Dolphins LB Jaelan Phillips aiming to be better than ever

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MIAMI -- Jaelan Phillips stepped to the makeshift lectern at the Miami Dolphins practice facility on Monday for his first football-specific media availability since sustaining a torn right Achilles tendon in November.

The fourth-year linebacker was activated from the physically unable to perform list and made his training camp debut earlier that morning -- his first practice in nearly nine months.

The walkthrough wasn't enough for him, he joked.

"I'm just happy to be back out there. It was a little bit of a tease," he said, smiling. "I'm ready to start hitting some things, but it was great. I'm just so blessed to have my health and be out here running around with…