Miami Dolphins Safety Jevon Holland a question mark with hand injury

This is a big season for the Miami Dolphins safety. Jevon Holland, who is one year into his contract, is looking for an extension – sooner or later.

However, things have become complicated for Holland due to his injury against the New England Patriots in Week 5. The Dolphins are back in action this week after their bye, but Holland is a question mark due to the injury, which reportedly involved a broken bone. in his left hand.

Holland was spotted in training on Monday with a protective device on his hand, but the question is whether he will be able to play and whether he will be open to playing with the injury.

“Don’t get it twisted, football players started playing football to play football,” head coach Mike McDaniel said before practice on Wednesday. “He will be smart with the team and not be irresponsible if he pushes a round peg into a square hole. But he also knows that he is a very good player who we are better off with him playing. So I feel very strongly about it at ease with.” all parties involved are making an appropriate decision for the right reasons and certainly spending a lot of time in the training room trying to make that come to life.”

This resembles a problem that the Netherlands faced at the end of last season. He was dealing with knee injuries and actually pulled himself out of the season finale against the Buffalo Bills because he felt he couldn’t be as productive as normal. That could be a factor again this time, especially if Holland feels like he can’t play his normal game due to his injury.

Playing through injuries can always be difficult for players who don’t want to aggravate their medical problems, but also want to be there for their teammates as much as possible.

In Holland’s case, the situation is made worse by his desire for a new contract, which has yet to happen in a year in which the Dolphins were very generous in handing out new deals for Tua Tagovailoa, Jaylen Waddle, Tyreek Hill, Jalen Ramsey and McDaniel . himself.

In a sense, Holland are in a similar situation to that of Christian Wilkins and Robert Hunt last season.

Like Holland, Wilkins and Hunt were two Dolphins draft picks who played out their rookie contracts. They never got that extension, so they left as unrestricted free agents for Las Vegas and Carolina, respectively.

Holland, selected in the second round of the 2021 draft, was a very good starter for the Dolphins, though it might be a stretch to call him elite regardless of his Pro Football Focus (PFF) grades.

PFF, which rates Holland highly, ranks him as the top Undrafted Free Agent (UFA) in the NFL heading into next offseason.

Based on what happened with Wilkins and Hunt, the Dolphins’ recent pattern has been to let their UFAs walk if they aren’t signed to an extension before the offseason arrives.

The last thing the Netherlands wants to see with their own eyes is what happened to center Connor Williams, who was also in a contract year (after arriving as a free agent) and suffered a nasty knee injury before getting his extension. With Williams’ future uncertain as the offseason dawned, the Dolphins moved on and signed Aaron Brewer as his replacement before Williams signed with the Seattle Seahawks in the summer.

As Holland works through his injury, you’d think he’d be considering all those scenarios and trying to help the Dolphins win by determining how far he’ll push himself to get back into the lineup.