Breaking Down the Christmas Eve Roster Moves

[Fin Fan in Cali]

Breaking Down the Christmas Eve Roster Moves

The Miami Dolphins elevated return specialist Tommylee Lewis from the practice squad ahead of the matchup against his former team

www.si.com

Even though Jaylen Waddle and Jevon Holland will be back against the New Orleans Saints on Monday, the Miami Dolphins have decided to once again use veteran Tommylee Lewis as their return specialist for the game at the Superdome.

In one of the four moves the team announced Friday afternoon, the Dolphins elevated Lewis from the practice squad as a COVID-19 replacement.

The Dolphins did the same with center Cameron Tom, while activating running back Gerrid Doaks off the COVID-19 list and restoring him to the practice squad and also signing center Spencer Pulley to the practice squad.

Doaks being taken off the COVID-19 list obviously is good news, but it comes at a time when the Dolphins actually have an overabundance of running backs with four on the active roster along with Malcolm Brown having been designated to return and ready to be activated off IR.

So Doaks making his NFL regular season debut still might have to wait.

 

[Fin Fan in Cali]

 

[circumstances]

So healthy! It's scary!

 

[Phinz013]

Iggy is so bad that we cant even use him to field punts over a dude named TommyLee......

 

[lbmclean_nocal]

Spencer Pulley!!!!!

if I add 70 lbs I will be the next center signed to the PS

 

[TannDaMan17]

Iggy is so bad that we cant even use him to field punts over a dude named TommyLee......

Looking like he’s a total bust, he may not make the team next year. No big deal other than the opportunity cost with Jonathan Taylor. I Hope Grier learns from this

 

[PhinFan1968]

LOL @ one of the comments on that tweet..."That’s not the injury report for the Saints, it’s just literally who was at practice."

 

[SF Dolphin Fan]

Good news for Miami. Pretty healthy for this time of year. Now go get a win.

 

[crashfan]

The phins making the playoffs at this point is remote at best. Hopefully, they win this game and it is one at the end of the season that can be regarded as a win they were supposed to win.

 

[BlueFin]

Looking like he’s a total bust, he may not make the team next year. No big deal other than the opportunity cost with Jonathan Taylor. I Hope Grier learns from this

It’s a big deal blowing a first round pick…..

 

[YorkshirePhin]

Jesse Davis being available is a major concern

 

[Cheetah]

It’s a big deal blowing a first round pick…..

It is the Grier way but at least the 21' draft is looking good.

 

[fansinceGWilson]

Looking like he’s a total bust, he may not make the team next year. No big deal other than the opportunity cost with Jonathan Taylor. I Hope Grier learns from this

Can't blame Grier without blaming others equally

 

[AdamD13]

LOL @ one of the comments on that tweet..."That’s not the injury report for the Saints, it’s just literally who was at practice."

And Miami’s was a walkthrough.

It is comforting to know they estimate everyone is able to fully walk.

 

[Mach2]

Can't blame Grier without blaming others equally

I agree in theory.

That's not the way things generally work in the corporate world. If you are GM of an NFL team, the buck stops in that chair, fair or not, it's true with owners and fans alike.

TBH, I always thought Flo was the driving force behind Iggy. Grier likely made the decision to draft a corner to mitigate a potential loss of Howard. Flo may have had a lot of input as to the individual player.