Marcel Louis-JacquesAug 15, 2025, 01:34 AM

CloseMarcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award for enterprise writing in 2018.

Miami Dolphins linebacker Chop Robinson returned to practice Thursday, coach Mike McDaniel said, one day after leaving a joint practice with the Detroit Lions early with a rib injury.

Robinson was carted off the practice field Wednesday but posted to social media later that evening that his injury was nothing serious. McDaniel clarified Thursday that the team took precautions with the former first-round pick, but his injury wouldn’t keep him out of practice.

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“It was a rib hit that we had to make sure we were responsible and didn’t have any fractures, or anything like that,” McDaniel told Sports Illustrated. “He’s definitely sore, but he’ll be practicing today.”

Robinson recorded six sacks as a rookie last season and has drawn rave reviews for his performance during training camp this summer.

Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill will not practice, however, despite a strong push for the player to return to the field. Hill has an oblique injury that’s kept him as a limited or non-participant in practice for the past two weeks, and McDaniel said the former All-Pro wants to play — but the Dolphins’ training staff was concerned about Hill exacerbating the injury.

“If Tyreek didn’t have to answer to anybody, he would have practiced yesterday — and I fear we might be talking about an injury that’s a lot longer term,” McDaniel told Sports Illustrated. “I’m just happy that our training staff understood the magnitude of further or bigger aggravation of something and was proactive.”

Dolphins linebacker Jaelan Phillips also did not practice Thursday with an undisclosed injury, and running back De’Von Achane was not seen by reporters at Thursday’s practice.