News: Bills NT Torell Troup (lower back) was placed on injured reserve Wednesday. DL Lionel Dotson was promoted from the practice squad to the active roster to take Troup's spot.
Analysis: Dotson has played just seven games in his NFL career and has just four tackles. He is merely DL depth and can be ignored in Fantasy.
News: The Dolphins have signed DL Lionel Dotson off the Broncos practice squad. He will provide some depth with rookie DL Jared Odrick likely out for Week 2.
Analysis: Dotson spent his first two pro seasons with Miami, appearing in just two games. He might well be inactive quite a bit again in 2010, but Dotson would surely rather be on a 53-man roster than a practice squad. Continue to ignore Dotson in Fantasy play.
News: The Denver Broncos have signed running back Bruce Hall to their practice squad, one day after waiving him to make room for Andre Brown. The Broncos also signed offensive lineman Jeff Byers and defensive lineman Lionel Dotson to their practice squad.
Analysis: Dotson is a third-year pro who spent his first two seasons with the Miami Dolphins, who waived him over the weekend. He was a seventh-round pick out of Arizona in 2008. He has no Fantasy value at this time.
News: The Dolphins have announced the following players as inactive for Week 17 vs. Pittsburgh: QB Tyler Thigpen, DL Ryan Baker, DB Evan Oglesby, DE Lionel Dotson, DL Ikaika Alama-Francis and WR Patrick Turner.
Analysis: While rookie WR Turner might have some value in deeper keeper leagues, none of these guys have any Fantasy value in seasonal formats. Continue to ignore them.
News: The Dolphins have listed the following players as inactive for Week 16 vs. Houston: QB Tyler Thigpen, DB Evan Oglesby, DL Ikaika Alama-Francis, RB Kory Sheets, DL Lionel Dotson and WR Patrick Turner.
Analysis: While rookie WR Turner might have some value in deeper keeper leagues, none of these guys have any Fantasy value in seasonal formats. Continue to ignore them.
News: Miami has listed the following players as inactive for Week 15: QB Tyler Thigpen, RB Kory Sheets, DB Evan Oglesby, DE Lionel Dotson, DL Ikaika Alama-Francis and WR Patrick Turner.
Analysis: While rookie WR Turner might have some value in deeper keeper leagues, none of these guys have any Fantasy value in seasonal formats. Continue to ignore them.
News: The Dolphins have listed the following players as inactive for Week 14 at Jacksonville: RB Kory Sheets, LB Erik Walden, DL Lionel Dotson, DL Ikaika Alama-Francis, WR Patrick Turner and QB Tyler Thigpen.
Analysis: While rookie Turner might have some value in deeper keeper leagues, none of these guys have any Fantasy value in seasonal formats.
News: The following Dolphins players have been declared inactive for Week 13 vs. New England: RB Kory Sheets, DE Lionel Dotson, WR Patrick Turner, QB Tyler Thigpen and DL Ikaika Alama-Francis.
Analysis: While Turner might have some value in deeper keeper leagues, none of these guys have any Fantasy value in seasonal formats.
News: The Dolphins have declared DL Lionel Dotson (ankle) is out for their Week 12 game at Buffalo.
Analysis: Dotson has been inactive more often than not over these past two seasons, so as a fringe player he has no Fantasy value in IDP leagues.
News: Miami TE Anthony Fasano, DL Erik Walden, DL Lionel Dotson, DL Paul Soliai, DB Nate Ness and QB Tyler Thigpen have all been listed as inactive for the team's Week 11 game against the Panthers.
Analysis: Fasano has fallen out of favor with Fantasy owners and isn't worth owning going forward. The rest of these players have little to no Fantasy value.
News: The Dolphins have listed the following players as inactive for Week 8 at the Jets: QB Tyler Thigpen, LB Channing Crowder, RB Kory Sheets, DE Lionel Dotson, WR Patrick Turner and DL Quentin Moses.
Analysis: Crowder has some value in deeper IDP leagues, so be sure to bench him. None of the other guys have any Fantasy value at this time.
