With Hurricane Ian looming off the coast of Florida, NFL teams are changing their plans before the Week 4 action.
The Miami Dolphins have opened their practice facilities (and potentially Hard Rock Stadium) to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are preparing for a Sunday night battle with the Kansas City Chiefs.
However, Mike McDaniel’s team is also preparing for a matchup their own this week against the Cincinnati Bengals, and the weather has changed their plans as well. According to Outkick’s Armando Salguero, the Dolphins are now planning to leave Florida early Wednesday morning.
ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques added that American Airlines had canceled half of their flights scheduled to leave Wednesday.
On a short week, it was unlikely that Miami would’ve held a full practice at the Baptist Health Traning Complex in Miami Gardens, so this shouldn’t affect them too much. If the Dolphins need to use a field for a walkthrough, they’ll surely be able to find one.
One area where it could affect the team is the health and training staff with all of the players that have injuries. It’s tough to provide that same level of care and treatment that they would’ve received at the facilities. Now, they’ll have to try and replicate it on the road.
