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MIAMI GARDENS - On Day 3 of the NFL draft, the Miami Dolphins finally selected a tight end - sort of - and an offensive tackle.The long wait for the Dolphins' first pick Saturday, which began with Round 4, finally concluded when the team took Stanford pass-catcher Elijah Higgins with their sixth-round selection, pick No. 197.

MIAMI GARDENS - Miami Dolphins general manager Chris Grier was not joking when he said he was immediately bolting upon conclusion of his draft wrap-up news conference to get to work on undrafted free agent additions Saturday night.After the Dolphins' four-pick draft haul between Friday and Saturday, the work immediately began within minutes of Mr. Irrelevant being announced as the final pick of the 2023 draft with at least 13 agreements reached.

MIAMI GARDENS - The 2023 NFL draft was low-key for the Dolphins because they didn't have a first-round pick and only had four selections overall.The Dolphins lost one first-round pick in the Tom Brady/Sean Payton tampering decision and the other in the deal to acquire edge rusher Bradley Chubb.Still, they improved their team talent by selecting cornerback Cam Smith in the second round and running back Devon Achane in the third round.

Miami Gardens - At the end of his introduction, in his last words before returning to his new work, Vic Fangio talked of coaching at Indianapolis back when the AFC East had five teams and reminiscing with Dan Marino about some old game.He then went back further back to Don Shula and those 1970s Dolphins teams, a coach with a past showing respect for this team's past now.

MIAMI GARDENS - Chris Grier began in pro football with Bill Parcells, and so when asked if the Miami Dolphins' 9-9 record accurately reflects his thoughts on the season he went right to Parcells' great line about, "You are who your record says you are."
"It is what it is," the Dolphins general manager said Monday on the first day of Miami's offseason.

MIAMI GARDENS - Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been ruled out for the team's wild-card playoff game at the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, coach Mike McDaniel said Wednesday.Tagovailoa will miss his third consecutive game after suffering his second diagnosed concussion of his third NFL season in the Dec. 25 loss against the Green Bay Packers.

MIAMI GARDENS - Miami Dolphins cornerback Xavien Howard and outside linebacker Bradley Chubb returned to the team's Thursday practice in a limited capacity ahead of their Sunday regular-season finale against the New York Jets, which could determine whether the team makes the playoffs.Howard (knee) and Chubb (hand/ankle), after missing last Sunday's loss against the New England Patriots, did not participate in Wednesday's drills.

MIAMI GARDENS - Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, as expected, was officially ruled out for Sunday's game against the New England Patriots due to his concussion.The third-year quarterback remains in the NFL's concussion protocol and likely in some of the early stages of the five-step return-to-play process as he did not practice all week.

Before this year's Super Bowl, the Kansas City football superfan known as Chiefsaholic was a source of fascination in the sports world.How, people wondered, did a man known for wearing a wolf mask to games and placing large bets end up in jail on charges that he robbed a bank in Tulsa, Okla.? Now Chiefsaholic, known legally as Xaviar Babudar, is at the heart of a much simpler mystery: Where is he?

NFL Miami is giving up a third-round pick plus tight end Hunter Long in the trade.MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - The Miami Dolphins are acquiring All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey in a trade with the Los Angeles Rams, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Sunday.The Rams will get Miami's third-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft and tight end Hunter Long, according to the people, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because neither team had announced the deal.

MIAMI GARDENS - Social media is chirping, and it hasn't been favorable toward the Miami Dolphins recently.Many players are aware of the comments, they're aware people who previously supported them whole-heartedly are now giving full-throated criticisms in very personal ways.The criticism is tough to ignore.

MIAMI GARDENS - It's been common this year to see a ball carrier burst beyond the line of scrimmage and ramble downfield for another 4 or 5 yards before being caught from behind by Dolphins 310-pound defensive tackle Christian Wilkins.It's just as common to see Wilkins drill a ball carrier behind the line of scrimmage for a 2- or 3-yard loss.

