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Getty Images The Dolphins saw cornerback Byron Jones return to practice Thursday. He was limited. It was Jones’ first practice since injuring his groin in the first half of the Week Two loss to the Bills. He missed last week’s win over the Jaguars. Backup quarterback Tua Tagovailoa remained...

Getty Images Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa appeared on Wednesday’s injury report, but for reasons unrelated to the hip injury that derailed his final season of college football. Tagovailoa missed practice due to an illness. The illness isn’t believed to be COVID-19 — otherwise, he’d be...

Getty Images Three weeks into the season, the Seahawks are banged up. How banged up? A whopping 25 players appear on their Week Four injury report, only three of whom got time off for rest. The best news is that running back Chris Carson (pictured), who suffered a knee injury when having his...

Getty Images Tua Tagovailoa is back on the Dolphins’ injury report, but not for his hip. Tagovailoa, who came off the team’s practice report in Week Two, did not practice Wednesday because of an illness. Cornerback Byron Jones remains out of practice, which is not a good sign for his...

Getty Images Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll heaped praise upon third-year linebacker Shaquem Griffin for his performance against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday and said he’s earned a chance to do more moving forward. He got a chance to play and he did great this week,” Carroll said of...

Getty Images Seahawks safety Jamal Adams was limited to 53 snaps during Sunday’s win over the Cowboys and it remains to be seen how long it will take before he’s ready to resume his usual workload. Head coach Pete Carroll said on 710 ESPN Monday, via Lindsey Wisniewski of NBC Sports Northwest...

Getty Images The Bengals announced they signed offensive guard Keaton Sutherland from the practice squad to the active roster Monday. The team waived offensive guard Shaq Calhoun in a corresponding move. Sutherland has the same position coach he had at A&M, having followed Jim Turner from...

Getty Images The Dolphins thought they needed to improve at running back this offseason, so they signed Jordan Howard to a two-year, $9.75 million contract and traded a fifth-round draft pick for Matt Breida. Little did the Dolphins know that their best running back was already on the roster...

Getty Images Some professional athletes make tens of millions of dollars and still go broke. Dolphins rookie quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will not be one of those athletes. Tagovailoa got $30.3 million guaranteed, including a $19.6 million signing bonus, on his four-year rookie contract. He...

Getty Images Thursday night’s performance from Dolphins quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick was unsurprising given that it was so surprising. That’s been the pattern in recent years for Fitzpatrick. Periodically, he transmogrifies into Fitzmagic. It usually happens when least expected. Then, once...

Getty Images Last year, Gardner Minshew was viewed by some as a poor man’s Baker Mayfield. This year, Baker Mayfield has been viewed by some as a poor man’s Gardner Minshew. Last night, none of it mattered. The Dolphins’ pass rush kept Minshew from ever getting truly settled, forcing him to...

Getty Images The rules generally prohibit players from making physical contact with officials. In some specific situations, however, officials interject themselves into a scrum of flailing bodies. In those circumstances, what should players do? That’s the obvious question arising from Thursday...

USA TODAY Sports Ryan Fitzpatrick tossed a pair of touchdowns and ran for a third as the Miami Dolphins earned a 31-13 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Thursday night. Fitzpatrick had just two incompletions on the night as he was 18 of 20 for 160 yards and two passing touchdowns to...

Getty Images Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew played well enough in the first two games of the season to make a case that he’s the franchise’s long-term quarterback, and not just a placeholder for whoever they draft in 2021. On Thursday night, he struggled. Minshew threw an interception...

Getty Images At this point, it almost seems inevitable that Ryan Fitzpatrick will play for another team. And when he does, it’s equally inevitable that he’ll beat the Jaguars. Via Kevin Seifert of ESPN.com, Fitzpatrick became the first player since at least 1950 to beat one team as a member...

Getty Images The Jaguars downgraded receiver DJ Chark earlier Thursday, ruling him out of tonight’s game. He is inactive with chest and back injuries. Keelan Cole is expected to start in Chark’s place. The Jaguars’ other inactives are quarterback Jake Luton, cornerback Josiah Scott...

USA TODAY Sports Jaguars starting linebacker Leon Jacobs was injured on the seventh play. He was carted off with a right knee injury. The Jaguars have ruled him out. Jacobs’ leg stuck in the ground as Dolphins tight end Adam Shaheen gave him a glancing blow as tight end Durham Smythe engaged...

USA TODAY Sports All Jordan Howard does is score touchdowns. He bowled in from the 1-yard line, giving him 14 carries for 12 yards and three touchdowns this season. It gave the Dolphins a 14-0 lead over the Jaguars tonight. The Dolphins have 12 first downs and 144 yards after two drives to 30...

Getty Images Ryan Fitzpatrick hit his first 12 passes before his first incompletion with 47 seconds remaining in the first half. It gave him a streak of 21 consecutive completions over two games, the second most completions in a row in franchise history. He finished the first half 12-of-14 for...

Getty Images Things are not going well for the Jaguars. Not only are they behind 28-7, but they have lost to their left tackle. Officials ejected Cam Robinson with 4:04 remaining in the third quarter. FOX rules analyst Mike Pereira questioned the ejection. Robinson was in the bottom of a...