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Getty Images Former Detroit Lions and Indianapolis Colts head coach Jim Caldwell is feeling healthy once again after having to take leave from his job with the Miami Dolphins last season. Caldwell stepped away from his post last July as assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach with the...

Getty Images Maryland coach Michael Locksley made it to the top. Now he wants to help others find an easier path, and he’s enlisted some powerful NFL names in his effort. According to Jim Trotter of NFL.com, Locksley formed the National Coalition of Minority Football Coaches, which hopes to...

Getty Images When Thursday’s transactions are officially reported, the Dolphins will have an eye-opening disclosure: Six players will be listed as additions to the COVID-19 list. Given that the Dolphins are in one of the world’s leading COVID-19 hot spots, the impression will arise that they...

Getty Images The Dolphins placed six players on the COVID-19 list Thursday, but multiple reports out of Miami indicate that the deactivations came, not because of positive tests, but because contact tracing showed contact with a positive teammate. Defensive linemen Shaq Lawson, Raekwon Davis...

Getty Images Dolphins running back Matt Breida says there’s no one in the NFL as fast as him. Asked today who the fastest player in the NFL is, Breida said it’s him and he offered as proof the NFL’s Next Gen Stats, which use tracking data on every player’s shoulder pads to measure running...

Getty Images The Dolphins put a fourth player on the reserve/COVID-19 list Wednesday, on the heels of two players opting out. The team announced that defensive tackle Davon Godchaux was placed on the list. The list is for players who either test positive, or are quarantining because they’ve...

Getty Images The Dolphins have had their first player opt out of playing the 2020 season. Wide receiver Allen Hurns announced his plans in a Twitter post on Tuesday afternoon. Hurns said it “definitely wasn’t an easy decision,” but that he was doing what he thinks is best for his family...

Getty Images The Dolphins have lost a second wide receiver in as many days. Wideout Albert Wilson just tweeted out word that he was choosing to opt out of this season, citing his goal to “put my family in the best situation I see fit.” His announcement comes a day after Allen Hurns announced...

Getty Images The Dolphins announced they activated cornerback Cordrea Tankersley off the reserve/COVID-19 list before cutting him. The team made Tankersley a third-round pick in 2017, but he has played only 17 career games with 11 starts because of a knee injury. He missed all of last season...

Getty Images The Miami Dolphins claimed cornerback Picasso Nelson off waivers from the Indianapolis Colts on Monday. Nelson has spent time with the Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars after being signed as an undrafted free agent out of Southern Mississippi. Nelson recorded 202 tackles with five...

Getty Images Broncos tackle Ja'Wuan James, a former first-round pick who signed a four-year, $51 million deal in Denver last year, has opted out for the 2020 season, according to Mike Klis of 9News.com. Injuries limited James to three regular-season games in 2019, his first with the Broncos...

Getty Images One of the Dolphins’ big-money additions this offseason is going to miss some time. According to Albert Breer of SI.com, the Dolphins placed guard Ereck Flowers on the reserve/COVID-19 list Sunday. He’s the sixth Dolphins player to hit the list so far. The list is for people who...

Getty Images Dolphins safety Bobby McCain thinks this season the team that takes the most caution to avoid getting COVID-19 may turn out to be the team holding the Vince Lombardi Trophy. McCain said that players need to hold their teammates accountable and call them out if they go to bars...

Getty Images There will be no quarterback controversy in Miami, where incumbent starter Ryan Fitzpatrick says he’s happy to help rookie Tua Tagovailoa in any way he can, and ready either to start or to hand the job off to the youngster. “I don’t know how much time it will be before Tua will be...

Getty Images The Dolphins announced Saturday they have signed long snapper Rex Sunahara. Miami needed a long snapper with Blake Ferguson still on the COVID-19 list. The Dolphins selected Ferguson in the sixth round this spring. Sunahara is an undrafted free agent from West Virginia. He was a...

Getty Images The Saints placed linebacker Kiko Alonso and cornerback Johnson Bademosi on the physically unable to perform list Saturday. Alonso continues to work his way back from a torn ACL in the Saints’ postseason loss to the Vikings. Bademosi ended last season on injured reserve with a...

Getty Images The good news is, they’ve got a long way to go before they’re compared to their baseball neighbors. But the Dolphins did put two more players on the reserve/COVID-19 list Friday. The latest additions were linebacker Jerome Baker and defensive tackle Zach Sieler. That makes five...

Getty Images Washington has claimed cornerback Ryan Lewis off waivers, the team announced Thursday. The Dolphins waived Lewis on Wednesday. The Dolphins claimed Lewis off waivers last October. He played eight games with three starts for Miami in 2019, making 24 tackles, one interception and...

Getty Images The Dolphins announced Wednesday they claimed defensive tackle Ray Smith off waivers from San Francisco. The team also waived cornerback Ryan Lewis and activated Benito Jones off the reserve/COVID-19 list. Smith spent the offseason with the 49ers after stints on the practice...

Getty Images Buccaneers tight end Cameron Brate was promoting the need for plasma donations after he recovered from COVID-19, and he’s not the only Florida player doing so. The Dolphins just sent out a message via social media encouraging donations of convalescent plasma, which can help...