Training camp report: News, notes, highlights from Dolphins-Falcons joint practice Tuesday

News, notes and highlights from the Dolphins’ joint scrimmage against the Atlanta Falcons:

The Dolphins lost Braylon Sanders to what appeared to be a left knee injury after he stumbled while trying to hold onto a pass near the sideline.

Sanders was on the ground for about 10 minutes and then was carted off, needing assistance to be placed on the cart.

Sanders, before the injury, had made a few notable plays in camp but seemed more likely to be on the practice squad than 53.

▪ The Dolphins’ first and second-team offense had mixed results in 11 on 11 action against the Falcons defense. Each of the three Dolphins quarterbacks threw interceptions.

Miami turned it over on downs on one sequence, when a short throw from Tua Tagovailoa to Tyreek Hill wasn’t enough for a first down.

Tagovailoa had several sharp throws early, including a 25-yarder to Robbie Chosen that beat Richie Grant; a 40-yard completion to River Cracraft for what could have been a touchdown in a real game; and a Tua 15-yard dart to Chosen.

On the flip side, Tua threw an interception to Falcons linebacker Troy Andersen on a poorly thrown 15-yard pass to Freddie Swain, in red zone drills. Then he overthrew Wilson Jr. and Jaylen Waddle in the end zone.

Tua also couldn’t hit a wide open Hill on the sidelines when the ball seemed to slip out of Tua’s hands and then couldn’t connect with Waddle, who was double covered 25 yards downfield on the sideline. Tua hit Raheem Mostert on a swing pass for a TD in red zone drills.

The offense had mixed results in a two-minute drill: Tagovailoa connected with Waddle for a sizable gain and hit Jeff Wilson Jr. for a short gain.

But the drive stalled at the Falcons’ 30. Tua rushed a pass and threw incomplete to Cedrick Wilson Jr. , then short-hopped a pass. Durham Smythe then caught a pass for a small gain, and Jason Sanders entered on fourth down and kicked a 35-yard field goal....

As for the backup quarterbacks... Mike White showed great precision on a 20-yard throw to Tyreek Hill and a 15-yarder to Braxton Berrios and a 10-yarder to Berrios. Another White pass to Waddle was broken up by Breon Borders.

On the flip side, White threw a terrible pass that was intercepted by Micah Abernathy toward the end of practice and made an errant throw when Chosen was open on the sideline. And White had another pass tipped (by linebacker Mykal Walker).

And Skylar Thompson - looking for Waddle - unwisely threw into triple coverage and Borders picked off the pass.

Despite the interception, White has been better than Thompson in the past week after Thompson was better in the first few days of camp.

Meanwhile.... the Falcons sacked Dolphins quarterbacks at least four times, including one on a blitz when nobody picked up the blitzer. The whole pocket collapsed on one sack of White.

The running game had very modest success, with none breaking out for big gains. Four runs were stopped for very short gains.

On the plus side, Salvon Ahmed got to the corner for an 8-yard gain, and Waddle gained 10 yards on a sweep. Mostert had a very physical run for five yards. De’Von Achane was decisive on a six-yard TD run in red zone drills.

▪ Defensively, the Dolphins had some good moments, including a Kader Kohou sack and an Elijah Campbell pass breakup on a deep route.

Safety Verone McKinley III had an interception of a Logan Woodside pass and returned it for a touchdown.

Defensive tackle Da’Shawn Hand had a sack in his first Dolphins practice and Brandon Pili had a tackle for loss. Jaelan Phillips had two run stuffs and Christian Wilkins had at least one.

Zach Sieler and a sack, and Kohou had a pass breakup in two-minute drills.

But Brandon Jones and Cam Smith were beaten on a 50-yard Taylor Heinicke completion to Josh Ali.

Noah Igbinoghene and David Long were beaten on a TD pass from Desmond Ridder to Bijan Robinson.

▪ On the oddest play of the day, Julian Hill rose to catch a Mike White pass that popped in the air when a Falcon defender deflected it.

▪ Participation notes: Erik Ezukanma, Achane and DeShone Elliott returned to practice after missing Saturday’s scrimmage. Linebackers Duke Riley and Malik Reed, who missed Saturday’s scrimmage, stretched with the team but didn’t do any more on Tuesday.

Keion Crossen and Ethan Bonner remain sidelined.... Tanner Conner and Nik Needham remain on PUP and Jalen Ramsey remains out...

Trill Williams, now listed as a safety, is finally out of the red non-contact jersey, a year after an ACL injury... But safety Brandon Jones remains in a red non contact jersey after October ACL injury. He said the Dolphins training staff limited him to 12 snaps in team drills on Tuesday.

▪ Notes from QB/WR/DB drills: Wilson Jr. dropped a Mike White pass, and White overthrew Chosen... Berrios got open for a 10-yard catch from Tua, who also threw a 40-yarder to Braylon Sanders in those 1 on 1 drills....

Robbie Chosen caught a 20-yard hitch route from Mike White... Jaylen Waddle caught a 10-yard sideline pass from Tua, with Falcons cornerback AJ Terrell in coverage.... Tua slightly overthrew Berrios in the end zone on a 55-yard deep ball. Berrios had a step on a Falcons cornerback...

A Falcons defender dropped a poor throw from Skylar Thompson. And AJ Terrell then dropped another potential Thompson interception, on a deep ball. But Thompson also threw a nice 10-yard pass to a tightly defended Swain for a completion...

New Dolphin Mike Rose broke up a pass to the Falcons’ Carlos Washington Jr...Kohou broke up a pass to Atlanta’s Scottie Miller... Xavien Howard was flagged for holding on Falcons receiver Drake London... Igbinoghene was flagged for pass interference on former Dolphins receiver Mack Hollins, now with Atlanta.

▪ From 7 on 7 drills: Tua completed a 40-yard TD, down the sidelines to Mostert, on a wheel route... Tua’s accuracy was off on a crossing pattern to Waddle, who could have possibly run the wrong route.... Tua then delivered a 10-yard pass on the sideline to Tyreek Hill and then hit Waddle on a 16-yard route. Both receivers got separation from Falcons defensive backs...

Cedrick Wilson Jr. tried to snatch a Mike White 10-yard pass with one hand but couldn’t do it... Cam Smith had another pass breakup... Igbinoghene knocked away a Ridder pass...

Achane couldn’t grab a high but catchable 10 yard throw from Thompson in the middle of the field.