As if this weekend wasn’t going to be hard enough to stomach as is, the Miami Dolphins are officially down another starter along the offensive line. The Dolphins have taken their fair share of lumps through the first 6.5 weeks of the season up front — and now they’re going to have to face one of the best front sevens in all of football without starting center and team captain Daniel Kilgore.
The Dolphins have been a team in recent years that has struggled to deal with the physical play of the Bills defense — and this weekend’s contest should be no different.
Kilgore was deemed officially ‘out’ on the Dolphins’ final injury report of the week — which was released yesterday. Kilgore did not practice at all this week with a knee issue, formally ruling him out for the game. The only other Dolphin officially out is DE Avery Moss — although expect to see some additional big names on the inactives list when the Dolphins announce who is dressing in Buffalo tomorrow morning.
For Kilgore, an unfortunate turn of events with his knee not only stresses the Dolphins’ interior by causing shuffling along the interior, it further stunts the development of 2019 3rd-round pick Michael Deiter, arguably the one long-term piece on Miami’s offensive line. Deiter has played with three different left tackles and now two separate centers during his short pro career — which makes communication and execution even more of a challenge than it already is.
