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The Dolphins received bad news on De’Von Achane<\/p>\n
The Miami Dolphins<\/a> officially kicked off their offseason training program, as the team had its first day of voluntary workouts. For Miami, that marked the beginning of a new era as the team no longer featured the likes of Tyreek Hill, Tua Tagovailoa, Jaylen Waddle, and a variety of star players who were either released or traded.<\/p>\n Instead, it\u2019s an opportunity for the Dolphins to become familiar with some new faces like quarterback Malik Willis. For Willis, it\u2019s also an opportunity to begin building some chemistry with some of his new weapons, like Malik Washington, Jalen Tolbert, and Tutu Atwell. Unfortunately, for those hoping that it would be the first time Willis and Pro Bowl running back De\u2019Von Achane took the field together, that did not occur as Achane was the team\u2019s lone player to skip the voluntary workouts.<\/p>\n De\u2019Von Achane Does Not Attend Miami Dolphins Workout<\/p>\n New head coach Jeff Hafley told reporters<\/a> that Miami had near-perfect attendance on the first day of voluntary workouts. The team\u2019s lone absence was star running back De\u2019Von Achane, who has one year remaining on his rookie contract and has been looking to sign an extension. Regarding his absence, Hafley declined to say whether it was for contractual reasons.<\/p>\n \u201cThose are talks for another time between Achane, Sully and those guys,\u201d Jeff Hafley told reporters<\/a> during the team\u2019s press conference. \u201cI\u2019m not going to dive into those talks right now. That\u2019s part of the business, it\u2019s part of what every team goes through in those situations and they\u2019ll work it out.\u201d<\/p>\n Regarding Achane\u2019s future with the Dolphins, general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan had previously said, \u201cYeah, it\u2019s important to us to get a deal done with De\u2019Von. He is a difference maker as a player. We are in talks. We\u2019re gonna try to get that done. It\u2019s a priority to us. He is a building block for us as we move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n De\u2019Von Achane\u2019s Value<\/p>\n The idea of trading Achane makes sense on paper, as the Dolphins roster seems far away from being competitive. A real argument could be made that a premium draft pick is more valuable than a star running back on a one-year contract. However, the Dolphins seem intent on keeping Achane beyond 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jon-Eric Sullivan has spoken highly of Achane as he previously said, <\/a>\u201cI think he\u2019s a rare player. His feet, his acceleration, his ability to play on all three downs. He\u2019s a very good pass catcher. He reminds me of a lot of a guy that I played with in high school by the name of Warrick Dunn, who went on to have a marvelous career. Maybe it\u2019s the 28 that he wears on his back, which Warrick wore forever. But I do \u2014 I see a lot of similarities. <\/p>\n Now, Warrick did it for a decade, and neither one of them are big guys, and I think if De\u2019Von was sitting here, he\u2019d be the one to tell you, like I think that\u2019s gonna be the question for him. Can he be as durable as Warrick was over time? But he\u2019s a marvelous player. We wanna move forward with him. It\u2019s important to us to get a deal done. He\u2019s part of the future for us.\u201d<\/p>\n Dolphins fans will now hope that Miami and Achane can reach a deal soon, so he and Willis can begin building chemistry together.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tJose Esquer<\/a> Jose Esquer is a Mexican-American sportswriter and communications student based in San Diego, CA. His work spans football, basketball, baseball, and soccer. He has written for platforms like RotoWire and DolphinsTalk. You can find him on Twitter\/X @JEsquer8, usually talking Dolphins, world football, or both. 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