Dolphins Injury Updates as of Tuesday August 12th

Mike McDaniel, at his Tuesday media session, gave updates on a few injuries that are currently preventing players from practicing.

Darren Waller

Mike McDaniel said Darren Waller is not ready to practice, and he doesn’t want his first practice out of retirement to be a joint practice with the Detroit Lions this week.

Tyreek Hill/Jaylen Waddle/Jaelan Phillips

All three are day-to-day with their current injuries.

Cam Smith/Dante Trader Jr

Mike McDaniel said this morning that Cam Smith and Dante Trader Jr are ready to return to practice this week when they begin joint practices with the Lions.

Alexander Mattison

McDaniel said the neck injury is not expected to be career-ending, which is good news.

Elijah Campbell

McDaniel said the injury is not serious, and he is day-to-day.

Liam Eichenberg/Andrew Meyer

They will not be ready any time soon to return to practice. Sounds like this is going to go into the regular season for both of them.

The Miami Dolphins have two joint practices with the Detroit Lions this week, then play the Lions in a preseason game on Saturday at 1 pm Eastern time. The game will not be aired live on the NFL Network; fans outside of South Florida (and Detroit) will have to sign up for NFL+ to stream the game live.

Lions LB Grant Stuard had some interesting thoughts about the upcoming joint practice with the Dolphins this week. (credit to Alain Poupart for finding this quote that was out there)

“I don’t know if they’re ready, I’m gonna keep it a stack. I’ve played at other places and played against that team last year, and joint practiced against that team twice when I was in Tampa. I don’t know if they practice how we practice. I’m excited to see our guys for sure, and I’m excited to get out there and do something against somebody else, who doesn’t know every in and out of what we’re doing.”