What will Miami do with Josh Rosen?
If the Dolphins were hoping to recoup some of the investment they made in Josh Rosen, things just got much more complicated. The Dolphins traded a 2nd-round pick for Rosen back in 2019 but he’s struggled to live up to the expectations that come with being a former top-10 overall pick. Rosen’s image could be hypothetically rehabbed through preseason play — but the preseason has already been cut in half this year and we may not see any exhibition games at all.
Making matters more complicated is Rosen’s status under contract. He’s entering the final year of his original 4-year deal in 2021 — so if Miami delays moving Rosen to buy more time to rehab his image, they’ll be looking at trading a player on an expiring contract next season. That will significantly cut down on his value.
There’s no easy answer here for the Dolphins regarding Rosen. But the best value he brings is to the Dolphins themselves as a young, cheap backup to Tagovailoa for the next two seasons.