The Miami Dolphins will continue to allow offensive tackle Terron Armstead to contemplate his NFL future this offseason. But the Dolphins will work under the assumption he won’t return next season.
That’s what Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters at the NFL combine on Feb. 25.
“Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said Terron Armstead is not yet ready to make a decision but team will operate as if he won’t play,” tweeted The Sun Sentinel’s David Furones.
To allow Armstead more time to weigh his future, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported the Dolphins and Armstead agreed to change his pay.
“Dolphins LT Terron Armstead plans to take his contract down to minimum, I’m told, from the $28.6M he was set to make,” wrote Rapoport.
“That allows the team to make all the necessary moves they want to make and allows Armstead, 33, to be on the team until he makes his decision on his future.”
The veteran offensive tackle played the past three seasons for the Dolphins. In 2024, he started 15 games, playing through multiple injuries.
Dolphins Set to Move on From LT Terron Armstead
Miami will lose a valuable veteran if Armstead doesn’t elect to return. However, the Dolphins offensive line was old and lacked physicality, particularly in the run game, during 2024.
That problem was mostly at guard. But it likely didn’t help that Armstead never practiced during the 2024 season.
Without Armstead, the Dolphins can begin making significant changes to their offensive line. They will do just that, as the organization is not going to wait for Armstead to decide his future.
“One thing that Terron understands is from the organizational perspective, we have to operate in some way, shape or form,” McDaniel told reporters, via ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques. “And I think with Terron reflecting his ability and all that, he’s not totally ready to make that decision as a result.
