OCTOBER 28, 2017 Dolphin Digest 15Tannehill talk
Quarterback Ryan Tannehill is spending the season
on injured reserve because of the knee injury he sustained
in August, but he’s still finding a way to help the Dol-
phins this season.
Head Coach Adam Gase said that Tannehill has been
a big help on game days by offering suggestions on the
sideline. “It’s not a ton, but it seems to be at the right
time,” Gase said. “It’s very helpful because he’s got very
good grasp of what our offense is.”
Gase said he often has to remind Tannehill to move
away from the playing field to make sure he doesn’t get
in the way of oncoming players during the action.
Before the Jets game at Hard Rock Stadium on Oct.
22, Tannehill spent about 20 minutes before the game
throwing passes. Other than the sleeve on his left leg,
Tannehill looked the same as usual.Practice time
Wide receiver Rashawn Scott, who has been on the
Physically Unable to Perform list all season, returned to
practice the week of the second Jets game.
That opened a three-week window for Scott, after
which the Dolphins will have one of three options for the
second-year player from the University of Miami: acti-
vate him to the 53-man roster; keep him on PUP for the
entire season; or release him.
Guard Ted Larsen, who is on injured reserve, became
eligible to return to practice at the same time as Scott, but that
didn’t happen. The Dolphins will have the same three-week
window once he does start practicing, though he’s not eligible
to play in a game until after Week 8. Larsen was placed on IR
in September because of a biceps injury.Great comeback in Atlanta
Miami’s terrific comeback, overcoming a 17-0 half-
time deficit to knock off the Falcons in Atlanta marked
the team’s largest comback since a 24-23 win over Buf-
falo at home on Dec. 4, 2005. In that game, the Dol-
phins fell behind 21-0 in the second quarter before
battling their way back. It was also their biggest come-
back on the road since overcoming an 18-point deficit
(24-6) against the New Yorks Jets on Nov. 27, 1994 in
a game now recognized as the “Fake Spike” game. The
record for the greatest comeback in team history still
stands at 24 when the Dolphins trailed New England at
home 24-0 on Dec. 15, 1974 and came back to win it
34-27.
Practice moves
Linebacker Neville Hewitt, who played all 32 games
the past two seasons with five starts, rejoined the Dolphins
the day after the victory against Tennessee when he was
signed to the practice squad.
Hewitt had been waived/injured Sept. 2 after sustaining
a shoulder injury and had been rehabbing in the early
weeks of the regular season.
To make room on the practice squad for Hewitt, the
Dolphins released fellow linebacker Trevor Reilly.
The other members of the practice, as of Oct. 22, were
QB Brandon Doughty, TE Thomas Duarte, T Sean
Hickey, WR Malcolm Lewis, WR Kolby Listenbee, DE
Cameron Malveaux, WR Drew Morgan, RB De’Veon
Smith and DT Gabe Wright.Former Dolphins news
Defensive tackle A.J. Francis was signed to the
Washington Redskins practice squad, then was pro-
moted to the active roster. ... Wide receiver Griff
Whalen was signed by the Baltimore Ravens. ... De-
fensive tackle Tony McDaniel was signed by the San
Francisco 49ers. ... Guard/tackle Billy Turner wasplaced on injured reserve by the Denver Broncos.‘We R Not Normal’ T-shirts
Dolphins coach Adam Gase gave his players “We R
Not Normal” T-shirts and several wore them after Miami’s
big come-from-behind win in Atlanta.
“I’m trying to remember,” said Gase. “I was going
over something and (Director of Player Engagement)
Kaleb (Thornhill) found some sign and we threw it up
there in our squad meeting. I just remember Cam
(Wake) walked by me and goes, ‘Now that’s a shirt.’ I
just banked that one. When things start going in differ-
ent directions and the sky is falling for everyone else
and our guys are just plugging along, I felt like it was a
good week to give those out and see what happened. I
think those guys embraced that. They know a lot of the
things they’ve been through and a lot of the things
they’ve fought through, a lot of people wouldn’t have
done what they’ve done so far.”DeGuglielmo returns
A former Dolphins coach is back in the house.
Dave DeGuglielmo, who served as the Dolphins of-
fensive line coach under Tony Sparano from 2009-
11, has been added to Adam Gase’s staff with the
title of senior offensive assistant.
DeGuglielmo (pronounced day-GHOUL-yell-
mo) returns to Miami after he spent the 2009-
seasons as the Dolphins offensive line coach. He
brings 25 years of coaching experience — 12
years in the NFL and 13 at the college level.
DeGuglielmo has coached two Super Bowl cham-
pions, serving as the assistant offensive line coach
for the New York Giants when they won Super
Bowl XLII following the 2007 season and as the
New England Patriots offensive line coach for their
Super Bowl XLIX win following the 2014 season.
“I met him this past summer,” said Gase. “He
was down here for a few days in training camp. We
had some good conversations just talking about
some of the things that we both experienced. We
just had a good few days of conversations and
we’ve kind of been around the same circle of peo-
ple throughout — obviously his career has been
going on a little longer than mine — but I just felt
like that was the first really name that popped in
my head.”
DeGuglielmo was hired in the aftermath of of-
fensive line coach Chris Foerster resigning after a
video surfaced online showing him snorting a
white powder.
Chris Kuper is the Dolphins’ assistant offensive
line coach.