The Miami Dolphins aren't sure if Terron Armstead will be starting left tackle. But rising sophomore Patrick Paul will be prepared if he doesn't.

But for Patrick Paul, that decision doesn’t change anything. “I’m working toward being a starter, and that’s all I’m focused on, is being the best version of myself this year,” Paul told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel on Saturday.

The issue for the Dolphins is that Paul plays a position where the team employs one of its best players on one side in the form of Terron Armstead — actually, the team's best player, according to PFF — and an ascending former first-round pick on the other in the form of Austin Jackson.