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Dolphins Place Willis on IR Due to Groin Injury
Confirmed
In Short: The Miami Dolphins have placed starting quarterback Malik Willis on injured reserve due to a groin injury that developed into a core muscle injury.
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The Miami Dolphins will be without starting quarterback Malik Willis for at least a month after he was placed on injured reserve due to a groin injury that developed into a core muscle injury, according to Tom Pelissero of The Ringer and Bleacher Report.
Willis' injury is not considered season-ending, but he will miss at least the next four weeks, as reported by Bleacher Report and NFLTradeRumors.co. The Dolphins signed Willis to a three-year, $67.5 million contract this offseason, with a plan to build around him over the next two seasons.
Coach Jeff Hafley told reporters that Willis' injury limited his ability to play his typically mobile style of football. Willis admitted after the team's loss to the Detroit Lions that his groin 'felt a little tight,' but did not offer additional information.
MIAMI GARDENS — The Miami Dolphins’ biggest fears about playing a smallish, agile quarterback have been realized — Malik Willis, listed at 6 foot 1, 225 pounds, the same dimensions as Miami's previous oft-injured quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, is injured, according to the Sun Sentinel.
Willis' mobility was significantly impacted in last weekend's 19-9 loss to the Detroit Lions, as noted by Sportsnet.ca and the Sun Sentinel. 'You could see he couldn’t really open up. There were a couple plays where I give him credit. He pulled it and he ran and he got us yards and he got out of trouble against a good defensive line. But you could see he just wasn’t quite able to go full speed,' said an unnamed source.
The Dolphins will face a 2-7 Colts team that has lost its last five games, and McCord will try to lead Miami to its second win of the year.
What this adds
The Dolphins' season was already off to a rough start, and now things are going to get more challenging, as starting quarterback Malik Willis has been placed on the injured reserve list, according to Newsweek and Atozsports.
What's confirmed
- The Miami Dolphins will be without starting quarterback Malik Willis for at least a month.
- The injury is not considered season-ending, but he will miss at least the next four weeks.
- In addition to losing Willis to IR, the Dolphins suffered a major blow to their defense after standout defensive tackle Zach Sieler suffered a season-ending ruptured biceps.
- Tom Pelissero reports the Dolphins are placing QB Malik Willis on injured reserve.
- The Miami Dolphins season was already off to a rough start, and now things are going to get more challenging, as starting quarterback Malik Willis has been placed on the injured reserve list.
What's still developing
- Willis, 27, started for two years at Liberty after transferring over from Auburn.
- The inexperienced backup now tries to guide a Dolphins team that seems to have no chance of turning their season around.
- I suspected this groin ailment was a problem, which is why I wrote about it Friday.
- According to ESPN stats, Willis began Tuesday ranked 20th in the league among qualified players with a 52.6 adjusted QBR for the season.
- But Willis is saying the “right” thing here as the quarterback.
- Miami Dolphins running back De'Von Achane will miss the rest of the season after tearing his ACL in Sunday's loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, sources told ESPN's Ian Rapoport and Adam Schefter.
- The 24-year-old speedster leads the Dolphins in rushing yards (127) and yards from scrimmage (176) this season.
- The second Sunday of the NFL season is officially in the books, and if we learned one thing from Week 2, it's that the Miami Dolphins might be the worst team ever.
- Everyone knew the Dolphins would be bad, but the Chargers actually had high expectations this year.
- Punters Jack Fox and Bradley Pinion each have a completion in Lions-Dolphins They are trading completions in South Beach between the visiting Detroit Lions and the Miami Dolphins.