Dolphins’ Timmons suspended — AWOL
AWOL linebacker Lawrence Timmons wanted to rejoin the Dolphins. Instead, they suspended him indefinitely and traded for a replacement, moves that signal his disappearance from the Miami defense might be permanent.
The Dolphins announced Timmons’ suspension in a onesentence news release Tuesday, a day off for the team. They later acquired linebacker Stephone Anthony from the Saints for a fifth-round draft pick in 2018. Anthony, who has been nursing a sprained ankle, fell out of favor with New Orleans after they took him with the 31st overall pick in the 2015 draft.
Timmons’ agent, Drew Rosenhaus, declined to comment on the suspension.
Head coach Adam Gase was angered by the disappearance of the 11-year veteran, which occurred Saturday in Southern California, the day before the season opener against the Chargers.
The Dolphins filed a missingperson report before making contact with Timmons, who apparently was dealing with a personal matter. He wasn’t with the Dolphins at the game and didn’t fly back on the team plane after Miami’s 19-17 win.
Timmons signed a $12 million, two-year deal with Miami in March after 10 seasons with Pittsburgh. Jets waive receiver: The Jets waived wide receiver Kalif Raymond, two days after he fumbled a punt against the Raiders with 1:50 left in the opening half and the Jets trailing 14-10. The Raiders recovered the fumble at the Jets’ 4 and scored three plays later. New York did not get close after that. Raymond also mishandled two punts in the opener at Buffalo but recovered both. Briefly: Greg Olsen will miss a minimum of eight games after the Panthers placed the threetime Pro Bowler on injured reserve with a broken right foot Tuesday. The injury ends Olsen’s streak of games played at 160, the second-longest streak among active tight ends behind Dallas’ Jason Witten (221) . ... Cleveland wide receiver Corey Coleman was placed on injured reserve after having surgery on his broken right hand . ... The Jaguars claimed receiver Jaelen Strong off waivers from Houston, giving them some depth with Allen Robinson and rookie Dede Westbrook on injured reserve.