Dolphins make moves for game vs. Panthers
The Dolphins completed a busy week of roster moves by making three more on Saturday.
Miami placed safety and key special teams contributor Elijah Campbell on injured reserve. Campbell hasn’t played a single snap on defense but has logged 133 special teams snaps in seven games.
Meanwhile, the Dolphins elevated safety Sheldrick Redwine and cornerback Javaris Davis from the practice squad. Every practice squad player can be elevated twice each season (and another time as a COVID replacement) without counting toward the 53-man roster.
Redwine, the former Miami Hurricanes and Cleveland Browns defender, will be making his Dolphins debut if he plays Sunday. Redwine signed with the Dolphins on Oct. 26, was cut, and then signed with Miami’s practice squad.
Davis, an undrafted second-year cornerback, had some good moments in training camp.
The Dolphins felt the need to elevate Redwine and sign veteran safety
Will Parks in recent days because safeties Jason McCourty (foot) and
Jamal Perry (knee) are out for the season, starter
Brandon Jones is questionable for Sunday (with elbow and ankle injuries) and Campbell is now out at least three games.
Davis is expected to fill a role on special teams, a unit that was diminished in recent days with the loss of Perry, Campbell and linebacker Brennan Scarlett, who has logged 222 snaps on special teams this season.
Scarlett is out at least three weeks with a knee injury.
The Dolphins — who have one open spot on their 53-man roster — signed three players to their 53 this week: Parks, running back Phillip Lindsay (claimed off waivers from Houston), and linebacker Vince
Biegel, who was promoted from the practice squad to replace Scarlett.
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Bills: The Buffalo Bills righted their ship, at least momentarily, with a rousing 31-6 victory over the Saints on Thanksgiving night in New Orleans.
Now, they’ll have to navigate the rest of their playoff run without their most important defensive player. Pro Bowl cornerback Tre’Davious White will miss the rest of the 2021 season with a torn ACL suffered in the second quarter of the win.
White, 27, has started 72 games in his Bills career and has become one of the
Ahighest-paid cornerbacks in the NFL, a two-time Pro Bowl selection and an All-Pro in 2019. An MRI Thursday confirmed the worst fears of Bills fans. The Bills are already thin at cornerback behind White. Many felt he was their most indispensable player after quarterback Josh Allen. Buffalo’s defense leads the NFL in yards per game and yards per play. But the pass defense, perhaps the best in the game, will suffer greatly from his absence.
On Thursday, Allen passed for 260 yards and four touchdowns, his sixth four-TD performance in the past two years. Buffalo’s defense limited the Saints to 190 yards and 3.3 yards per play.
Browns: Cleveland’s offense is again complete.
The Browns activated running back Kareem Hunt and Pro Bowl right tackle Jack Conklin from injured reserve, and they will be in the lineup for Sunday night’s critical game against AFC Northleading Baltimore.
Hunt missed the past five games with a calf injury. Conklin was out for the past three with a dislocated elbow.
The Browns (6-5) have struggled to score – 17 points or less in six of the past eight games – but should get a boost with the return of one of their top playmakers and one of the NFL’s best tackles.
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