4 conspiracy theories coming out of the Miami Dolphins win over the Chargers
By Matt Serniak
Why was De'Von Achane made inactive?
I know De'Von Achane has a bit of an injury that he's been dealing with a shoulder injury but he didn't have an injury designation heading into week one.
Sunday morning happens, we're all feeling jazzed to see the Miami Dolphins play football. We just got done watching Jahmyr Gibbs look real fast on Thursday night and we all wanted to see our guy go fast out there with his other fast friends.
But we didn't get that. Instead, we were told this;
De’Von Achane was never limited in practice this week with the shoulder injury and didn’t enter Sunday with an injury designation. Will be interesting to see how McDaniel plays RBs in future weeks.
— David Furones (@DavidFurones_) September 10, 2023
Salvon Ahmed and Chris Brooks behind Raheem Mostert for Dolphins at Chargers. https://t.co/I9y5JIwbay
When I saw that, my tin foil hat got a bit tighter and I started thinking about other reasons why De'Von Achane wasn't listed as one of the gameday players. Was it really because of that shoulder injury and the team wanted to give him another week or is something else going on?
Can it be that De'Von Achane isn't where he should be in terms of knowing the complete playbook? Stuff like that happens and although you don't want that to be the case, it might be reality for now. Or, can it be that the coaching staff are not comfortable with how De'Von Chane is in pass-blocking? I can see that being plausible. We always hear about how running backs absolutely need to be able to identify the man they have on blitz pickup. In this offense backs needing to block is paramount due to all the timing this offense is built on.
We may never know what happened to De'Von Achane. Perhaps we will learn more about this as we get closer to Sunday and especially on Sunday morning when the inactie lists come out.