The Miami Dolphins lost the battle at the line of scrimmage on both offense and defense last week and their prospects for changing that fact against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday has taken another significant blow.
Cameron Wake, perhaps the best defensive player on the team, was downgraded from doubtful to out against the Bengals on Saturday. When the team boarded its charter, Wake was not even on it as he remained behind in South Florida.
That comes in a week the defensive line started undermanned because Andre Branch will also miss the Bengals game, his second week out, with a knee injury and William Hayes is out for the season with a knee injury.