Dolphins left tackle Terron Armstead left Sunday’s win over the Texans with a pectoral injury and there was no immediate word about the severity of the injury after the game.
Head coach Mike McDaniel said at his press conference that Armstead needs to have the injury evaluated further by doctors on Monday before the team will have an idea about what it will mean for his availability moving forward. The injury happened in the first half and the Dolphins went up 30-0 before the break, but McDaniel said the injury was serious enough that Armstead would not have stayed in a closer game.
“That was an injury regardless of the score that was going to keep him out of the game,” McDaniel said, via Safid Deen of USA Today.
Right tackle Austin Jackson also suffered an ankle injury during the game, so the Dolphins will have plenty to monitor on the injury front heading into Week 13.
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Not sure where to post this. Niners look to be missing Elijah Mitchell for the game.
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This may be an out there statement to make, but next to Tua, Terron Armstead is the most important player on the offensive unit.
The offensive line just seems to play at an entirely different level when he’s on the field. Tua hadn’t been sacked once while Armstead was on the field. He strains his pec, next thing you know there’s 5 sacks on the Dolphins QBs (Tua and Skylar). This just demonstrates his importance to the offense.
I can’t trust Grier to draft offensive linemen. He’s just a flat out bust in that regard, but if we can’t get the offensive line to a level that isn’t dependent on ONE player, the Dolphins offense is going to be hit and miss.
If the Bills lose Thursday night against the Patriots, I wouldn’t be too concerned about having Armstead on the field against the 49ers, but if they win, suck it up buttercup, we need to keep pace with Buffalo. -
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What are the options available in free agency? Because i dont trust whats behind him currently.
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I hate Tua having to play it so quickly, but if the improvised OL can just give Tagovailoa 2.5 seconds on every drop back, we’ll be ok…provided none of our next 3 opponents decide to play dirty and headhunt Tua.
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PS. Since they’re circling the drain, I wonder what the Texans would want for that Tunsil fella. I hear he’s pretty good. -
Going to need coach Mike to go full 49ers this week with quick crossing passes that get people running. -
Leave the other 4 exactly where they were.
The worst the line looked against Houston was when they experimented with moving Shell over to Left tackle.
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I think the biggest adjustment will be at QB. For a few games after coming back from injury Tua was getting the ball out VERY quickly. They kind of let up from that last few games. I think they'll go back to that ultra-quick release strategy if the pressure is bad. It was too difficult to make that adjustment in-game against Houston, but a week of game planning is another matter.
Having said that SF is a difficult game. East coast teams generally don't do well playing on the West coast, and SF's defense has been lights out lately giving up an average of only 10 points per game last 4 games. There's a reason bettors favor SF. Still think 9-3 is in our future.KeyFin, Springveldt and dolphin25 like this. -
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No Armstead, probably an offensive scheme closer to what we saw against the Steelers in Tuas first game back. We don't need him taking hits so I imagine that's kind of what we'll see. I look for Jeff Wilson to get a lot of usage. Hopefully Mostert is back, he's actually not a bad receiver out of the backfield. Get well Armstead. Guy is the second most important player on the entire team.
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Before you all start calling him soft and a waste of money. This guy is a beast. -
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I'm expecting armstead to be out the next 2-3 games because of the risk of further injury. Once again the OT quality will be called into question during his absence. Did Grier do enough or is this our Waterloo (for the next few games). We shall see starting on Sunday.
I think we get through SF with a win 20-17. Tua's past experiences playing with a subpar line along with Wilson/Mostert at RB make the difference -
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