The Miami Dolphins removed pass rusher Jaelan Phillips from the PUP list earlier this week, but his partner in crime Bradley Chubb is still out of action.
Chubb, 28, suffered an ACL tear on New Year’s Eve last season and it’s looking increasingly unlikely that he’ll be ready to play in the Dolphins’ Week 1 opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
“It’s going much like the ongoing conversations have been about Jaelan Phillips,” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said of Chubb’s recovery. “No timeline, [we’re] making sure that he has no setbacks in the whole process, and I can tell you with exuberance there’s been no setbacks. So he’s progressing and we are making sure that when he’s on the field, he’s there to stay.”
Like Phillips, Chubb faces the challenge of rehabbing patiently, despite the regular season set to get started in less than month.
“He’s doing a great job understanding his role to the team,” McDaniel said of Chubb. “He’s a very important player to this team. Might be one of the most, if not the most popular player on the team. I don’t think there’s a teammate that he can’t reach and with that connectivity, there’s some responsibility that goes there.
“So he’s been very wise beyond his years in terms of making sure that he doesn’t — in a heat of competitiveness — overstep boundaries too soon. So I’m happy with where he’s at.”
Chubb recorded 11 sacks and forced a league-leading six fumbles in 2023. He signed a five-year extension with the Dolphins in 2022 and is under contract with the team until his deal is due to automatically void in 2028.
With Phillips and Chubb both recovering, the Dolphins brought back Emmanuel Ogbah and picked Chop Robinson and Mohamed Kamara in the first and fifth rounds of the 2024 NFL draft, respectively.
