Miami Dolphins' Week 8 Challenges: Tyreek Hill's Status and Defensive Absences

The Miami Dolphins made their inactives 90 minutes before the game, readying for Week 8 against the Arizona Cardinals. Missing from the list is a starting defensive tackle who suffered an eye injury to be out. This already sets a heavy burden to the defense line of their team in preparation for battle against the offensive line which they were expecting to come their way.Tyreek Hill was good to go, despite some concern over a foot injury that had him questionable for much of the week. Miami needs him on the field since he brings all the speed and play-making the Dolphins' offense does, so everyone's happy to see him out there, thereby ratcheting up a good bit of excitement for Miami's air game.Also Read - How NFL Players InvestThere were only a few big Dolphins out for this game besides Sieler. These included CB Kader Kahou, LB Mohamed Kamara, OL Andrew Meyer, RB Jeff Wilson, CB Storm Duck, TE Tanner Conner. Miami really could not spare another loss of a starting defensive man in Kahou after suffering one this week.Without Sieler and Kahou, the Dolphins were thinner in places along the defense. The coaching staff would need to come up with additional defensive plays against the potent Cardinals offense line. Such defensive adjustments would prove vital in continuing that performance and keeping the opposition at bay all game.As the Dolphins prepared to play, fans and pundits alike salivated at how the team would handle these tests. The good news was that Hill would indeed play as an active participant. But the story to be told would be the one about the defense without nearly all of its best players on the field. The game was going to be a close one, and how Miami fared without some of its better players would decide the final outcome.In summary, with the Tyreek Hill talent, that was the amount of energy the dolphins received while their defensive challenges before Week 8, mostly due to some key injuries, appeared to raise enough questions over their preparedness at all. There were high stakes, with every player coming up for the contest.Also Read - Record Breaking Viewership of NFL