MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- Dolphins running back De'Von Achane will likely miss this week of practice, coach Mike McDaniel said Monday, as he works his way back from a calf injury.
Achane missed the second day of last week's joint practice with the Detroit Lions and did not play in the teams' preseason game. McDaniel confirmed after Saturday's game that Achane was dealing with a soft tissue, lower-body injury and clarified Monday that it was his calf.
"He's an explosive athlete," McDaniel said. "Calves are the ones that you have to be super proactive, especially with explosive players -- we don't want to have a long, strenuous, nagging issue. So, we probably won't see De'Von this week, after further assessment through [this past] weekend, but that's more preventative in nature just bec