Breaking Down the First Week 8 Injury Report

The Miami Dolphins' first injury report included some significant names ahead of their game against the Arizona Cardinals.

Miami Dolphins cornerback Kader Kohou (4) celebrates following an interception against the Seattle Seahawks during the first quarter at Lumen Field. / Joe Nicholson-Imagn Images

The Miami Dolphins' first Week 8 injury report featured some big names, none bigger than quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who, as we already knew, was listed as limited in his return from his concussion.

Because this was the next step in the Return to Play protocol, this was always going to be his status for this first injury report of the week. As a point of reference, Terron Armstead and Kendall Fuller were both listed as limited on the Wednesday of the New England game when they returned after missing one game because of a concussion.

Barring any complications, Tagovailoa should progress to being a full participant in practice Thursday before being cleared to play.

Five Dolphins players didn't practice Wednesday, including Armstead and Calais Campbell, who were getting their customary Wednesday off for vet rest.

The three with DNPs related to injuries were QB Tyler Huntley (shoulder), CB Storm Duck (ankle), and CB Kader Kohou (neck).

Head coach Mike McDaniel said before practice that he didn't expect Huntley to be able to play against the Cardinals because of the injury he sustained in the Week 7 loss against the Colts. Duck was also injured in that game. At the same time, Kohou's situation is more mysterious because there was no injury report for him during the game.

The Dolphins had four players besides Tua listed as limited, led by safety Jevon Holland, who missed the game at Indianapolis because of the hand injury he sustained at New England in Week 5.

Also listed as limited were OL Liam Eichenberg (shoulders), LB Emmanuel Ogbah (bicep), and WR Jaylen Waddle (quad). Ogbah missed the game against the Colts because of his injury.

CARDINALS INJURY REPORT

The Cardinals were scheduled to conduct a walk-through in the afternoon so that the injury report would be based on an estimation.

Arizona suffered a significant setback during their 17-15 Monday night victory against the L.A. Chargers when starting linebacker Dennis Gardeck suffered a knee injury that head coach Jonathan Gannon said Tuesday would land him on injured reserve.