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Dolphins confirm multiple cracked ribs for Jay Cutler
Posted by Josh Alper on October 23, 2017
Dolphins head coach Adam Gase provided an update about quarterback
Jay Cutler‘s condition on Monday
and confirmed that Cutler suffered “
multiple cracked ribs” on a hit by Jets linebacker
Jordan Jenkins in the third quarter of Sunday’s game.
Gase did not officially rule Cutler out for Thursday’s game against the Ravens, but did say that the chances of having him in the lineup don’t look good.
“It’s not an easy injury because it’s tough to breathe,” Gase said, via Adam Beasley of the
Miami Herald.
Gase said that going with
Matt Moore this week wouldn’t lead to any big changes to the offense because there’s nothing to scale back for a quarterback who has been with the team longer than Cutler. He also fielded a question about whether Cutler will definitely get the job back when healthy and responded “you’re
getting way ahead of me” because he’s just focusing on this week.
It’s a question Gase will surely get again if Moore starts and plays well in a win against the Ravens, but the Dolphins would be 5-2 in that circumstance and that makes it a bit easier to deal with the unexpected curves of an NFL season.
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Dan Bailey to miss several weeks with groin injury
Posted by Josh Alper on October 23, 2017
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The Cowboys turned to safety
Jeff Heath as a fill-in for kicker
Dan Bailey during Sunday’s game against the 49ers and Heath made a couple of extra points during the 40-10 victory.
Bailey injured his groin and Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports on Monday that
he will miss several weeks while he recovers from the injury. Heath’s double duty won’t be continuing, however.
Coach Jason Garrett didn’t discuss how long Bailey will be out, but said on 105.3 The Fan on Monday that the team will look at other kicking options to be ready for his continued absence. He didn’t name any names, but Field Yates of ESPN reports that Mike Nugent,
Jason Myers, Sam Irwin Hill and
Younghoe Koo are
on the list.
Myers was recently cut by the Jaguars in favor of Josh Lambo, who lost the Chargers job to Koo this summer. Koo was discarded in favor of Nick Novak while Nugent came up short in a competition at Giants camp this summer. Irwin Hill spent the summer with Dallas as a camp leg alongside Bailey.