Dolphins Make Couple of IR Moves

The Miami Dolphins made some transactions Wednesday.

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Braylon Sanders (86) stiff-arms Washington Commanders safety Dominique Hampton (45) during the third quarter of a preseason game at Hard Rock Stadium. / Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

The Miami Dolphins made a couple of additional moves Wednesday involving players who were on their injured reserve (IR) list.

Wide receiver Braylon Sanders and edge defender Wyatt Ray both were released off IR with an injury settlement, making them eligible to sign with any team other than the Dolphins immediately.

Sanders was waived/injured, and Ray was placed on IR when the team made roster moves on August 27th to reduce the 53-player limit.

The Dolphins did the same thing earlier this week with running back Chris Brooks, who signed with the Green Bay Packers practice squad the next day, and with 2023 seventh-round Ryan Hayes, the tackle from Michigan.

Linebacker Ezekiel Vandenburgh got an injury settlement off IR earlier after being waived/injured in mid-August.

THE CURRENT IR LIST

The Dolphins have eight players on injured reserve, including two designated to return.

Wide receiver River Cracraft and cornerback Cam Smith were placed on IR on that roster cutdown day and will be eligible to return after four games.

Rookie safety Patrick McMorris was placed on IR on August 28th after being part of the initial 53-man roster, allowing him to return (if the Dolphins choose to make that move) after he sits out at least four games.

The five players on IR who are not eligible to return for the Dolphins in 2024 are rookie WR Tahj Washington, rookie LB Grayson Murphy, T Kion Smith, WR Anthony Schwartz, Jr., and LB Cam Brown.

The Dolphins also have four players on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list who must also sit out a minimum of four games: WR Odell Beckham, Jr., OLB Bradley Chubb, OLB Cameron Goode, and OL Isaiah Wynn.