Falcons quarterback Michael Penix said earlier this week that he plans to play against the Dolphins in Sunday’s home game, but the team is going to wait to make a final determination of his status.
Penix has been listed as questionable to play due to the ankle injury that he suffered against the Seahawks in Monday night’s loss. Penix was limited in practice this week.
Kirk Cousins will be in line to start if Penix doesn’t get the green light to play.
Running back Tyler Allegeier (hip, knee), safety Jordan Fuller (knee), and defensive lineman Zach Harrison (knee) are also listed as questionable for Sunday. Linebacker Divine Deablo (forearm), edge rusher Jalon Walker (groin), cornerback Billy Bowman (hamstring), and offensive lineman Storm Norton (foot) have been ruled out.
There’s an interesting footnote to emerge from Sunday’s 31-6 loss by the Dolphins to the Browns: Receiver Jaylen Warren caught one pass, for 15 yards.
Earlier this week, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was asked about Cleveland’s ability to keep Tua and Waddle from connecting.
“I think with that, some of it has to do with being able to see guys with their guys also up front and our guys,” Tagovailoa told reporters. “I’m not the tallest guy in the back there either, so being able to see and then sometimes when that happens, you don’t want to just throw it blindly and you’ve got to progress. I think that had some merit to reasons as to why that happened for Waddle.”
Short quarterbacks routinely navigate the impediments that come from having tall offensive and defensive linemen blocking their view. It’s about seeing through the lanes an timing and anticipation. Rarely if ever do short quarterbacks publicly blame that for any struggles in getting the ball to receivers. They’re typically wired to downplay the connection between their height and their performance.
Tua did. Which will result in more scrutiny of whether and to what extent his stature could contribute to any on-field struggles.
Agent Drew Rosenhaus has said that Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill will return from a serious knee injury and play next season. Hill was more equivocal on the subject of when, or if, he’ll play again.
“Right now, I’m happy with being with my kids,” Hill told former teammate Terron Armstead on The Set podcast, via Hal Habib of the Palm Beach Post. “I’m happy with the career that I’ve had and I love playing football. I love it. But it — man, but it takes a lot, man, to be the best and to stay at the top.”
Hill dislocated his knee in Week 4, against the Jets. He underwent season-ending surgery to repair the ensuing ligament damage.
“I’m at the point now where I need to have a conversation with Mom, family, everybody,” Hill said. “Like I said, wherever my mind is at the time, the decision to be made, but I just know right now I feel like I haven’t had time to just live in the moment, and just be in the moment with my family. . . . I think that’s the appropriate answer for something like that. I don’t want to make any rash decisions.”
The Dolphins undoubtedly will release Hill after the season, absent a renegotiated contract that greatly reduces his $36 million compensation package for 2026. Whether he becomes a free agent or not, the first question is whether Hill wants to keep playing.
Based on his own words, he has not yet made that decision.
Falcons quarterback Michael Penix plans to play against the Dolphins on Sunday, but he hasn’t gotten in a full practice yet this week.
Penix was listed as a limited participant in practice on Thursday because of the knee injury he suffered in last Sunday’s loss to the 49ers. Penix was also limited on Wednesday and we’ll find out on Friday if he will carry an injury designation into this weekend.
Running back Tyler Allgeier (hip, knee), left tackle Jake Matthews (ankle), cornerback Mike Ford (calf), defensive lineman Zach Harrison (knee), and wide receiver Darnell Mooney (hamstring) were also limited participants for the second straight day.
Linebacker Divine Deablo (forearm), edge rusher Jalon Walker (groing), and cornerback Billy Bowman (hamstring) were listed as limited participants.
The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced that 34 seniors candidates are moving onto the next phase of the selection process for the Class of 2026.
A group of 52 names was cut down to 34 by the Hall of Fame’s blue-ribbon committee for seniors candidates. Players in this group last could have appeared in a game during the 2000 season.
The members of the committee voted for 25 players each with the top 25 plus ties moving on to the next round of voting. The group will be cut to nine semifinalists next month and three finalists will move on to the Hall of Fame’s selection committee for consideration.
The full list of candidates is:
Quarterbacks: Ken Anderson, Charlie Conerly, Roman Gabriel.
Running backs: Roger Craig, Chuck Foreman, Cecil Isbell, Paul “Tank” Younger.
Wide receivers/Tight ends: Isaac Curtis, Lavvie Dilweg, Henry Ellard, Harold Jackson, Stanley Morgan, Art Powell, Otis Taylor.
Offensive linemen: Joe Jacoby, Mike Kenn, Bob Kuechenberg, Jim Tyrer, Al Wistert.
Defensive linemen: L.C. Greenwood, Jim Marshall.
Linebackers: Carl Banks, Maxie Baughan, Larry Grantham, Lee Roy Jordan, Clay Matthews Jr., Tommy Nobis.
Defensive backs: Dick Anderson, Bobby Boyd, Albert Lewis, Eddie Meador, Lemar Parrish, Everson Walls.
Special teams: Steve Tasker.
