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Marcel Louis-Jacques
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Miami Dolphins offensive deal with Austin Jackson will miss at the least the following few weeks after struggling a decrease leg damage.
Coach Mike McDaniel mentioned Jackson was “stepped on” throughout Friday’s observe, however his restoration timeline “does not appear to be into the common season.”
Jackson was a first-round decide in 2020 and performed his approach into one of many workforce’s cornerstone roles, signing a three-year, $36 million extension in 2023. He missed 9 video games with a meniscus damage final season, however McDaniel mentioned his present damage is unrelated to that one.
“He obtained the damage enjoying soccer and obtained stepped on. It has nothing to do with something however that,” McDaniel mentioned Sunday. “And with Austin, the underside line for me the place he is at … he knocked some rust off, he obtained again and, in my view, exceeded the place he was enjoying earlier than. So we’re lucky that that timetable does not appear to be into the common season.”
The Dolphins’ offensive line was drastically worse with out Jackson within the lineup final season; their 71.5% run block win fee from Weeks 1 by 9 dropped to 67.3% from Weeks 10 by 18. They owned a 62.4% cross block win fee with Jackson; 50% with out him.
Each win charges with out Jackson ranked second worst within the league final season.
McDaniel mentioned Jackson is projected to begin within the workforce’s Week 1 sport in opposition to the Indianapolis Colts.
Within the meantime, Miami signed 2016 first-round decide Germain Ifedi after working him out Saturday. Ifedi began seven video games for the Cleveland Browns final season after spending the earlier seven seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, Chicago Bears and Atlanta Falcons.
The Dolphins additionally activated security Ifeatu Melifonwu from the non-football damage checklist, the place he had been for the reason that begin of coaching camp. His return is welcome for a workforce that has suffered accidents to a number of gamers on the place, together with Ashtyn Davis and Dante Dealer Jr.
