DeVante Parker could have hardly envisioned a worse start to his crucial fourth NFL season.
He has missed three of his first four games because of injury. With a fifth-year option to his rookie contract on the line, he has two catches for 40 yards in 2018. And he is no sure thing to play Sunday against the Bengals.
Parker is questionable with a quadriceps injury that kept him out of the Patriots game, just the latest setback in a career that has never been able to click into high gear.
Dolphins coach Adam Gase knows this is a critical moment in Parker’s young football life, and spent time with his young receiver during practice Friday.