The Miami Dolphins are currently without the services of kicker Caleb Sturgis.
Sturgis suffered a quadriceps injury to his non-kicking leg and has since been unable to take part in Dolphins organized team activities.
According to the latest report, Sturgis' injury may have been of the particularly silly and probably embarrassing, for him and for the franchise, kind.
Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald cites three sources who informed him that Sturgis' injury actually came as a result of a team-organized kickball game.
"The Dolphins decided to schedule a team-building activity following a recent practice and someone in a position of authority --- it's unclear if it was a coach or the strength/conditioning staff --- decided on a game of kickball," writes Jackson.
"But that idea turned regrettable when Sturgis sustained a strained quad to his plant leg, an injury that will sideline him for the remainder of the team's offseason practices, which run through June 18."
Sturgis is expected to return to normal work in two to three weeks and is "optimistic" about being ready for training camp, per Jackson.
"We'll see how things go," coach Joe Philbin said Monday, via Chris Perkins of the South Florida Sun Sentinel. Rookie Andrew Franks has been handling placekicking duties while Sturgis is on the mend.
Dolphins fans will be happy (or not?) to know that team brass is expressing "disappointment internally" and are well aware that they'll be criticized for the incident, according to Jackson.
Sturgis, the Dolphins fifth-round pick out of Florida in the 2013 NFL Draft, has started every game over the past two seasons in Miami.
He's made 55 of 71 field goals, a 77.5 percent accuracy rate, and has amassed a total of 239 points. He was 28th in the NFL in field goal accuracy last season, having made 29 of 37 attempts.
