It looks like tight end Darren Waller’s comeback will not happen in Week 1.

Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters in his Friday press conference that Waller suffered a setback in his recovery from a hip strain and is now unlikely to play against the Colts on Sunday.

“It means he’s being challenged,” McDaniel said. “The most eager player to play has another challenge, so I know he’s up for it, but I don’t think he’s going to play this week.”

Waller hadn’t been practicing during training camp after joining the Dolphins in early July. But McDaniel said this hip injury occurred before practice on Wednesday.

“We had already planned not to practice him anyway — something that we didn’t know what it was until what it was,” McDaniel said. “But we were planning for setback prevention

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