There are a couple things to look at here at EDGE, IMO…two sides of the same coin.
1) Even if Phillips and Chubb beat their expected timetables, I don’t think either of them will be as productive early in their first season back. Phillips’ injury actually concerns me more than Chubb’s, because it’s not easy to get one’s explosiveness back after an Achilles injury.
2) That being said, Miami has not one, but two players who are now over a full season removed from an Achilles injury: Shaq Barrett and Nik Needham. And while it’s not easy to get explosiveness back after an Achilles, it’s certainly more likely than it used to be.
I don’t know that we see Phillips or Chubb until October. If we do, I don’t know that they’ll be super productive until December.
However, I think Barrett might come out of the gate pretty hot. If Miami can produce pressure with Barrett and some combination of what’s on the roster now and FA/Draft, Phillips and Chubb rounding into form late in the season might work out perfectly.