Dolphins’ Brandon Jones, Adam Butler active for pivotal game at Titans

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Miami Dolphins information Brandon Jones and antiaircraft lineman Adam Butler are some progressive for the team’s captious crippled astatine the Tennessee Titans connected Sunday afternoon.

Jones and Butler were successful league COVID-19 protocols passim the past week. They were removed from the team’s reserve/COVID-19 database connected Saturday day astatine the deadline to marque roster moves up of Sunday’s game.

Jones and Butler traveled separately from the remainder of the squad connected Saturday, and contempt their removal from the COVID list, they entered Sunday questionable, officially, owed to illness. They were announced arsenic cleared to play 3 and a fractional hours earlier the 1 p.m. kickoff astatine Nissan Stadium successful Nashville.

Jones has 66 tackles, 5 sacks, an interception, a forced fumble, 2 fumble recoveries and a walk breakup successful 13 games, 11 starts astatine beardown safety. Butler has 16 tackles, 2 sacks and 3 walk deflections arsenic a rotational antiaircraft lineman for Miami.

Two weeks ago, Miami likewise activated rookie escaped information Jevon Holland disconnected COVID reserve the time earlier the Dec. 19 crippled against the Jets, but helium was not cleared up of the Sunday kickoff.

Neither Jones nor Butler practiced this past week successful mentation for the Titans aft landing connected the COVID database connected Tuesday. They some played successful Monday night’s triumph astatine the New Orleans Saints with Jones signaling six tackles, a sack and a precocious interception.

Remaining active-roster Dolphins connected the COVID database arsenic of Sunday are cornerback Noah Igbinoghene, information Sheldrick Redwine, antiaircraft tackle John Jenkins and wide receivers Preston Williams, Allen Hurns and Lynn Bowden. Igbinoghene and Redwine were added connected Saturday, Hurns and Bowden are connected season-ending injured reserve and weren’t disposable to play anyway.

Miami had nary different players participate Sunday’s crippled that carries important AFC playoff implications with an wounded designation. The Dolphins announced six steadfast inactives: Running backmost Salvon Ahmed, choky extremity Hunter Long, linebackers Vince Biegel and Darius Hodge, cornerback Trill Williams and halfway Cameron Tom.

The Titans had extracurricular linebacker Derick Roberson (illness) and antiaircraft lineman Larrell Murchison (knee) deemed retired up of kickoff aft entering Sunday questionable. They besides had antiaircraft backs Chris Jones and Greg Mabin arsenic steadfast inactives.

Tennessee did not activate seasoned wide receiver Julio Jones disconnected their COVID database connected Saturday, truthful helium is out, on with linebacker Jayon Brown and tackle Kendall Lamm.

This communicative volition beryllium updated.

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