Bad news on Dolphins final injury report. And what Thompson has told himself all week

A six-pack of Miami Dolphins notes on a Friday:

▪ The Dolphins appear likely to be without their best offensive lineman for a second game in a row on Sunday.

Left tackle Terron Armstead was listed as doubtful for Sunday’s game against the visiting Jets because of four injuries — hip, toe, knee and pectoral. Coach Mike McDaniel said it’s the lower-body injuries that are limiting him.

Greg Little likely would start in his place. Geron Christian, claimed off waivers from Kansas City on Thursday, might back up Little at left tackle.

If Armstead misses the game Sunday, he will have ended up missing four games this season and most of a fifth. He has never played a full NFL season.

The Dolphins listed linebacker Bradley Chubb, cornerback Xavien Howard and quarterback Teddy Bridgewater as questionable for Sunday’s game, but coach McDaniel indicated he was optimistic all would be available on Sunday.

McDaniel expects Bridgewater to be able to back up starting quarterback Skylar Thompson on Sunday. Bridgewater has been limited this week with a dislocated pinkie on this throwing hand.

Howard missed the New England game after a knee-to-knee collision in practice three days before that game.

“It was very frustrating, especially for a Thursday practice, getting ready for that game and it couldn’t happen,” Howard said Friday. “I feel good now. I’m ready for this week.”

Fullback Alec Ingold (thumb) and safety Eric Rowe (quadriceps) also were listed as questionable. The five Dolphins listed as questionable all practiced on a limited basis Friday.

Besides Armstead, the other two players listed as doubtful are receiver Cedrick Wilson Jr. (hip) and backup offensive tackle Kendall Lamm (ankle). None of those three players practiced Friday.

Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa remains in concussion protocol and is out for Sunday.

▪ As Thompson prepares for his second NFL start on Sunday — a game Miami needs to win to keep alive any playoff hopes — he keeps reminding himself of the same message.

“One thing I’ve been telling myself all week is I don’t have to be a hero,” Thompson said at his locker Friday. “I just got to be Skylar Thompson. That’s what I’m excited to do, smile, have fun and play the game I love. I’ve got two of the best receivers in the league on my team. I know those guys are going to go make plays for me. We’ve got great skill guys all around. I don’t have to be perfect. Distribute the football, be confident, move the chains.”

Thompson said he was told Friday that he would starting against the Jets.

“It’s a tough situation for me to get this opportunity, seeing Tua and Teddy deal with some injuries. It’s never how you want it to happen. I have a great opportunity. To see it play out this week is exciting.”

One key in his preparation is “I’ve been able to get all the reps with the ones and build trust, build continuity in the huddle and on the field. The most important thing is to be myself when I get out there. I’ve had the opportunity to be the leader I am this week, take ownership of the huddle and do all the things that suit me. I’m excited to see the work all week translate to Sunday.”

He said there’s no need for McDaniel to limit the offense.

“The way I’ve prepared this year, the way I’ve studied this playbook, hasn’t really put coach McDaniel in a position where he has to simplify a bunch of stuff for me,” he said.

Here’s one mechanical issue that he has discussed with quarterbacks coach Darrell Bevell:

“Last week, and I felt it in the game, if my first or second read wasn’t there, I got hit early and I felt there were times where it kind of sped me up a little bit.”

He said he instead wants to “remain calm and take a step up in the pocket and get to the next progression in my read. I did that a couple times. There were definitely happy feet a little bit, and I think some of that translates to those were my first live reps of the week [against New England]. I’ve got to be confident, trust my arm, trust my feet.”

▪ Guard Liam Eichenberg — who allowed seven quarterback pressures against the Patriots — said he was rusty in his first game back from an Oct. 30 knee injury.

“It was sloppy,” he said. “A lot of things I can work on.”

▪ Mike Glennon, who could be elevated as a third quarterback Sunday, hadn’t played in the league this season.

In his career, he’s 6-25 with a 78.6 passer rating, with 47 touchdowns and 35 interceptions.

He kept in shape this season by working out near his home in Raleigh, North Carolina, and throwing to North Carolina State players.

”I’ve been home all year but I figured I’d come down here and do what I can to try to help with his team out,” Glennon said. “I feel fresh. I’m sure I’m sure these guys are worn down. But fresh faces, new playbook to learn and kind of cram it in the week. But I feel like I can pick things up and do what I can to help us in this week.

“It’s definitely a unique situation. I was watching the game the other day just like most NFL fans and I see Teddy go down and kind of whenever a quarterback goes down this year, you say, ‘well, maybe that’ll be a shot.’ I saw the thing last week that said 64 NFL starting quarterbacks this year was like a record since the strike and I’m thinking, well, there’s something that’s telling that this might be over. This is the year.”

Glennon said his son was “all fired up because he sees Jaylen Waddle do the little waddle thing. So he’s excited for it.”

▪ Communication issues continue to hurt the Dolphins secondary; both touchdown passes allowed against the Patriots were the byproduct of that.

On the one with Noah Igbinoghene in coverage, cornerbacks coach Sam Madison said: “Because of the situation that he was in, being that he was on the left, and they had the safety out to the right, being able to look over there and being able to communicate ahead of time, it just was a situation where they didn’t communicate very well... The communication has to be quicker.”

▪ Fox is sending Dolphins-Jets to a significant part of the country but only four markets in Florida: Miami-Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Naples/Fort Myers and Jacksonville. The rest of the state gets Tampa Bay-Atlanta.

Joe Davis and Daryl Johnston, Fox’s No. 2 team, call their third Dolphins game in six weeks.

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The entire nation gets doubleheaders on both CBS and Fox on Sunday. The CBS and Fox stations in Miami-Fort Lauderdale each will air AFC East games at 1 p.m. and NFC East games at 4:25 p.m.