Our Miami Dolphins have now accomplished two of their three pre-season contests. Miami is 2 and 0 in these video games regardless of some very up-and-down play from the staff’s two backup quarterbacks, Skylar Thompson and Mike White. Starter Tua Tagovailoa appeared like he was in mid-season kind in his solely drive of the pre-season. Nonetheless, with the questionable play of the backups, a lot of the fanbase feels lower than assured within the staff’s quarterback depth as the start of the 2024 season rapidly approaches. With that in thoughts, I requested the next query a few days again:
What would you prefer to see the staff/GM Chris Grier do in regards to the present backup quarterback scenario? Ought to he decide one of many two and go along with him, and if that’s the case, which of the backups ought to he roll with, assuming the staff solely retains two QBs on the roster? Would you as a substitute like him to signal somebody off the road or commerce for one more backup that is perhaps accessible after coaching camp? If you wish to add a special participant to the roster through free agent signing or commerce, who would you prefer to see Grier goal?
Under are a few of your solutions and ideas on the query of the day-
phinette makes the superb level that if the Dolphins need to improve, that they had higher not be late to the celebration.
If we’re in search of a special backup we must be alert. We’re not the one staff on the market in backup QB panic. Sean McVay has brazenly expressed his concern about Stetson Bennett, and there are a number of different groups coping with accidents to their #2. Heinecke and Zach Wilson is perhaps accessible. Simply pondering out loud.
Thomas23059 makes the purpose that if Tua suffers any kind of critical harm, the season shall be over anyway. I might argue that for a minor harm, a top quality backup provides you an opportunity to not drop a recreation or two that the starter is out.
You go along with the identical plan each different staff with a high QB goes with, hope he doesn’t get harm. We noticed what occurred to the Bengals and Chargers when Burrow and Herbert bought harm. What do yo assume goes to occur if Mahomes, Allen, Jackson, or Prescott misses many of the season? Their groups aren’t making the playoffs both, except somebody will get fortunate and catches lightening in a bottle with a backup, just like the 49ers did with Purdy.
I all the time return to this story:
“Tom Moore additionally gave us one of many biggest soccer quotes ever. Requested why the Colts’ backup QBs by no means noticed a single snap in follow through the Manning years, he defined: “If 18 goes down, we’re f—ed. Round right here, we don’t follow f—ed.””
Tua goes down, effectively, Tom Moore mentioned it. Liam Eichenberg goes down, Tua is taking snaps behind whoever his backup is. Roll with the backup QBs you could have. Deal with different positions the place an harm may very well be catastrophic, however doesn’t must be.
twinssdfan says to maintain each present backups, simply in case.
IMO: maintain Thompson and White. Tau goes down we’ll want them.
daytonadolfan says maintain Thompson and discover a vet to return in.
Preserve Skyler as a #3 and herald a veteran for #2, oh and provides White a one-way ticket to anyplace!
sand_in_shoes needs to see the workers maintain the higher of the 2 backups on the roster, ship the opposite to the follow squad, after which draft one other man within the subsequent draft.
To me you decide Skylar/White – whichever the coaches resolve. Put the opposite man on the PS for now. Draft somebody subsequent 12 months with the traits you’re in search of – accuracy, fast choice making, anticipation, no matter. Possibly with one of many compensatory picks. Groom him. Possibly he’s not as elite as Tua. OK. Make it so the offense doesn’t change if Tua is out for greater than a few video games.
If the starter goes down, NeenerWhacker needs to see Mostert or Achane behind heart.
The way in which I see the depth chart @qb:
1. Tua
2. Wildcat offense
3. White/Skylar
SlayerNation1 says simply maintain White because-
… a humiliation of riches. Actually, you can flip a coin on these two. I feel White is extra cellular, so I might say White, if I needed to.
Neither have a fast sufficient processor and arm energy is essentially irrelevant to this scheme. They each lock telegraph the throw.
I’ve no suggestion of an out of doors alternative for a similar foremost purpose, processor pace.
Someplace on the market, is an unknown, undrafted JUCO/D3 QB with the appropriate mind and accuracy.
Aside from the house recreation vs NE, I can’t see MW/ST profitable a recreation as a starter.
Distress loves firm for any contender insofar, if QB1 misses a amount of video games, they’re screwed.
finfanfromsiam says to maintain Skylar and ship White packing.
Stick to Skylar, too late to search out somebody to rise up to hurry with our system. MFW must go!!!
ericfos needs to pull an ex-Dolphin off his sofa.
Josh Rosen! Why not, it couldn’t be a lot worse than the way it appears to be like presently. Proper?
There’s, as traditional, no consensus, however the general feeling I get is that nobody is all that comfy with what we now have. It is also slightly late within the course of to deliver another person in to get them in control with Miami’s offense. Thanks once more to everybody who took the time to reply our query of the day. Please be part of us once more tomorrow night for our reside thread to observe our Miami Dolphins of their remaining preseason recreation in opposition to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
