Breaking Down the Week 5 Dolphins-Giants Inactive Info

The Dolphins will get one key starter back against the Giants, but it's another week on the sideline for a young defensive star

Alain Poupart | Oct 8, 2023

Breaking Down the Week 5 Dolphins-Giants Inactive Info /

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The Miami Dolphins will get starting center Connor Williams back for their Week 5 game against the New York Giants, but they once again will be without linebacker Jaelen Phillips.

Also inactive will be wide receiver Chase Claypool, who was acquired in a trade with the Chicago Bears on Friday and realistically never had much of a chance to play without practicing even once with the team.

The other inactive players will CB Kelvin Joseph, RB Salvon Ahmed and DT Brandon Pili.

Skylar Thompson, as usual, will be serving as the emergency third quarterback.

As expected, safety DeShon Elliott will be back in the starting lineup, and CB Eli Apple and TE Tyler Kroft also will be in the lineup after being inactive at Buffalo last week.

With Phillips, his status probably should have been guessed when the Dolphins elevated Chase Winovich for a third time this season Saturday. Chances are, they wouldn't have used up Winovich's final elevation to simply play special teams.

But the return of Williams is the big news here, particularly in light of the struggles up front in the 48-20 loss against the Bills.

GIANTS INACTIVE INFO

For the Giants, the big news Sunday was running back Saquon Barkley joining the three injured offensive linemen on the inactive list.

It will be a third game missed for Barkley, who sustained an ankle sprain in the Week 2 Giants victory against Arizona.

Also inactive for the Giants will be S Gervarrius Owens, LB Micah McFadden and DL Jordon Riley, along with injured O-linemen Andrew Thomas, John Michael Schmitz and Shane Lemieux.

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Published Oct 8, 2023

ALAIN POUPART

Alain Poupart is the publisher/editor of All Dolphins and co-host of the All Dolphins Podcast. Alain has covered the Miami Dolphins on a full-time basis since 1989 for various publications and media outlets, including Dolphin Digest, The Associated Press, the Dolphins team website, and the Fan Nation Network (part of Sports Illustrated). In addition to being a credentialed member of the Miami Dolphins press corps, Alain has covered three Super Bowls (for NFL.com, Football News and the Montreal Gazette), the annual NFL draft, the Senior Bowl, and the NFL Scouting Combine. During his almost 40 years in journalism, which began at the now-defunct Miami News, Alain has covered practically every sport at one time or another, from tennis to golf, baseball, basketball and everything in between. The career also included time as a copy editor, including work on several books such as "Still Perfect," an inside look at the Miami Dolphins' 1972 perfect season. A native of Montreal, Canada, whose first language is French, Alain grew up a huge hockey fan but soon developed a love for all sports, including NFL football. He has lived in South Florida since the 1980s.