MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Mike McDaniel has an idea of who will start at quarterback for the Miami Dolphins against the Tennessee Titans on Monday night. For now, he's keeping it to himself.
Asked about the state of his quarterback carousel, the Dolphins' coach said Thursday that it's “premature for a multitude of reasons” to name a starter, citing competitive advantage as one.
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Green Bay Packers' Josh Jacobs is stopped by Tennessee Titans' L'Jarius Sneed during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tim Boyle, right, fist bumps with Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)
Green Bay Packers' Malik Willis is sacked by Tennessee Titans' Jeffery Simmons during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Miami Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson lies on the field after a play during the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Green Bay Packers' Kingsley Enagbare causes a fumble as he sacks Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tyler Huntley puts on his helmet during practice at the NFL football team's training facility, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Green Bay Packers' Malik Willis talks to Tennessee Titans' Will Levis after an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Miami Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson (19) leaves the field during the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)
“A lot has gone on the last 48 hours," McDaniel said. “Instead of wishing something into existence, I’ll let it play out. The quarterbacks that will be participating today, we’ll get action and great opportunity, and as the week progresses, I’ll be sure to shout it from the top of a building when we know that.”
With Tua Tagovailoa sidelined for at least several more weeks with a concussion, the Dolphins turned to backup Skylar Thompson last week at Seattle.
Thompson went down, too, and his status against Tennessee is in question because of a rib injury. He was limited at practice on Thursday and appeared in pain as he jogged on the field.
If the quarterback is unable to make his second straight start, that leaves Tim Boyle and newcomer Tyler “Snoop” Huntley as Miami's options.
McDaniel turned to Boyle when Thompson went down last Sunday, partially because he did not want to rush Huntley onto the field after signing with the team last Tuesday. The coach said he is growing “very, very encouraged” with Huntley's grasp of the offense.
Huntley was praised by his Ravens teammates in the past when he took over the offense for an injured Lamar Jackson, and his new Dolphins teammates have expressed the same confidence.
“For me, I've seen it. I've been watching film of him since he got here,” receiver Tyreek Hill said. “And I'm like, this dude can make every throw. This dude is special with his legs. He's a special talent.”
Added Huntley: “I just hope I continue to build toward their confidence, and I plan to."
It'll be the second straight week that the Titans (0-3) go into a game not knowing who the opposing starting quarterback will be. Tennessee didn't know the status of Green Bay starter Jordan Love until game day, with the Packers scratching Love about 90 minutes before kickoff as he continues recovering from a knee injury.
While McDaniel indicated Thursday that he could name a starter before Monday, the Titans have their suspicions about who they might face.
“We’ve got to prepare for Snoop,” said Tennessee defensive coordinator Dennard Wilson, who was the Ravens' secondary coach when Huntley was in Baltimore. “He brings a different element. You know, he can run the ball. They can run some of the option stuff and things, the zone read. So we got to be prepared both ways."
The Titans are coming into the matchup having lost 21 of 27 games. They have not scored 30 or more points in 38 straight, dating to Jan. 2, 2022 — a 34-3 win over Miami.
Quarterback Will Levis, whose last win as a starter was against the Dolphins last December, said desperation isn't the right mindset for a team looking for its first victory.
“You can’t go in thinking, ‘We have to win. We have to win,'” Levis said. “It’s just, ‘We have to execute. We have to execute the game plan.’ There’s no situation that you’re put in really ... where it is appropriate to stray from that game plan.”
The Titans pride themselves on playing stingy defense and have gotten off to a good start under Wilson. But Wilson said they missed 15 missed tackles in last week's loss to the Packers.
Defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons said the team spent Wednesday going over the “paper cut” mistakes that cost them. Tennessee allowed 188 yards rushing on 5.1 yards per attempt.
“We didn’t tackle well (is) I think the biggest thing,” Simmons said. “But we know teams (are) not going to come and try to run the ball down the middle of our defense. Same things that we saw last week. It’s going to be the same type of plays we see this week, and that’s the perimeter runs. And we just have to do a better job at the perimeter runs, and that’ll fix our defense.”
Titans cornerback L’Jarius Sneed knows Hill well from their time making each other better as teammates in Kansas City. They last faced off in the playoffs before the Chiefs traded Sneed to Tennessee this offseason. Hill posted a social media video of the cornerback sending him off to Cancun after the Dolphins lost, which Sneed thought was funny. Sneed also knows the challenge he’ll face Monday night.
