Dolphins’ Jaelan Phillips leaves Monday night game vs. Titans with knee injury

MIAMI GARDENS — Miami Dolphins standout edge rusher Jaelan Phillips suffered a knee injury in Monday night’s loss to the Tennessee Titans and did not return.

In the third quarter at Hard Rock Stadium, Phillips sustained the ailment as he began to push off to rush the passer. The non-contact injury caused him to pull up, hop on his left leg to avoid putting pressure on the right and clutch at the right knee.

Phillips limped slowly to the sideline and then limped his way into Miami’s locker room. He was officially ruled out shortly after hurting the knee.

Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel did not have an update Monday night following the game but noted that Phillips was in a brace.

Phillips was laboring through the early parts of Monday’s game. He briefly got checked out in the team’s medical tent earlier Monday but returned to action.

Phillips spent the past offseason rehabbing a torn Achilles in his right leg, suffered in late November last season against the New York Jets.

He had been working his way up on a limited snap count in the first several games of the 2024 season before Monday against the Titans.

Knowing what Phillips has been through, his teammates were understandably concerned.

“He’s like my little brother and I am just praying for him, and hopefully everything is good with him,” fellow edge rusher Emmanuel Ogbah said. “I know how hard he fought to come back from the Achilles. My heart goes out to him.”

Said safety Jevon Holland: “It sucks seeing him like that, especially after everything he’s gone through. But he’s a warrior.”

This story will be updated.

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Originally Published: October 1, 2024 at 1:00 a.m.