MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins will turn to Tyler “Snoop” Huntley at quarterback when they face the Tennessee Titans on Monday night.
With backup Skylar Thompson nursing a rib injury suffered last Sunday at Seattle, Huntley and Tim Boyle were Miami's options for Week 4. Tua Tagovailoa remains out with a concussion.
Coach Mike McDaniel said the decision to go with Huntley came down to the quarterback's experience and his teammates' positive response to him since he arrived in Miami. The Dolphins signed him off the Ravens' practice squad on Sept. 17.
“Snoop has started multiple and many big games," McDaniel said Saturday. "As a quarterback, just understanding exactly what is required to win over teammates to take the place of somebody else and be able to assert their own personality, their own skill set, their own traits within the offense and lead people.”
Huntley was named to the Pro Bowl in 2022 after helping lead Baltimore to the playoffs in place of an injured Lamar Jackson. He has a 64.6% career completion percentage and gives the Dolphins depth as a runner.
It will be a homecoming for Huntley, who grew up in South Florida but went to college in Utah before spending the first four seasons of his career mostly in Baltimore.
“That’s just a child’s dream,” Huntley said this week. “Being able to play for your home team, man, that’s just something everybody doesn’t get to come across.”
Boyle will be Huntley's backup on Monday.
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Miami Dolphins quarterback Tyler Huntley (18) throws a pass during practice at the NFL football team's training facility, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
ROME (AP) — Lautaro Martinez ended his post-Copa America slump 42 days into Inter Milan’s Serie A season, scoring twice in a 3-2 win for the defending champion at Udinese on Saturday.
Martinez led the league with 24 goals last season and scored a Copa-best five goals — including the winner in the final — to lead Argentina to the Copa America trophy in July.
But he acknowledged after last weekend’s derby loss to AC Milan that he hadn’t been in top shape after going scoreless in Inter’s opening five Serie A games — plus a 0-0 draw at Manchester City in the Champions League during which he was benched at the start for his lack of fitness.
After Davide Frattesi opened the scoring for Inter and Christian Kabasele equalized for Udinese, Martinez struck either side of halftime. First, he bundled over the line after missing an initial attempt. Then he finished off a setup from Marcus Thuram to revive the scoring tandem that powered Inter to the title last season.
Martinez scored in Serie A for the first time since March.
Lorenzo Lucca pulled one back for Udinese late in the second half.
Inter moved level on points with Torino and Milan atop the standings. Milan beat Lecce 3-0 on Friday, while Torino hosts Lazio on Sunday.
Later, Juventus was visiting Genoa and Bologna was hosting Atalanta.
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Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez warms up prior to the Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Inter, at the Bluenergy Stadium in Udine, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)
Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez celebrates after scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Inter, at the Bluenergy Stadium in Udine, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)
Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez, right, during the Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Inter, at the Bluenergy Stadium in Udine, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)
Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez, second from right, celebrates after scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Inter, at the Bluenergy Stadium in Udine, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)
Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez celebrates after scoring during the Serie A soccer match between Udinese and Inter, at the Bluenergy Stadium in Udine, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (Andrea Bressanutti/LaPresse via AP)
