Colin Kaepernick reiterated his desire and readiness to play in the NFL in a conversation with Kenny Stills.

Stills has been continuing to protest while Kaepernick and Eric Reid have remained unsigned.

"I said, 'What are you doing?' He said, 'Just came from a workout. I'm ready to go,'" Stills said after Thursday's practice. "He wants to play. He's good enough to play. He deserves to play. I'm not sure why a team hasn't signed him yet."

Stills said earlier this offseason that a good first step for the NFL to show its contrition would be to "admit what it is doing" to Kaepernick and Reid, then allow them back in the NFL.

Reid signed with the Panthers on Thursday.

"I'm happy that Eric is going to be playing. He's a game-changer on the defensive side of the ball," Stills told ESPN. "I'm excited to see him play. I definitely think he should have been signed a long time ago. As far as what it means, it means a team was finally able to look past the protest. I think we're making some progress as far as how the owners, teams and GMs are understanding what the protest is about.

"That's progress, but we still have one of the best quarterbacks in the league sitting at home waiting to be signed. That'll be the ultimate say of how people look back on the NFL at this point in time. You got one of the best guys not playing on a team and there are teams out there that need quarterbacks."

Derek Carr said he wishes William Hayes of the Miami Dolphins would have landed on him instead of tearing his ACL. 

The NFL has called penalties on pass rushers for landing on quarterbacks.

"I wish the guy would have just landed on me instead of tearing his ACL," Carr said Wednesday, via Michael Gelhken of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. "For him to tear his ACL, nobody wants that. I don't want that."

"I'm cool with it because I want to be safe and sound, but at the same time, let's play football," Deshaun Watson said, via John McClain of the Houston Chronicle. "It goes both ways. Some of the times, when the defensive guys are trying to hold up, they get hurt. I'm the quarterback, and I'm being honest with you, let the guys play and see how it goes."

The Miami Dolphins will be without William Hayes for the remainder of the season due to a torn ACL.

Hayes suffered the tear when trying to not put his body weight on Derek Carr while sacking him and got his foot caught in the ground.

The NFL is penalizing players this year who tackle the quarterback and land on them.

They don’t care about the rest of us getting hurt. Long as the QB is safe https://t.co/ihjlz3lVQl

— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) September 24, 2018

The Miami Dolphins will be without starting left guard Josh Sitton for the remainder of the season.

Sitton tore his rotator cuff in Week 1.

The Dolphins will replace Sitton in the starting lineup with Ted Larsen.

The Tennessee Titans and Miami Dolphins set a record for the longest game in NFL history on Sunday.

The game lasted seven hours and eight minutes due to two lengthy lightning delays. Miami won 27-20.

The first delay lasted nearly two hours and occurred with 1:11 left in the second quarter. The second delay occurred with 6:47 left in the third quarter and lasted 2 hours, 2 minutes.

"We ran out of snacks in the locker room," Cameron Wake said. "Lots of peanut butter and jelly [sandwiches] and turkey sandwiches gone. Lots of carbs, so we will do some conditioning tomorrow."

The Dolphins put a message on the video board in the fourth quarter thanking the fans -- approximately 7,000 to 10,000 -- who stayed until game's end for "being a part of history."

Ryan Tannehill is returning from a torn ACL and the Dolphins have low expectations.

Full List of Essential 50

50. Drew Brees

49. Larry Fitzgerald

48. DeForest Buckner

47. Adam Thielen

46. Eric Berry

45. Corey Davis

44. Ali Marpet

43. Sam Darnold

42. Golden Tate

41. Geno Atkins

40. Mitchell Trubisky

39. C.J. Mosley

38. Jameis Winston

37. Landon Collins

36. Vic Beasley Jr.

35. Ryan Tannehill

34. Amari Cooper 

33. Malcolm Jenkins

32. Christian McCaffrey

31. LeSean McCoy

30. Patrick Mahomes

29. Bradley Roby

28. Dalvin Cook

27. DeMarcus Lawrence

26. Russell Wilson

25. Cam Newton

24. Joey Bosa

23. Alex Smith

22. Alvin Kamara

21. Jadeveon Clowney

20. Jarvis Landry

19. David Johnson

18. Ezekiel Elliott 

17. Khalil Mack

16. Myles Garrett

15. Deshaun Watson

14. Carson Wentz

13. Todd Gurley

12. Rob Gronkowski

11. Jalen Ramsey

10. Aaron Rodgers

9. Earl Thomas

8. Aaron Donald

7. Odell Beckham Jr.

6. Ryan Shazier

5. Tom Brady

4. Julio Jones

3. Andrew Luck

2. Jimmy Garoppolo

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