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Nov 16, 1995: -- Gray, Albright on Injured Reserve --

The Dolphins made it official last night when they placed both starting offensive guard Chris Gray and reserve tackle Ethan Albright on injured reserve. This means that both players will be lost to the Dolphins for the rest of the season.

In other news, the Dolphins officially announced (to no one's surprise) that Louis Oliver would start in place of Gene Atkins on Monday against the 49ers.

Gray suffered ligament damage after he sprained his left ankle in the Patriots game on Sunday and is scheduled to have surgery on it on Friday. Albright tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, also during the Patriots game.

To take their roster spots, the Dolphins have signed Offensive lineman Gene McGuire and tight end Frank Wainwright. Bert Weidner will start for the injured Chris Gray and Tom McHale has apparently taken over the long-snapping duties for Albright.

McGuire, listed as 6'2" and 284 lbs, started his career in 1993 with the Bears, where he played in 9 games for them. Last year, McGuire was waived by the Cardinals in training camp and didn't play with any team. This year, the Packers waived him out of training camp. In college, McGuire played center for Notre Dame.

Frank Wainwright played with the New Orleans Saints from 1991 to 1993. He went to the University of of North Colorado and is listed as being 6'3" and 245 lbs.

Wainwright was signed by the Denver Broncos as a free agent in April of this year, but was waived in August and then picked up by the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles waived Wainwright on October 25th.

My Comments:

The injury bug strikes again. I don't think that Gray will be missed in the passing game, but he will be missed when the Dolphins try to run the football. He was a much better pulling guard than Weidner.

I don't much information about the new guys, but obviously they're nothing special. However, I'm a little confused about Wainwright. He's a tight end and I have no idea why the Dolphins need another tight end.