When Ja'Wuan James first suffered his big toe injury in New England Oct. 29, the expectation was he might be out as little as four weeks but perhaps as long as six weeks.
A club source told The Herald today it will be closer to six weeks.
That means James will miss Sunday's game at the New York Jets and probably next week's game against the Baltimore Ravens. The team hopes he might be able to play Dec. 14 against the New York Giants.
Dolphins coach Dan Campbell has acknowledged James wasn't playing Sunday against the New York Jets but with James out of the walking boot and into treatment, the hopes is "this thing can progress pretty fast.