Hurt on snap one, stayed for the rest
The first play. That is when Zach Sieler’s biceps went in Sunday’s 19-9 loss to the Detroit Lions. He did not come off. The Miami Dolphins defensive tackle played the remainder of the game with the rupture, and on Tuesday ESPN reported the price of that toughness: season-ending surgery.
Recovery is expected to take five to six months. So the 31-year-old is done for 2026, with Miami left to patch the middle of its defensive line for the second half of the season.
Sieler had been steady before the injury. Eight games, eight starts, 24 tackles and two sacks.
no renewal
Free for 2 weeks.
A big contract, a long road back
The Dolphins committed to him in August 2025, handing him a three-year, $67.75 million extension. That deal was built on what he did in 2023 and 2024, when he posted back-to-back 10-sack seasons from the interior, a rare return for a tackle.
Sieler started his career in Baltimore before landing in Miami in 2019, and he is now in his ninth NFL season. Across 116 games (90 starts) with the Ravens and Dolphins he has 381 tackles, 37.5 sacks, five forced fumbles and two interceptions.
For now, Miami loses one of its most reliable defenders. The man who refused to leave the field on Sunday will watch the rest of the year from the sideline.
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