The Miami Dolphins are playing football Saturday. Most of them, at least.
Tua Tagovailoa is in uniform for Dolphins Preseason Game No. 2 after getting the opener off.
How much will he play? And who will join him? We try to figure it out in our Commanders-Dolphins inactives.
Miami Dolphins Players Not In Uniform vs. Washington Commanders
Offense
WR Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, Anthony Schwartz
RB Jeff Wilson, Jaylen Wright, Salvon Ahmed
TE Tanner Conner, Jody Fortson
OL Terron Armstead, Aaron Brewer
Defense
DL Benito Jones
LB Jaelan Phillips, Anthony Walker Jr.
DBs Jalen Ramsey, Jevon Holland, Jordan Poyer, Ethan Bonner
Analysis
The Dolphins have apparently decided to play Tagovailoa despite two-fifths of his offensive line and his top two wide receivers unavailable.
The assumption all week was that Jaylen Waddle, Terron Armstead, and Aaron Brewer would sit, and of course, Odell Beckham Jr. was a no-go. He hasn’t even practiced with the Dolphins since signing back in the spring.
And with Tyreek Hill apparently working through something minor, there isn’t a ton of upside for putting Tagovailoa at risk. It’ll be interesting to see how much he plays.
We still expect Mike White and Skylar Thompson to again get a great opportunity to make their case for the QB2 job. Neither player was good in last week’s win over the Atlanta Falcons.
As for the Commanders, the following players have been ruled out:
QB Marcus Mariota
QB Sam Hartman
LB Dante Fowler Jr.
LB Keandre Jones
LB Bo Bauer
LB Bobby Wagner
LB Jordan Magee
T Brandon Coleman
TE Zach Ertz
DT Jonathan Allen
DT Daron Payne
DT Jer’Zhan Newton
DE Efe Obada
DE Clelin Ferrell