News: Dolphins RB Kory Sheets, QB Tyler Thigpen, DL Lionel Dotson, WR Patrick Turner, TE John Nalbone and DL Quentin Moses have all been ruled inactive for Week 7 vs. New Orleans.
Analysis: There are no real surprises here. Most of these players are reserves or special teams contributors for the Dolphins. They either don't play or hardly contribute when active. Keep them reserved for Week 7.
News: Miami has listed the following players as inactive for Monday night against the Jets: S Chris Clemons, DE Lionel Dotson, WR Patrick Turner, TE John Nalbone and LB Quentin Moses.
Analysis: The Dolphins players listed above are reserves and have little to no Fantasy value. Keep them reserved Week 5.
News: Dolphins LB Joey Porter, DB Chris Clemons, WR Frank Murphy, DL Lionel Dotson, WR Patrick Turner, TE John Nalbone and QB Tyler Thigpen (emergency QB) have all been ruled inactive for Week 4 vs. Buffalo.
Analysis: Porter is the only starter among the group and usually a viable Fantasy LB when healthy. Most of the other guys are reserves and have little to no Fantasy value. Keep them reserved Week 4.
News: The Dolphins inactives for Week 3 at the Chargers include QB Chad Henne (third QB), DB Chris Clemons, DE Lionel Dotson, WR Patrick Turner, TE John Nalbone and DL Erik Walden.
Analysis: Henne is inactive again so the Dolphins can keep QB Pat White on the active roster for his special plays out of the Wildcat. All these other players have minimal Fantasy value and should be reserved for Week 3.
News: The Dolphins inactives for Week 2 against the Colts include QB Chad Henne (third QB), DB Chris Clemons, DE Lionel Dotson, WR Patrick Turner, TE John Nalbone and LB Cameron Wake.
Analysis: Henne is inactive so the Dolphins can keep QB Pat White on the active roster for his special plays out of the Wildcat. All these other players have minimal Fantasy value and should be reserved for Week 2.
News: The Dolphins have announced the Week 1 inactives for their game at Atlanta: QB Chad Henne (third QB), S Chris Clemons, DE Lionel Dotson, WR Pat Turner, TE John Nalbone and LB Cameron Wake.
Analysis: No real Fantasy news here, although it's interesting that Henne is among the inactives as it means Pat White will replace Chad Pennington if Pennington get hurts. Continue to ignore all these guys in all season formats, although Henne has some minimal keeper value.
News: The Miami Dolphins have announced the inactives for their Week 17 game at the Jets. Not in uniform will be: QB John Beck, WR Ernest Wilford, LB William Kershaw, DE Lionel Dotson, LB Quentin Moses and DE Rodrique Wright.
Analysis: None of these players have any Fantasy value, so continue to ignore them in all formats.
News: The Dolphins have announced the inactives for their Week 16 game at Kansas City. Not in uniform will be: QB John Beck (third QB), WR Chris Hannon, LB Channing Crowder, DE Lionel Dotson, LB Quentin Moses and DE Rodrique Wright.
Analysis: Crowder has the most Fantasy value in this group as he is a legitimate starting LB in IDP leagues when healthy. Be sure to bench him. The other guys all have zero Fantasy value.
News: The Miami Dolphins have announced the inactives for their Week 15 game vs. San Francisco. Not in uniform will be: QB John Beck (third QB), WR Chris Hannon (coach's decision), RB Casey Cramer (coach's decision), DE Lionel Dotson (coach's decision), LB Quentin Moses (coach's decision) and DE Rodrique Wright (coach's decision).
Analysis: None of these players have any Fantasy value, so continue to ignore them in all formats.
News: The Dolphins have announced the inactives for their Week 14 game vs. Buffalo at Toronto. Not in uniform will be: QB John Beck (third QB), WR Chris Hannon (coach's decision), DB Joey Thomas (coach's decision), DE Lionel Dotson (coach's decision), TE Joey Haynos (coach's decision) and DE Rodrique Wright (coach's decision).
Analysis: None of these players have any Fantasy value, so continue to ignore them in all formats.
