MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins tight finish Darren Waller hasn’t been seen going by means of any official apply drill through the crew’s coaching camp out of retirement.
However forward of the Dolphins’ preseason finale Saturday evening in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars, he was suited up pregame for warmups.
Waller, who was activated off the physically-unable-to-perform checklist on Wednesday, went by means of a pregame routine of particular person place drills with different tight ends. He additionally ran some mild routes and caught passes from all of the quarterbacks.
Whereas normally a sign a participant will play when he fits up for official warmups forward of an exhibition, the potential of Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel merely wanting Waller to undergo a pregame routine with out exposing him to any recreation motion is there. It is going to be telling if Waller stays suited up as soon as the exhibition begins.
Waller was dressed for an intrasquad Miami apply Wednesday and Thursday’s joint session with the Jaguars, however he didn’t get put by means of any drill on the sphere outdoors of crew stretch.
As Saturday’s exhibition finale is actually the crew’s costume rehearsal, Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa received’t have one among his high two extensive receivers however could have the opposite.
Miami has extensive receiver Jaylen Waddle dressed for Saturday’s recreation in opposition to the Jaguars, however he doesn’t have extensive receiver Tyreek Hill. He had neither in his final preseason look, Aug. 10 on the Chicago Bears, so he does add Waddle in opposition to the Jaguars.
Dolphins not dressed for warmups included Hill, working again De’Von Achane, proper sort out Austin Jackson, rookie defensive sort out Kenneth Grant, working again Jaylen Wright, cornerbacks Kendall Sheffield and Ethan Bonner, offensive lineman Andrew Meyer and Bayron Matos and rookie security Dante Dealer Jr.
Additionally an addition for the Dolphins was outdoors linebacker Jaelan Phillips, who was dressed for warmups and led defenders out onto the sphere for them.
Hill was by no means anticipated to play within the preseason finale as he has been saved off the apply subject for almost three weeks with an indirect damage.
Achane tweaked a calf within the Dolphins’ first joint apply with the Detroit Lions per week and a half in the past, and the crew is being cautious in bringing him again.
Wright left Thursday’s joint apply early with a lower-body damage. Dolphins linebacker Jordyn Brooks, who additionally had a quick damage scare at that day’s drills, was current and dressed for crew warmups.
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