MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Perhaps the most interesting injury development over the last two weeks for the Miami Dolphins?
How much Pro Bowl tackle Terron Armstead is practicing.
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Armstead has been the poster player for veterans’ days off, but that mindset has clearly changed. While a bunch of his established teammates got the day off Tuesday — the team’s only practice of the bye week — Armstead was on the field and participated.
He also took part in last Thursday’s fully padded practice.
That suggests Armstead believes he needs the work — even though he’s been one of the best tackles in football this year.
Armstead hasn’t given up a sack and has allowed just five pressures in 115 pass-blocking snaps this year, per TruMedia.
When asked what the team achieved in practice last week, Armstead replied:
“We saw improvement. We saw improvement from a technique standpoint. We saw improvement from operation, alignment, assignment, not having as many MAs, and all those things that stop you from winning, but we have to clean up a lot of those things at an accelerated rate in order to be a real team, you know what I mean?
“We could squeeze by, but (if) we want to be a team that’s going to be worth anything as far as the end of the year, we got to clean those things up at a little bit of a faster rate.”
Armstead in 2024 has been on the field for 215 of a possible 346 offensive snaps this year but will seemingly exit the bye in excellent health.
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As we said, Armstead practiced on Tuesday. A bunch of his high-profile teammates did not.
Dolphins players not spotted at today’s practice:
🏈 RB De’Von Achane
🏈 WR Malik Washington
🏈 DL Calais Campbell
🏈 LB David Long Jr.
🏈 S Jevon Holland
🏈 S Jordan Poyer
🏈 CB Kendall Fuller
🏈 CB Jalen Ramsey
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Next week will be an interesting one from a roster composition standpoint. Five Dolphins players are eligible to come off injured lists at any time:
- EDGE Bradley Chubb
- EDGE Cameron Goode
- G Isaiah Wynn
- WR River Cracraft
- S Patrick McMorris
