have been screaming from the rooftops, play Willie Gay Jr., play Willie Gay Jr., play Willie Gay Jr. He is better than Tyrell Dodson. he would bring a lot to this Dolphins defense in a ability to rush the passer to cover and maybe spy the quarterback. And PFF kind of agrees with me by saying, yeah, when he’s been on the field for those 11 defensive plays, he’s been very, very good. There are some other Jets news that we have to discuss. Couple of big-time injuries to keep your eye on. We’ll start with Jermaine Johnson, who is weak toe with an ankle injury. former first round pick for the New York Jets. Suffered a torn Achilles last year early in September and missed the entire year working his way back. And then Jarvis Brownley Jr., a player that was actually on the Tennessee Titans last week. The Jets traded for him, a promising young corner. He is also week to week with an ankle injury. So, both of these players will be questionable for Monday Night Football. But I want to harp on Germaine Johnson because this would be a pretty big loss for that Jets defense. He was productive in his first two years in the league. Obviously suffered that injury last year, but was off to a very good start in the first couple weeks of the season. This year for the Jets, but dealing with that injury, keeping him potentially out would really set this Jets pass rush a little bit back because this isn’t a good group. Will McDonald has had a good start to the year. There’s no doubt about that. the former first round pick out of Iowa State and Quinnon Williams is always a differencemaker on the interior. But if you go beyond Quinnon Williams and Will McDonald, this is a pretty brutal group. Like Harrison Phillips isn’t bringing you that much. Michael Clemens isn’t bringing you that much. So if Germaine Germaine Johnson’s out, like if you could just hone in on McDonald and Quinnon Williams, you will probably be able to control the line of scrimmage offensively for most of the night here in week four. Like I think this Dolphins team needs to take advantage of the injuries on this Jets defense. Never root for injuries, but we are just having to work with what we are given with. And with the Jets missing a couple linebackers, a couple key defensive linemen, like this is an opportunity for this Dolphins offense to really control the line of scrimmage, really be able to run the ball effectively and hang I’d say 24 27 points on the Jets this week. So, got to take advantage of the break that you have with a couple key people potentially out for New York. Coming up in just one second, we’re going to take a look at some Miami Dolphins injury news and updates on Thursday afternoon. But before we get into all that, I got to tell you about our sponsor, which is Prize Picks. This episode is brought to you by Prize Pix. You and I make decisions every day, but on Prize Pix, being right can get you paid. Don’t miss any of the excitement this season where it’s good to be right. So simple to play. Just pick more or less on two to six player stat projections. If you get your picks right, you could cash in. Price event the flex play, which means you can still cash out if your lineup isn’t perfect. Double your money even if one of your picks does not hit. I have a threeplayer entry for this Monday night action. I think Bree Hall goes more than 54 and a half rushing yards. Dolphins have struggled to stop the run early in the year. also think Garrett Wilson will go more than 66 and a half receiving yards because the Dolphins secondary is not very good. But how about this one? I think Ali Gordon scores a touchdown on prime time for the second straight week. He’s getting more involved with the offense. I expect Miami to get in the end zone three, four times. And if one of them is inside the five, Ali Gordon’s going to have a high chance of getting that touchdown. So give me that three player entry there. But join me and the millions of others. Download the app today and use code CLNS to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. That’s code CLNS to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup. Prize picks. It’s good to be right. Let’s focus on Darren Waller now who is set to make his Miami Dolphins debut this Monday night. Obviously missed the first three weeks of the season with that hip injury. Well, Mike McDaniel said earlier this week that he’s expected to be on a snap count, and we kind of got a little bit of an update on how they expect to use Darren Waller as well. I forecasted third down passing situations and red zone work. Well, that’s kind of what Mike McDaniel alluded to as well. They’ll probably have certain personnel packages and a very limited amount of play sets to where Waller can be used inside the 20 and on third and eights, third and sevens. And I’ll say this, as critical as I’ve been of Darren Waller and his inability to get on the field until week four, I think he could be very impactful for the Dolphins, especially in the red zone in close quarters. This guy is a 66, 240 pound tight end who, yes, he hasn’t played football in a couple years, but he does move extremely well for his size. When he played for the Giants and Raiders, he was very, very athletic and was a mismatch nightmare for linebackers and safeties. Hopefully, he’ll be able to bring some of that juice for this Dolphins offense and just give them another added weapon when they get down in close quarters inside the 10, inside the five. We’ve already seen them when they get in that situation use Ali Gorn a little bit more and uh hopefully Darren Waller becomes a part of that red zone offense as well. I got a sneaky feeling I didn’t put in my prize picks entry but I think Darren Waller just because I’ve been talking him all season long. I think he shucks me up in week one scores a touchdown. Am I crazy for thinking that? I would honestly think Waller scores this week in the limited snaps that he has. Let me know. Do you think he scores this week? Type Y for yes. type N for know. We’ll round out the show talking briefly about injury news and Patrick Paul because Mike McDaniel speaking very highly of the secondyear left tackle saying if we’re not talking about him then he’s probably doing a good job. He has developed as much as any player that I’ve been around. And it’s just music to my ears. Like I said it before the year that I think this Dolphins offense will go as Patrick Paul goes. And I still believe that would have been the case if Austin Jackson and James Daniels stayed healthy. But with those two being hurt, you can’t really get elevated by your second year left tackle. But Patrick Paul has given you everything that you could possibly have imagined that you’d want. Graded out 69.7, 79.6 pass blocking grade. Simply, he’s been one of the best pass blocking left tackles in all football here. You look at his NFL ranks through three weeks. He’s the 20th overall offensive tackle, the eighth overall pass blocking offensive tackle. He’s 11th in pressures allowed and first in penalties because he has zero accepted penalties. He’s been awesome. Simply put, like he’s been absolutely great. And we have a video going out in a couple days highlighting Patrick Paul and the production and impact that he’s had so far for Miami. It’s just maybe the number one silver lining for Dolphins fans so far in a very brutal negative first month of the year. Patrick Paul has been without a question the biggest positive. All right, some Dolphins injuries to talk about here. Couple players not at practice, Storm Duck and Jason Marshall Jr. Duck has actually already been ruled out for this Monday Night Football game. third straight game he’s missing, which means he’s likely returning in week five against Carolina because it would be his fourth game missed. And if he was going to miss four games, they should have just put him on IR. Mel Fanu dealing with that calf injury. We’ll see if he can go on Monday, but Marshall Jr. uh did not practice today. He’ll likely be out as well. That’ll do it for today’s show. More content in between now and Monday night’s game against the Jets. We’ll be live for that game as well. So, subscribe, join us for more Dolphins content. [Music]

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Dolphins Injury report before NFL Week 4:
Storm Duck – OUT
Jason Marshall Jr.
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Patrick Paul’s 2025 NFL Season Stats:
69.7 OVR
79.6 PBLK
52.1 RBLK
4 Pressures
1 SACK

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Miami Dolphins Defensive Coaches:
Head Coach: Mike McDaniel
Defensive Coordinator: Anthony Weaver
Linebackers Coach/Run Game Coordinator: Joe Barry
Outside Linebackers: Ryan Crow
Defensive Line Coach: Austin Clark
Passing Game Coordinator & Secondary Coach: Brian Duker
Cornerbacks Coach: Mathieu Araujo
Defensive Backs/Pass game Specialist: Ryan Slowik
Assistant DL Coach: Kynjee’ Cotton
Defensive Assistant: Matt O’Donnell
Assistant DBs Coach: Deshawn Shead

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