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Phillips Offers Update

Phillips sustained a season-ending injury in the Black Friday game against the New York Jets

Alain Poupart

Phillips Offers Update
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Jaelan Phillips faces a long recovery from the Achilles injury that cut short his 2023 season, but the Miami Dolphins edge defender offered a positive update on social media Wednesday.

Phillips indicated on Twitter he walked without a boot for the first time since he had surgery in the aftermath of the injury he sustained during the Dolphins' Black Friday victory against the New York Jets.

The last part of Phillips' message also was encouraging, as he wrote, "Well on the road to recovery."

Exactly how long that recovery will take is one of the key questions the Dolphins are facing heading into the 2024 regular season, particularly when considering that follow edge defender Bradley Chubb has to recover from a torn ACL sustained in the Week 17 loss against the Baltimore Ravens.

On top of everything, the team's third edge defender, Andrew Van Ginkel, is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent March 13.

Barring an unexpected hiccup in Phillips' recovery, it's very difficult to imagine the Dolphins doing anything other than picking up his fifth-year option for the 2025 season.

PHILLIPS' IMPRESSIVE 2023 SEASON

The Achilles injury put a damper on what was headed to become Phillips' best season to date, despite injuries that slowed him in September and October.

Philips finished with 6.5 sacks in only eight games, to go along with his first career interception.

At the time of his injury, Phillips was on a five-game streak with at least a sack. He had two sacks in the 20-13 victory against the Las Vegas Raiders.

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Alain Poupart
ALAIN POUPART

Alain Poupart is the publisher/editor of All Dolphins and co-host of the All Dolphins Podcast. Alain has covered the Miami Dolphins on a full-time basis since 1989 for various publications and media outlets, including Dolphin Digest, The Associated Press, the Dolphins team website, and the Fan Nation Network (part of Sports Illustrated). In addition to being a credentialed member of the Miami Dolphins press corps, Alain has covered three Super Bowls (for NFL.com, Football News and the Montreal Gazette), the annual NFL draft, the Senior Bowl, and the NFL Scouting Combine. During his almost 40 years in journalism, which began at the now-defunct Miami News, Alain has covered practically every sport at one time or another, from tennis to golf, baseball, basketball and everything in between. The career also included time as a copy editor, including work on several books such as "Still Perfect," an inside look at the Miami Dolphins' 1972 perfect season. A native of Montreal, Canada, whose first language is French, Alain grew up a huge hockey fan but soon developed a love for all sports, including NFL football. He has lived in South Florida since the 1980s.

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