Austin Jackson dealing with a knee injury. And Dolphins personnel notes

A six-pack of Dolphins notes on a Thursday:

▪ The Dolphins offensive line has developed consistency and chemistry in recent weeks, but a member of that group is now dealing with an injury.

Right tackle Austin Jackson missed Thursday’s practice because of a knee injury; the severity is unknown. Jackson was not spotted at practice or in the locker room. Coach Mike McDaniel speaks before practice and as a result, did not address Jackson’s status or his availability for Monday night’s game at the Rams (8:15 p.m., ESPN and CBS 4).

Jackson was not listed on the injury report last week, and he did not leave last Sunday’s Bills game with an injury. Thursday was the team’s first practice this week.

If Jackson cannot play on Monday, veteran Kendall Lamm likely would fill in.

Second-round pick Patrick Paul, who played only left tackle in college, said he has begun receiving some right tackle snaps in practice after playing only left tackle throughout the offseason program and training camp. But Paul said none of those right tackle snaps came during Thursday’s practice.

Perhaps not coincidentally, the Dolphins signed former seventh-round pick Ryan Hayes, a guard/tackle, to their practice squad this week.

Besides safety Jevon Holland (knee and hand) and Jackson, three players missed practice Thursday as “rest” days: left tackle Terron Armstead (who is also receiving treatment for a knee issue), defensive lineman Calais Campbell and safety Jordan Poyer.

▪ Fullback Alec Ingold, who has been dealing with a calf injury, was among eight players who were limited in practice participation.

The others: cornerbacks Kader Kohou (neck) and Storm Duck (ankle), tight end Julian Hill (shoulder), left guard Rob Jones (knee), safety Patrick McMorris (who has been on injured reserve with a calf injury but has been designated to return), outside linebacker Emmanuel Ogbah and defensive lineman Zach Sieler, who is expected to play Monday after missing two weeks with a fractured orbital bone.

Ogbah said he won’t need surgery on the tear in his biceps. He will continue to play through it.

“I’ve played through pain damn near my whole career, so it’s definitely just dealing with the pain,” he said. “I think that’s the hardest part about it — just having to deal with the pain. But other than that, all my motions are good.”

▪ Linebacker Jordyn Brooks, who is the only Dolphins defensive player who has been on the field for every snap this season, took the blame for Ray Davis’ 63-yard catch and run for a touchdown in the Buffalo game.

“We were in man coverage, having a back and a tight end for the inside linebackers,” he said. “Just a miscommunication on my part and so I went back, told the guys, ‘that’s on me.’”

PFF ranks Brooks 43rd of 83 NFL inside linebackers this season. David Long Jr., who lost his job to Anthony Walker, is rated 83rd and last.

▪ Armstead, rated the No. 1 offensive tackle in football by Pro Football Focus, has had uncommon durability this season, playing in seven of eight games after appearing in eight, 13 and 10 the past three seasons.

“Been fortunate enough to not have any of those freak incidents pop up,” said Armstead, who missed only the Tennessee game due to injury. “My body, we’ve put in that work throughout the week. A lot of hours spent outside the building.”

Incidentally, Armstead said coach Mike McDaniel’s upbeat approach hasn’t changed during the 2-6 start.

“He’s been the same; unwavering,” Armstead said. “He’s been confident; he’s showing the reasons for the result so we can make the corrections. Mike hasn’t wavered at all; we’re not talking about anything else but getting this next win.”

Though McDaniel has continued to empower his players and remains a player’s coach, his demotion of Long certainly drew notice. McDaniel implied today that more Raheem Mostert fumbles won’t be tolerated.

▪ Linebacker teammates were pleased to see Chop Robinson get his first NFL sack (against Buffalo) in part because they respect his work ethic.

“The stats kind of haven’t shown it, but he’s been working his tail off,” linebacker Ogbah said. “I was so happy for him when he finally got one. I was trying to do the chop celebration with him, but it was kind of all over the place. I didn’t know when he was going to do it, but I’m just so proud of him. He’s been putting in work and he’s been getting better every week.”

For the season, PFF ranks Robinson 85th of 114 edge players.

Campbell, on what he tells Robinson and other young pass rushers: “The biggest thing though is go with what works, don’t try to be too creative. I try to tell guys don’t have too many moves too early. As you get older, you start building your moves as you go along.

“You have to have a counter; you can’t just have one move. You have a fastball and a counter, maybe a changeup. A changeup really is power for a young guy like that, because people don’t expect him to have power. You get all the speed stuff going, your swipe or whatever it is that you do, then you have your counter off of that and then you come through and put power on them, usually.”

Robinson’s speed is his strength. “Once you beat them enough with speed, they kind of sit down and you can power them,” Campbell said. “Chop has a pretty good power rush, too.”

▪ Among the challenges this offseason will be finding a backup quarterback who can run a complex offense even half as effectively as Tua Tagovailoa.

“He knows where guys need to be to lineup, the motions — all of it, snap points, all those things,” Armstead said. “There’s so many small intangibles that go into our offense that he is the best person to perform and orchestrate it. And beyond that, his ability – his anticipation, his accuracy, his ball placement, timing, pocket awareness, he’s an incredible player.”

As De’Von Achane said: “Like it’s not easy for somebody just to come in and be like, ‘okay, I can do this’ because it’s not the type of offense we run.”

TV NOTE

CBS-4 won local rights to simulcast ESPN’s coverage of Monday’s Dolphins-Rams game. ABC is not televising the game nationally, which means it won’t be on WPLG-10 in South Florida.

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