Dolphins elevate two, wait on two others. And offensive line coach weighs in. And notes

The Dolphins elevated veteran NFL tackle Jackson Carman from their practice squad on Saturday but opted not to activate guard Isaiah Wynn just yet.

Carman (who has six NFL starts and 24 appearances, mostly for Cincinnati) and long-snapper Tucker Addington were the two Dolphins elevated from the practice squad to play in Sunday’s game against the visiting Patriots (1 p.m., CBS-4). This will be third and final permitted elevation for both players.

Carman’s elevation provides depth, because the Dolphins never replaced right tackle Austin Jackson on their 53-man roster after his season ending knee injury two weeks ago. Also, left tackle Terron Armstead did not practice this past week because of a knee injury. The Dolphins listed Armstead as questionable, but Mike McDaniel said he’s optimistic that Armstead will play. Kendall Lamm will remain the right tackle, replacing Jackson.

Wynn, who played well as the Dolphins’ starting left guard for the first seven games last season, has been practicing for more than a week after dealing with quad and knee injuries for months. But Miami decided to delay taking him off the physically unable to perform list; Miami has 11 more days to activate him. Offensive line coach Butch Barry said Rob Jones will remain the starting left guard after Wynn returns.

The Dolphins also opted not to yet activate rookie safety Patrick McMorris, who’s on injured reserve but has already been designated to return. McMorris must be activated this coming week in order to be eligible to play this season.

Long snapper Blake Ferguson has been back with the team for three weeks, but the Dolphins decided to stick with Addington as their long snapper for at least another week. McDaniel said Friday that he expects Ferguson will be playing in games at some point this season.

Teams can designate eight players to return from IR in a season. For Miami, four slots have been filled by Tua Tagovailoa, Cam Smith, River Cracraft and McMorris. Ferguson would be the fifth, and quarterback Tyler Huntley - who’s now eligible to return - could be a sixth; neither of those two players has yet been designated to return.

The players on PUP -- Wynn and edge rushers Bradley Chubb and Cam Goode -- would not count toward those eight.

BUTCH BARRY WEIGHS IN

Offensive line coach Butch Barry addressed a few issues:

▪ He indicated that left tackle Patrick Paul is “working at” cross-training at right tackle and is “getting better at it.” Paul indicated he worked only at left tackle in training camp but has worked at right tackle during some regular season practices and now feels comfortable there.

▪ He said Wynn has “done a great job” in working back from injuries.

▪ On right tackle Kendall Lamm: “He is a pro’s pro. When you talk about being a professional football player, this guy has got it figured out in terms of that. I can’t say enough good things about him.”

▪ He said rookie UTEP guard Andrew Meyer, who has been on the 53-man roster all season but hasn’t appeared in a game, has “done a great job” in practice. “He’s a great kid, continues to get better.” The question is whether Meyer will lose his spot on the 53 with Wynn set to return soon.

THIS AND THAT

Count Armstead among those pleased to see how the offense has evolved, with tight end Jonnu Smith becoming a force.

“Jonnu is a weapon,” he said. “He’s a running back with the ball. He’s given us an added dynamic that we haven’t had honestly in the last couple years, so people try to take away Tyreek [Hill] and [Jaylen] Waddle, but now, with Jonnu and De’Von Achane out the backfield, ‘O’ [Odell Beckham Jr.]. Odell, he’s getting more and more touches. Malik Washington. It’s making us more dangerous so you’ve got to kind of pick your poison.”

▪ Rookie running back Jaylen Wright, who has eight yards on his last 10 carries, said he reviews all his carries on tape in the days after a game. “I’m focusing on putting the ball in the right hole, so I can take advantage when something is there,” he said.

▪ Tight end Julian Hill, whose two catches for 28 yards against Las Vegas gave him nine and 73 for the season, said being able to show what he can do as a receiver “helps open up our offense where I’m not just a blocker” and teams cannot assume it’s a running play when he’s in the game.

▪ Raiders edge player Maxx Crosby was fined $11,255 for taunting during last Sunday’s game against the Dolphins and fined another $11,827 for striking and kicking and kneeing during the Dolphins game. Dolphins guard Liam Eichenberg said Crosby is “kind of easy to aggravate.”

▪ The Dolphins are encouraging fans to wear white to Sunday’s game as part of a “White Out” promotion.

▪ CBS assigned Spero Dedes and Adam Archuleta to Sunday’s game, which will be televised in Miami-Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Naples-Ft. Myers, Jacksonville, Pensacola, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Hartford, Conn.