INDIANAPOLIS - Zay Flowers, an NFL draft prospect from South Florida and former Boston College wide receiver, has been a highlight of this week's NFL scouting combine, and his draft stock could be skyrocketing.The week's hype for Flowers, a former high school standout at Davie's University School, started when trainer Nick Hicks, who also trains Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, posted a before-and-after photo of the 5-foot-9 Flowers transforming his body from 170 pounds to 183 - still without any evidence of fat.

MIAMI GARDENS - Dolphins left tackle Terron Armstead called it a "grocery list" of injuries he has dealt with in his first season in Miami when he spoke to reporters Wednesday.Those body parts he has to cross off the checklist before getting ready for any game these days: Toe, pectoral muscle, knee and hip.

MIAMI GARDENS - Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Josh Boyer answered for his play call on third-and-goal from the 17-yard line right before halftime in Sunday night's loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Thursday, the first time he has spoken to reporters since the game.Boyer trotted out an alignment where eight defenders were at or near the goal line.

MIAMI GARDENS - Linebacker Channing Tindall, the Miami Dolphins' top draft pick in 2022, is coming off a rookie season where he barely saw playing time on defense.A special teams contributor throughout his first professional campaign, Tindall only saw defensive snaps in three games, for a grand total of nine snaps.

MIAMI GARDENS - Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel is ready to rule out one offensive tackle for Sunday's game at the San Francisco 49ers but not the other.McDaniel said right tackle Austin Jackson won't play, but he is leaving open the possibility of three-time Pro Bowl left tackle Terron Armstead playing through his pectoral strain at Levi's Stadium.

MIAMI GARDENS - Dolphins rookie quarterback Skylar Thompson will start Sunday's regular-season finale against the New York Jets and veteran Teddy Bridgewater will serve as backup, if possible, coach Mike McDaniel said Friday.Thompson, the seventh-round pick from Kansas State, said he doesn't need to do anything out of character for the Dolphins to win.

MIAMI GARDENS - The Miami Dolphins signed veteran quarterback Mike Glennon to their practice squad, the team announced Wednesday.Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel spoke after the Glennon announcement and said it's not yet known whether quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, who sustained a dislocated pinky on his right (throwing) hand in last Sunday's loss at New England, will be available to play this Sunday against the New York Jets.

MIAMI GARDENS - Give Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel credit for not making Sunday's game against San Francisco about him and his friend, Kyle Shanahan, the 49ers head coach, in any way.Sometimes that's a fine line to walk.McDaniel continuously insists this week's game is about two of the NFL's hottest teams - the Dolphins (8-3), who are riding a five-game winning streak, and the 49ers (7-4), who are riding a four-game winning streak.

MIAMI GARDENS - Amid the joy of the Dolphins celebrating their five-game winning streak, occupying first place in the AFC East (again), and being on the brink of playing meaningful December and January games, there's a bit of a downer.Left tackle Terron Armstead, a three-time Pro Bowl selection and team captain, left Sunday's 30-15 victory over Houston with a pectoral injury in the second quarter and didn't return.

MIAMI GARDENS - It was a typical Miami Dolphins losing locker room Sunday, same as the previous six times it's happened this season.True to their word through victory or loss, this was just one of 17 regular-season games, no more important than any of the others.That's why no one was loudly cursing, no one was visibly fuming, and there were no signs anyone lost their temper and threw stuff around after Sunday's 26-20 loss to the Green Bay Packers.

MIAMI GARDENS - The progress for Miami Dolphins left tackle Terron Armstead continues to look more encouraging as the days pass since he suffered a pectoral strain in Sunday's win over the Houston Texans.Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel called Armstead "game to game" on Wednesday, noted the three-time Pro Bowler won't require surgery and sounded like he wasn't immediately ruling Armstead for the three consecutive road games to come - or even this Sunday's game at the San Francisco 49ers.

MIAMI GARDENS - Miami Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert is officially out for the team's 1 p.m. kickoff against the Houston Texans after entering doubtful with a knee injury.Mostert and backup quarterback Teddy Bridgewater were among the five Dolphins inactives announced 90 minutes before kickoff.