It didn’t take long for Darren Waller’s injuries woes to return.

He is unlikely to play in the Dolphins’ Week 1 opener against the Colts after suffering a hip strain before Wednesday’s practice and exacerbating it Thursday.

“While trying to prevent a setback, he had a setback,” head coach McDaniel said Friday. “So, what does that mean? It means he’s being challenged. The most eager player to play has another challenge. I know he’s up for it, but I don’t think he’s going to play this week, which wasn’t planned.

“We had already planned not to practice him anyway — something that we didn’t know if it was what it was until we knew what it was. But we were planning for a setback prevention, and he had a setback.”

The Dolphins acquired Waller, 32, from the Giants — along with a 2027 conditio

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