The Dolphins have made a significant Friday addition to their injury report.
Linebacker Bradley Chubb was limited on Friday with a foot injury and is now questionable for Sunday’s matchup against the Commanders in Madrid.
Chubb has recorded 5.0 sacks with five tackles for loss and 11 quarterback hits in 10 games this season after missing all of 2024 with a torn ACL.
Cornerback Rasul Douglas (foot/ankle) and receiver Dee Eskridge (shoulder) are also questionable for the contest.
Still on injured reserve, offensive lineman Austin Jackson (toe) is doubtful to play in the game. That means he’s unlikely to be activated to the 53-man roster this week. He was limited in practice on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Linebacker Chop Robinson (concussion) has been cleared from the protocol and is set to play. Offensive lineman Aaron Brewer (foot/ankle), safety Ashtyn Davis (quad), running back Ollie Gordon (ankle), tight end Julian Hill (ankle), and safety Ifeatu Melifonwu (thumb/foot) are also off the injury report and are set to play.
The Commanders have released their final injury report ahead of Sunday’s game against the Dolphins in Madrid.
Linebacker Frankie Luvu and safety Quan Martin were both limited participants in practice on Wednesday and Thursday due to shoulder injuries. They were listed as full participants on Friday, however, and are set to play after avoiding injury designations for this weekend.
Running back Chris Rodriguez (shoulder) and linebacker Bobby Wagner (thumb) are also on track to play. Both players were full participants in practice all week.
Quarterback Jayden Daniels (elbow), wide receiver Terry McLaurin (quad), wide receiver Treylon Burks (finger), and linebacker Ale Kaho (concussion) were ruled out early in the week. The Commanders also announced that they will not activate safety Will Harris (ankle) and defensive end Drake Jackson (knee) this week.
Linebacker Jordan Magee (knee) and tight end Ben Sinnott (ankle) are listed as questionable.
Last year, Commanders coach Dan Quinn was the toast of the town. This year, his team is regularly getting toasted.
Here’s how bad it has gotten for a team that had plausible Super Bowl aspirations. Starting with Week 7 in Dallas, the Commanders have lost four straight games by 20 or more points.
Don’t take my word for it, as if you ever would. The Commanders lost to the Cowboys, 44-22. Then to the Chiefs, 28-7. Then to the Seahawks, 38-14. And then to the Lions, 44-22.
The Commanders are currently one game short of the all-time record for consecutive losses by 20 or more points. The Buccaneers accomplished that feat five straight times in 1986.
It happened to Tampa Bay solely against rivals in the old NFC Central, from Week 10 through Week 14: 23-3 to the Bears, 31-7 to the Packers, 38-17 to the Lions, 45-13 to the Vikings, and 48-14 to the Bears.
And while the Dolphins are hardly a powerhouse, they beat the Bills by 17 in Week 10. And Miami has far more to play for at this point, in the form of potentially avoiding major roster changes that would come from having both a new G.M. and a new head coach next year.
The Commanders, in contrast, know their chances of getting to the playoffs are wafting somewhere between slim and none. Even if they turn three wins into 10 (like they did in 2012), seven losses may already be one too many in an ultra-competitive NFC playoff field.
Lose on Sunday, and it really is over for the Commanders in 2025. Lose by 20 or more, and it will be interesting to see what changes ownership may make for 2026.
Defensive end Drake Jackson landed on injured reserve after signing with the Commanders in October, but he appears to be moving toward making his debut for the team.
Jackson was designated for return on Thursday and he took part in practice with the team as they prepare to face the Dolphins in Madrid.
Jackson was a 2022 second-round pick by the 49ers and he had six sacks in his first 23 games, but a knee injury ended his 2023 season and caused him to miss all of last season. He was waived by the 49ers in May.
The Commanders listed Jackson as a limited participant along with safety Will Harris (ankle), linebacker Frankie Luvu (shoulder), safety Quan Martin (shoulder), and tight end Ben Sinnott (ankle). Linebacker Bobby Wagner (thumb) and running back Chris Rodriguez (shoulder) were both full participants.
Wide receiver Terry McLaurin (quad) remained out of practice and will miss Sunday’s game along with quarterback Jayden Daniels (elbow), wide receiver Treylon Burks (finger), and linebacker Ale Kaho (concussion).
The Dolphins picked up a surprising, dominant victory over the Bills last Sunday, giving Miami two wins over the last three weeks.
It’s been a poor season overall for the Dolphins, who have already mutually parted ways with General Manager Chris Grier. With the additional departures of the club’s co-directors of player personnel, it certainly appears Miami could be on the road to clearing house and firing head coach Mike McDaniel at the end of the season.
However, if the Dolphins continue to stack wins, they may change the mind of team owner Stephen Ross.
During his Wednesday press conference in Spain, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was asked if potentially saving McDaniel’s job was on the minds of players in last week’s victory.
“You know, I understand the question,” Tagovailoa said. “I know there’s a lot of talk outside about certain individuals, certain people. But I think more so with last week’s game, I think it shows the togetherness of our team. And I don’t think it’s anyone playing for themselves. More so, it really is everyone playing for each other — everyone having to do their job, having the conviction to do their job, and each individual trusting that if I do my job, I’ve got to trust that this guy is going to do his job as well and not try to play hero ball where [it’s], alright, I don’t know if he’s going to do that, so I’m going to go out of my job, out of my way to maybe do his. Then when he does his and you don’t do yours, I think that’s where things fall apart where we’ve got to play with conviction, we just continue to stick together, play together, and I don’t think anyone’s worried about any of that external noise when it comes to that.
“When we play this game, we know what we sign up for. And we know this is a business as well. We want to play for each other. We’re going to do everything we can — we don’t prepare to go out there and think, hey we want to do bad, we want to lose this game. No, we go out there with our hearts, with our minds for war — like that’s what it is, essentially. So, yeah.”
In 10 games this season, Tagovailoa has completed 68.2 percent of his passes for 1,952 yards with 17 touchdowns and a league-leading 13 interceptions.