“No key to slowing Tyreek,” Sneed said.
Hill, the NFL's leading receiver in 2023, has seen a big drop in his production so far. He has 13 catches on 23 targets for 194 yards and one touchdown. That's down from 25 catches on 35 targets for 412 yards and four touchdowns through three weeks last season.
Hill said there are several reasons he hasn't made as big of an impact yet, including the changes at quarterback. He also expressed optimism in the Dolphins receivers' ability to get separation and make plays.
“We're still fast, (aren't) we?” Hill said. “There's a lot of things that go into that. ... A lot of people see things differently. Tua may see something different than Boyle. Boyle may see something different than Skylar. Snoop may see something different than Tua. It's all about timing and trust, building that relationship with the quarterback.”
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Green Bay Packers' Josh Jacobs is stopped by Tennessee Titans' L'Jarius Sneed during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tim Boyle, right, fist bumps with Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)
Green Bay Packers' Malik Willis is sacked by Tennessee Titans' Jeffery Simmons during the first half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Miami Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson lies on the field after a play during the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Green Bay Packers' Kingsley Enagbare causes a fumble as he sacks Tennessee Titans quarterback Will Levis during the second half of an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tyler Huntley puts on his helmet during practice at the NFL football team's training facility, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Green Bay Packers' Malik Willis talks to Tennessee Titans' Will Levis after an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Miami Dolphins quarterback Skylar Thompson (19) leaves the field during the second half of an NFL football game against the Seattle Seahawks, Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota prosecutor on Friday called on members of the public to send any video or other evidence in the fatal shooting of Renee Good directly to local investigators, challenging the Trump administration's decision to leave the investigation solely to the FBI.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said that although her office has collaborated effectively with the FBI in past cases, she is concerned by the Trump administration's decision to bar state and local agencies from playing any role in the investigation into Wednesday's killing of Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Minneapolis.
She also said the officer who shot Good in the head does not have complete legal immunity, as Vice President JD Vance declared.
“We do have jurisdiction to make this decision with what happened in this case,” Moriarty said at a news conference. “It does not matter that it was a federal law enforcement agent.”
Moriarty said her office would post a link for the public to submit footage of the shooting, even though she acknowledged that she wasn't sure what legal outcome submissions might produce.
The prosecutor's announcement came on a third day of Minneapolis protests over Good's killing and a day after federal immigration officers shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon.
Good's wife, Becca Good, released a statement to Minnesota Public Radio on Friday saying, “kindness radiated out of her.”
"On Wednesday, January 7th, we stopped to support our neighbors. We had whistles. They had guns," Becca Good said.
“I am now left to raise our son and to continue teaching him, as Renee believed, that there are people building a better world for him,” she wrote. “That the people who did this had fear and anger in their hearts, and we need to show them a better way.”
The reaction to the Good's shooting was immediate in the city where police killed George Floyd in 2020, with hundreds of protesters converging on the shooting scene and the school district canceling classes for the rest of the week as a precaution and offering an online option through Feb. 12.
On Thursday night, hundreds marched in freezing rain down one of Minneapolis’ major thoroughfares, chanting “ICE out now!” and holding signs saying, “Killer ice off our streets." And on Friday, protesters were outside a federal facility that is serving as a hub for the immigration crackdown that began Tuesday in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Authorities erected barricades outside the facility, and a small group of counter-demonstrators also showed up.
City workers, meanwhile, removed makeshift barricades made of Christmas trees and other debris that had been blocking the streets near the scene of Good's shooting. Officials said they would leave up a shrine to the 37-year-old mother of three.
The Portland shootings happened outside a hospital Thursday afternoon. Federal immigration officers shot and wounded a man and woman, identified by the Department of Homeland Security as Venezuela nationals Luis David Nico Moncada and Yorlenys Betzabeth Zambrano-Contreras, who were inside a vehicle, and their conditions weren't immediately known. The FBI and the Oregon Department of Justice were investigating.
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson and the city council called on ICE to end all operations in the city until a full investigation is completed. Hundreds protested Thursday night at a local ICE building. Early Friday, Portland police reported that officers had arrested several protesters after asking the to get out of a street to allow traffic to flow.