News: The Dolphins have announced the inactives for their Week 12 game vs. New England. Not in uniform will be: third QB John Beck, WR Ernest Wilford (coach's decision), DE Lionel Dotson (coach's decision), TE Joey Haynos (coach's decision), DB Joey Thomas (coach's decision) and DE Rodrique Wright (coach's decision).
Analysis: None of these players have any Fantasy value at the moment, so continue to ignore them in all formats.
News: The Dolphins have announced the inactives for their Week 11 game vs. Oakland. Not in uniform will be: third QB John Beck, WR Ernest Wilford (coach's decision), DE Lionel Dotson (coach's decision), TE Joey Haynos (coach's decision) and DE Rodrique Wright (coach's decision).
Analysis: None of these players have any Fantasy value at the moment, so continue to ignore them in all formats.
News: The Miami Dolphins have announced the inactives for their Week 10 game vs. Seattle. Not in uniform will be: third QB John Beck, WR Ernest Wilford (coach's decision), DE Lionel Dotson (coach's decision), TE Joey Haynos (coach's decision) and DE Rodrique Wright (coach's decision).
Analysis: None of these players have any Fantasy value at the moment, so continue to ignore them in all formats.
News: Miami has listed the following players as inactive for Week 9 at Denver: QB John Beck (3rd QB), DL Rodrique Wright, WR Ernest Wilford, TE Casey Cramer, DL Lionel Dotson and WR Derek Hagan.
Analysis: Wilford and Hagans both had a little Fantasy value to start the season, but the fact they seem to be inactive more often than not means you should ignore them in almost all formats for the time being. Everyone else on this list has zero Fantasy value.
News: The Dolphins have announced the inactives for their Week 8 game vs. Buffalo. Not in uniform will be: QB John Beck (coach's decision), WR Ernest Wilford (coach's decision), FB Casey Cramer (ankle), DE Lionel Dotson (coach's decision), DE Rodrique Wright (coach's decision) and CB Joey Thomas (coach's decision).
Analysis: The main news out of Miami is that NT Jason Ferguson will play -- a huge boost for the Dolphins DST. None of the inactive players have any Fantasy value.
News: The Dolphins inactives for Week 6 at Houston include QB John Beck, WR Ernest Wilford, DE Lionel Dotson, WR Derek Hagan and DE Rodrique Wright.
Analysis: Wilford has been a huge disappointment for the Dolphins thus far. Keep him reserved for Week 6 along with these other players.
News: The Dolphins have announced the inactives for their Week 5 game vs. San Diego. Not in uniform will be: QB John Beck, DE Lionel Dotson, TE Joey Haynos, WR Derek Hagan and DE Rodrique Wright.
Analysis: The only real surprise here is Hagan, who had been the Dolphins third WR for the first few weeks of the season. Brandon London will take his spot, but shouldn't see too much of the ball. Continue to ignore all these guys in Fantasy play.
News: The Miami Dolphins have listed the inactives for their Week 3 game at New England. Not in uniform will be: third QB John Beck (coach's decision), DE Lionel Dotson (coach's decision), WR Brandon London (coach's decision), Jalen Parmele (coach's decision) and DE Rodrique Wright (coach's decision).
Analysis: None of these players have any Fantasy value and should be unowned in most formats anyway. Continue to ignore them.
News: The Dolphins have announced their inactives for their Week 2 game at Arizona. Not in uniform will be: third QB John Beck (coach's decision), DE Lionel Dotson (coach's decision), WR Brandon London (coach's decision), RB Jalen Paremele (coach's decision) and DE Rodrique Wright (coach's decision).
Analysis: None of the these players have any Fantasy value at this time. Continue to ignore them.
News: The Dolphins have announced their inactives for Week 1 against the Jets: WR Ernest Wilford, QB John Beck, DB Michael Lehan, RB Jalen Parmelee, DL Lionel Dotson and DL Rodrique Wright.
Analysis: Many people in deeper leagues drafted Wilford thinking he would start in Miami. So much for that. Keep him benched in all formats and you might need to release him some time down the road. None of these other players have any Fantasy value.
