Dolphins wide receiver Kenny Stills suffered a groin strain in Week 7 and is likely to miss Thursday night’s game against the Texans, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (Twitter link). Stills will undergo an MRI today to determine the severity of his injury.
Miami can ill-afford to lose another wideout, as Albert Wilson is expected to miss multiple weeks after injuring his hip against the Lions. Wilson, for his part, will visit a specialist in order to get a timeline on his labrum issue, tweets Rapoport, but agent Drew Rosenhaus has already called a multi-week absence the “best case scenario” for Wilson, and he could potentially miss the rest of the season.
Stills will, in fact, miss Week 8, Adam Gase said Monday.
With Stills and Wilson sidelined, the Dolphins are down to just three receivers: Danny Amendola, Jakeem Grant, and DeVante Parker, the latter of whom was inactive with a nagging injury on Sunday. Parker’s agent has since lashed out at the Dolphins and head coach Adam Gase for their handling of Parker, and the former first-round pick has also been involved in trade rumors. But Miami’s dire situation at receiver may force the club to deploy Parker as a starter on Thursday night. Pass-catchers Leonte Carroo, Malcolm Lewis, Isaiah Ford, all of of whom are currently on on the Dolphins’ practice squad, are candidates for promotion.
Stills, 26, has started all seven games for the Dolphins this season while playing nearly 90% of the team’s offensive snaps. In that time, he’s compiled 16 receptions for 281 yards and four touchdowns, and ranks 10th among NFL wideouts in yards per catch with 17.6 (minimum 20 targets).