Just as it did following Good's shooting, DHS defended the actions of the officers in Portland, saying it occurred after a Venezuelan man with alleged gang ties and who was involved in a recent shooting tried to “weaponize” his vehicle to hit the officers. It wasn't immediately clear if the shootings were captured on video, as Good's was.
The Minneapolis shooting happened on the second day of the immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities, which Homeland Security said is the biggest immigration enforcement operation ever. More than 2,000 officers are taking part and Noem said they have made more than 1,500 arrests.
The government is also shifting immigration officers to Minneapolis from sweeps in Louisiana, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. This represents a pivot, as the Louisiana crackdown that began in December had been expected to last into February.
Good's death — at least the fifth tied to immigration sweeps since Trump took office — has resonated far beyond Minneapolis, with protests happening in Texas, California, Detroit and elsewhere and hundreds of others planned for this weekend, according to Indivisible, a group formed to resist the Trump administration.
“This is hitting people who previously were not engaged,” said co-executive director Ezra Levin, adding that he’s seen a rise in veterans, rural Americans and some Republican voters speaking critically about the shooting.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, President Donald Trump and others in his administration have repeatedly characterized the Minneapolis shooting as an act of self-defense and cast Good as a villain, suggesting she used her vehicle as a weapon to attack the officer who shot her.
Several bystanders captured video of Good's killing, which happened in a neighborhood south of downtown. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said videos show that any self-defense argument is “garbage.”
The recordings show an officer approaching an SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle. The Honda Pilot begins to pull forward and a different ICE officer standing in front of it pulls his weapon and immediately fires at least two shots at close range, jumping back as the vehicle moves toward him.
It is not clear from the videos if the vehicle makes contact with the officer, and there is no indication of whether the woman had interactions with agents earlier. After the shooting, the SUV speeds into two cars parked on a curb before crashing to a stop.
The federal agent who fatally shot Good is an Iraq War veteran who has served for nearly two decades in the Border Patrol and ICE, according to records obtained by AP.
Noem has not publicly named him, but a Homeland Security spokesperson said her description of his injuries last summer refers to an incident in Bloomington, Minnesota, in which court documents identify him as Jonathan Ross.
Ross got his arm stuck in the window of a vehicle whose driver was fleeing arrest on an immigration violation. Ross was dragged and fired his Taser. A jury found the driver guilty of assaulting a federal officer with a dangerous weapon.
Attempts to reach Ross, 43, at phone numbers and email addresses associated with him were not successful.
Associated Press reporters Steve Karnowski and Mark Vancleave in Minneapolis; Ed White in Detroit; Valerie Gonzalez in Brownsville, Texas; Graham Lee Brewer in Norman, Oklahoma; Michael Biesecker in Washington; Jim Mustian and Safiyah Riddle in New York; Ryan Foley in Iowa City, Iowa; and Hallie Golden in Seattle contributed.
Supporters of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement rally outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
Minneapolis Public Schools families, educators and students hold signs during a news conference at Lake Hiawatha Park in Minneapolis, on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, demanding Immigration and Customs Enforcement be kept out of schools and Minnesota following the killing of 37-year-old mother Renee Good by federal agents earlier on Wednesday. (Kerem Yücel/Minnesota Public Radio via AP)
A supporter of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement argues with a counter protester outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
Protesters confront law enforcement outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.(AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
Protesters' shadows are cast on the street near law enforcement outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
Protesters confront law enforcement outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026.(AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
An American flag burns outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Two protesters are lit by a police light as they walk outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Protesters are arrested by federal agents outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
Protesters sit on a barrier that is being assembled outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building as protesters gather in Minneapolis, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
Protesters stand off against law enforcement outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Portland, Ore., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
Demonstrators protest outside the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, against the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent who fatally shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Protesters chant and march during a rally for Renee Good, who was fatally shot by an ICE officer the day before, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Protesters gather during a rally for Renee Good, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, after she was fatally shot by an ICE officer the day before. (AP Photo/Adam Bettcher)
Protesters confront federal agents outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)
People gather around a makeshift memorial honoring the victim of a fatal shooting involving federal law enforcement agents, near the site of the shooting, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)
U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino arrives as protesters gather outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)
A protester pours water in their eye after confronting law enforcement outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)
People gather around a makeshift memorial honoring the victim of a fatal shooting involving federal law enforcement agents, near the site of the shooting, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)
