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Jack Jones and Matthew Judon celebrate a turnover on Monday.
The Miami Dolphins need all the help they can get after starting the season 1-4 and allowing a bad Carolina Panthers football team to mount a fourth quarter comeback last week. Seems like the help will arrive in the form of a weakened offensive line for their Week 6 opponent, the Los Angeles Chargers.
The Chargers injury report released today confirms that the team will be without former top-ten draft pick, Joe Alt, at offensive tackle. Additionally, third string tackle Trey Pipkins has also had his injury designation downgraded to out. This means the Chargers will be rolling with their fourth and fifth string offensive tackles as they make the long road trip to Miami.
“Per The Athletic’s Daniel Popper, Austin Deculus will once again start at left tackle while Bobby Hart will start on the right side,” writes team blogger Michael Peterson.
In a similar situation last week, Justin Herbert was sacked four times and Trey Lance went down for a fifth as the Chargers were uncompetitive in a second straight loss after starting the season 3-0.
The Dolphins start with an advantage as they look to pull off the upset at 3.5 point home underdogs.