Dolphins

Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa on the 2025 season so far: “Definitely not happy, not proud of where i’m at with my play, with how I’ve gone about things this year. I know I’ve gotta be a lot better — and I’ve been better for the Miami Dolphins in years past. But this isn’t years past, this is this year.” (Marcel Louis-Jacques)
Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel said this is going to be an “important work week” for a few players this coming week: “If you are negatively impacting the team routinely, I have no choice but to assess a different player — and I have to coach a lot better, as well.” (Louis-Jacques)
McDaniel reflected on his postgame conversation with owner Stephen Ross, which they have after every game: “There was a lot to talk about within that particular game … Definitely didn’t see it playing out that way … I can’t speak on all the speculative things that aren’t real. We have a lot of things to focus on, none of which is speculating on speculation.” (Marcel Louis-Jacques)
McDaniel praised the defense for not quitting in the second half: “I know the guys are tired — they wanted a f——— win and we didn’t get it … I’m looking for guys to lean into the team and not feel like, ‘oh I did alright, it’s not my fault.’ “No, that’s not how it works. We all have to stay together and we all have to be focused.” (Louis-Jacques)
Dolphins TE Darren Waller has a strained pec muscle that is not expected to require surgery and will keep him week-to-week for now. (Adam Schefter)
Per Barry Jackson, K Jason Sanders, OT Austin Jackson, G James Daniels, C Andrew Meyer and G Liam Eichenberg are not ready to practice yet.

Jets

Jets HC Aaron Glenn said he will speak with other coaches who have been in similar situations with their starting quarterbacks when asked who the starter will be: “I’m not running away from the question at all. Thing is, I want to make sure I make the right decision.” (Rich Cimini)
Glenn was asked why they haven’t been able to get the best out of Fields: “That’s a good question and I think there’s blame to go around on a number of things when you look at that question. We have to continue to figure out, how do we put him in the best position to be successful? We also have to look at Justin; he has to execute. So there’s a number of things that go into that.” (Cimini)
Glenn said the team needed a spark on Sunday, which led to the quarterback change. However, Glenn was not willing to name a starter for next week at this time. (Brian Costello)
He also mentioned that CB Sauce Gardner is dealing with a concussion. (Costello)

Patriots

Patriots RB Tony Dews was asked about the transition being made by rookie RB TreVeyon Henderson, as he is approaching the halfway mark of his first NFL season after being drafted in the second round out of Ohio State.

“He’s progressing,” Dews told Mike Reiss. “He’s getting better each day, each week. It’s not a learning curve, because he understands exactly what he’s doing. Just as he keeps going, and sees more looks — in the preseason, everything is pretty vanilla. Then all of a sudden you get into the season and the game-planning part of it, and now people are game-planning us based on what they see and what they’ve seen us do. So looks change. Things change. “… When you’re playing a lot in the preseason, you’re not playing against the same vets that you’re playing against [now]. He is progressing well, moving right along. Sometimes when I talk to Josh [McDaniels] and ask about the guys that were here in the past [at running back], it sounds like from Josh he’s very much on par with some of the other guys who played early as rookies. He feels like he’s in that same world, where they were at this point in their rookie seasons.”

Patriots HC Mike Vrabel on his return to Tennessee: “We’ve moved on. Whole different challenge.” (Doug Kyed)
Vrabel said he’s not “aware of” QB Drake Maye being in concussion protocol after leaving the field when he hit his head in Week 7. (Andrew Callahan)

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