C. Isaiah Smalls

With a shin injury keeping Jordan Poyer out Sunday, Marcus Maye started against the New England Patriots. Then Jevón Holland broke his hand, thrusting Elijah Campbell into a starting role.

Thompson will likely still be the backup, per coach Mike McDaniel

‘We left some plays out there that we could’ve taken advantage of to win in a better fashion,’ Dolphins linebacker Jordyn Brooks said. “So it’s something to carry on through the bye week.”

The list of Dolphins who have sustained in-game concussions now has one more name.

Tune into Tyler Huntley’s second start at 1 p.m. on Sunday.

‘I’m not happy with the way anything has really been executed thus far,’ coach Mike McDaniel said. ‘I do think it’s equal parts across the board on offense from operation to execution of run and pass plays.’

‘What do you do businesswise if you’re the Dolphins?’ the Colorado coach said.

‘People believe when you give them reason to believe,’ coach Mike McDaniel said. ‘I’m not really villainizing the people who are jumping off the bandwagon; it’s more we gave them reason to. So that’s to be expected. ’

Rookie outside linebacker Chop Robinson and journeyman Quinton Bell will likely take over Phillips’ duties.

The Dolphins will also be without their leading tackler in linebacker David Long Jr.