Howard, Parker won’t play against Jaguars
WARE, ENGLAND
Dolphins cornerback
Xavien Howard and wide receiver DeVante Parker have been ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. Jaylen Waddle and Preston
Both players missed Williams were the practice on Wednesday team’s top wideouts. Running and Thursday and made back Myles Gaskin the flight to London but also caught a season-high were again listed as nonparticipants 10 passes. Friday. Parker, Howard, who was limited who is dealing with a in practice last week shoulder and hamstring and struggled against Tampa injury, was dressed for Bay Buccaneers wide practice but did not catch receiver Antonio Brown, passes from quarterbacks will miss his first game of during the viewing period. the season. Justin Coleman
Howard, dealing with a or Nik Needham shoulder and groin injury, will likely start in his place. was wearing a white Tshirt Noah Igbinoghene ,a and shorts and shortly 2020 first-round pick who after stretching with the has been inactive four of team, he watched positional the first five games, could drills from the side. also be active as a depth
Before practice, coach option.
Brian Flores said he was Tagovailoa participated hopeful the two would be in practice for the third able to practice in some consecutive day since capacity. returning from fractured
Parker will miss his second ribs he sustained in Week consecutive game this 2. Tagovailoa, who has not season, making one less officially been activated to receiver available for quarterback the 53-man roster, was not Tua Tagovailoa, listed on the injury report. who will make his return He said he is “100 percent from fractured ribs Sunday. ready” to return to the
Last week against the Tampa field. Bay Buccaneers, rookie Backup quarterback Jacoby
Brissett (hamstring), cornerback Byron Jones (Achilles/groin), tight end
Adam Shaheen (knee), wide receiver Williams (groin) are questionable. All were limited in Friday’s practice.
The Jaguars ruled out starting linebacker Myles Jack (back) and reserve offensive lineman Rashaad Coward (ankle). Cornerback Tyson Campbell (toe) and defensive lineman
Roy Robertson-Harris (ankle) are questionable.
WILKINS ON ‘HAMILTON’
Defensive lineman Christian Wilkins was a fan favorite among the United Kingdom media.
As he made his way onto the podium and stood in front of the Dolphinsthemed backdrop, he remarked, “Cheers! Cheerio!” to the delight of the media corps mostly composed of U.K. journalists.
Then it only took three questions until Wilkins was asked about his love for the musical, “Hamilton.”
Wilkins explained that he’s a “big fan” of musicals and plays and saw “Hamilton” on Broadway, “a different type of experience for me.” During the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Wilkins said he would act out scenes from the play in his room and “have a good time with it.” (The Dolphins play “Hamilton” at practice every Friday.)
Asked if he would recite a scene, Wilkins joked, “I’ve got to get some water in me before I perform.”
DOLPHINS SIGHTSEEING
The Dolphins are situated in Ware, England, a rural area about an hour away from London, so the team technically isn’t in the hustle and bustle of the city. But Saturday is a scheduled day off for the team and players are looking forward to seeing a bit of the culture.
Tight end Mike Gesicki said he has never been to London but Durham Smythe has, so he will act as his “tour guide” on Saturday.
Linebacker Jerome Baker said his mother and aunt came for the game, and he’s excited to join them in the city.
Flores said that the team can benefit from the extra time spent together during the overseas trip.
“I think any time you can get together as a team for a couple days where it’s just the team, I think there’s some benefits to that,” he said. “There’s more dinners, more lunches, more sit downs, more conversation and more relationships that are built. That’s a part of the game that to me is very important. When you’re trying to build a team and put a team together, the team is about the people and about relationships and about trust. Any opportunity that you can get to build that, I think you have to try to take full advantage of it.”