The Dolphins have announced one practice squad elevation for Monday night’s game against the Titans.
Miami has elevated receiver Dee Eskridge to the active roster.
Eskridge was active for last week’s loss to Seattle. He recorded one catch for 30 yards and one 28-yard kick return while playing eight offensive snaps and two special teams snaps.
Eskridge has 18 career receptions for 152 yards in 25 games since 2021.
Kickoff for Monday’s matchup between the Dolphins and Titans is set for 7:30 p.m. ET.
The Titans elevated defensive lineman Abdullah Anderson and cornerback Tre Avery from the practice squad for Monday Night Football. The team plays the Dolphins in the early game tonight.
Anderson originally signed with the Titans on Aug. 16. He was released 11 days later but then re-signed to the practice squad after clearing waivers.
He has not played a game in 2024.
Anderson played seven games for the Commanders last season and also has played for the Bears, Vikings, Packers and Falcons. He has appeared in 33 games with eight starts and has totaled 54 tackles and 2.5 sacks.
Avery is in his third season with the Titans but has not appeared in a game this season. He played 14 games with three starts in 2022 and 15 games with two starts in 2023.
He has totaled 62 tackles in his career.
With receiver Rashee Rice likely out for a while, if not the entire season, the Chiefs will need help at receiver. To get it, they can go next man up — or next man in.
The internal options are limited. They obviously need more out of tight end Travis Kelce, and they got some of it on Sunday against the Chargers. Rookie receiver Xavier Worthy needs to accelerate his acclimation to the offense.
Others already in the lineup need to contribute, from Justin Watson to JuJu Smith-Schuster to Mecole Hardman to Skyy Moore to Noah Gray.
Available free agents include Michael Thomas, Hunter Renfrow, Corey Davis, Julio Jones, and Chase Claypool. Those options frankly aren’t great.
Also, trades can happen for the next five weeks and a day.
The Chiefs should be looking perhaps for someone they can add now and/or someone they can add closer to the deadline, when more teams are willing and able to acknowledge that they aren’t contenders. Also, other receivers not happy with their current situations might decide to agitate for a trade to Arrowhead.
Possibilities include Browns receivers Amari Cooper (who reportedly was almost traded to the 49ers) and Elijah Moore, Jaguars receiver Christian Kirk, Dolphins receiver Odell Beckham Jr., Panthers receiver Diontae Johnson, Giants receivers Darius Slayton and Jalin Hyatt, Titans receivers DeAndre Hopkins and Tyler Boyd.
Then there’s Raiders receiver Davante Adams. He might want to play for the Chiefs. The Raiders might never allow their division rivals to get him.
Maybe the Chiefs simply rely on the guys they have. They should at least consider all options, if (as expected) Rice will miss extensive playing time.
It looks like Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert will miss another game.
Mostert has been out with a chest injury since the first week of the regular season, but he progressed enough to be listed as questionable to play against the Titans on Monday night. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Mostert is not expected to be active for the game, however.
De’Von Achane, Jeff Wilson, and Jaylen Wright are the other backs in Miami.
Quarterback Skylar Thompson (ribs) and wide receiver Malik Washington (quad) are the other questionable players for the Dolphins. If Thompson is in the lineup, it will be as a backup to Tyler Huntley.
The NFL hit Packers running back Josh Jacobs hard for the hit he laid on a tackler Sunday against the Titans.
The league announced today that Jacobs has been fined $45,020 for what the league described as, “Unnecessary Roughness (use of the helmet).”
On the play in question, Jacobs took a handoff up the middle and lowered his head into Titans safety Quandre Diggs. In real time, it looked like an ordinary collision we see multiple times in every game. Diggs was none the worse for wear; he popped right up and helped Jacobs up. No flag was thrown and the TV announcers didn’t say anything about it.
But often plays that seem rather innocuous at the time result in harsh discipline once the league office has scrutinized the replays closely, and that’s what happened here. It’s true that Jacobs lowered his head and initiated contact with the crown of the helmet, and that’s the kind of hit that the NFL is trying to take out of the game of football. But Jacobs could be forgiven if he questions why he got such a significant fine for a hit that neither the officials nor anyone else had a problem with at the time.
