Tag: Tyler Huntley

Skylar Thompson’s time with the Dolphins is probably up

The Dolphins are switching backup quarterbacks, which probably means it’s a wrap for the team’s 2022 seventh-round pick.

The Miami Dolphins have spent nearly three seasons developing 2022 seventh-round pick Skylar Thompson, but it seems they’re throwing in the towel.

On Monday, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters the team is turning to Tyler Huntley to be Tua Tagovailoa’s backup. That moves Thompson to third on the depth chart, which means his spot on the 53-man roster is tenuous, at best.

While Miami has carried three quarterbacks for stretches this season, including its Week 13 loss to the Green Bay Packers, the Dolphins started the year with only two quarterbacks on the active roster. So long as Tagovailoa and one backup are both healthy, the team will probably save roster space by sticking with just a pair of passers.

Assuming Thompson clears waivers, he’s a logical candidate to be retained on the practice squad. But will he ever see the Dolphins’ active roster again? Probably not.

The Dolphins now have three year’s worth of evidence that Thompson isn’t a player they can trust to step into the lineup when needed. Even trusting the quarterback to hand the ball off in the fourth quarter of a blowout win against the New England Patriots turned into a disaster for the team.

The team’s decision to turn to Huntley down the stretch speaks volumes. And it’s hard to imagine Miami has any interest in having Thompson around as a backup in 2025 and beyond.

In three years with the Dolphins, Thompson has appeared in 10 regular season games with one touchdown and three interceptions. He also made a playoff start, which he finished with a touchdown and two picks. It’d be a surprise if Miami has Thompson in its lineup ever again.

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Dolphins activate quarterback, send veteran pass rusher to IR

The Dolphins now have three quarterbacks on the active roster after bringing one back from the injured reserve.

The Miami Dolphins activated quarterback Tyler Huntley off the injured reserve Thursday and made room for him on the roster by sending Tyus Bowser down for an IR stint.

Huntley, 26, joined the Dolphins earlier this season while Tua Tagovailoa was sidelined with a concussion. The former Baltimore Ravens quarterback made three starts, completing 59.1 percent of his passes with 377 yards, one touchdown, and one interception.

In a Week 7 loss to the Indianapolis Colts, Huntley suffered a shoulder injury that landed him on IR.

With Tagovailoa back in the fold, the Dolphins don’t plan on seeing Huntley back on the field anytime soon. It also seems unlikely that the team will keep three quarterbacks on the 53-man roster for long.

“Ultimately, it’s important to have three guys over a long stretch of time,” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said earlier this month. “But in the short term, we’ll adjust by the needs of the team for sure.”

Stashing either Huntley or Skylar Thompson on the practice squad may prove to be a logical move for the Dolphins.

Bowser, 29, was signed by the Dolphins in October off the Seattle Seahawks’ practice squad. In nine games with Miami, he has 10 tackles and zero sacks.

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Dolphins place Tyler Huntley on IR, add veteran DT to practice squad

The Dolphins addressed their lack of defensive line depth by signing a veteran to the practice squad Friday.

The Miami Dolphins placed quarterback on injured reserve, signed wide receiver Dee Eskridge from their practice squad to the active roster, and signed veteran defensive tackle Matt Dickerson to the practice squad, the team announced Friday.

Huntley, 26, started three games for the Dolphins during Tua Tagovailoa’s stint on injured reserve, but exited his third start with a shoulder injury. After missing all three practices this week, the quarterback is now set to miss at least four games on IR.

The addition of Eskridge comes after return specialist Braxton Berrios landed on injured reserve earlier this week with a torn ACL. In three seasons with the Seattle Seahawks, Eskridge recorded 17 kickoff returns and averaged 25.2 yards.

Dickerson, 28, first joined the NFL in 2018 as an undrafted free agent with the Tennessee Titans and he spent three seasons with the team. In the last few years, Dickerson has had stints with the Las Vegas Raiders, Arizona Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs, and Atlanta Falcons, and was most recently with the Chiefs in training camp and preseason. In 36 career games, Dickerson has 42 tackles, three tackles for loss, and three quarterback hits.

The Dolphins are in need of defensive line depth after captain Zach Sieler suffered a fractured orbital in practice that will keep him out Sunday. There are only four other defensive linemen on the active roster and Dickerson joins only one other lineman, Neil Farrell, on the practice squad.

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Tyler Huntley, 2 Dolphins CBs sit out Wednesday practice

Five Dolphins were absent from practice Wednesday and another five were limited.

Five Miami Dolphins players sat out practice Wednesday and another five were limited, the team announced.

Veterans Terron Armstead and Calais Campbell were among the group that sat out Wednesday, although both were given rest days.The other three were quarterback Tyler Huntley, and cornerbacks Kader Kohou and Storm Duck, who sat out with shoulder, neck, and ankle injuries, respectively.

But the biggest name on the Wednesday report was quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who returned to practice for the first time since suffering a concussion in Week 2.

Wednesday participation

DNP

  • OT Terron Armstead (rest)
  • DT Calais Campbell (rest)
  • CB Storm Duck (ankle)
  • QB Tyler Huntley (right shoulder)
  • CB Kader Kohou (neck)

Limited

  • OL Liam Eichenberg (shoulders)
  • S Jevón Holland (hand)
  • LB Emmanuel Ogbah (bicep)
  • QB Tua Tagovailoa (concussion)
  • WR Jaylen Waddle (quad)

While Tagovailoa is still in the concussion protocol and on the Dolphins’ injured reserve, it’d be a surprise if he was unavailable to play Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals.

The bigger question marks are the Dolphins’ pair of cornerbacks, although the return of 2023 second-round pick Cam Smith would mitigate the blow if Kader and/or Duck are out.

Arizona’s injury report has not yet been released and this post will be updated when it’s available.

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Tua Tagovailoa defends Dolphins backup QBs who struggled in his place

Tua Tagovailoa says “it’s really tough to ask” a backup to step in and find immediate success in the Dolphins offense.

The Miami Dolphins won just one of their four games without Tua Tagovailoa, and averaged a dismal 10 points per game during the stretch.

Skylar Thompson, Tyler Huntley, and Tim Boyle all saw time under center, and found varying levels of success, but the Dolphins’ only touchdown pass since Week 2 was a 10-yard screen pass to Jonnu Smith on Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts.

“Listen, I think it’s really tough to ask any of our quarterbacks to come in to do the footwork that we’ve been doing for the past two years,” Tagovailoa said Monday. “To see fast guys running and seeing the space that’s there and asking them to kind of process all of that.

“We looked at film, we were able to see what we missed and what we could’Sve got better with, but it’s a team sport. It shouldn’t take one position for this whole thing to crumble, everybody needs to be on their Ps and Qs as well.”

In September, not long after Tagovailoa landed on injured reserve due to the concussion he suffered in Week 2, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said he’d “kind of get triggered” by comments that any passer could step into his system and find success.

“To say that anybody could, then we would have open tryouts and that would be very salary cap-friendly,” McDaniel said. “I think the way that Tua plays the position is very unique and that’s always triggered me that people have said anybody can. … From my vantage point, being in the offense for 20 years, that the statement that anybody can run it is false.”

Still, McDaniel said Monday that he stressed to his team that they can’t see Tagovailoa as the “savior” who will fix all of their offensive woes. There have been plenty of mistakes and miscues beyond just the issues at quarterback.

The trio of Huntley, Thompson, and Boyle combined to complete 60 percent of their passes in relief of Tagovailoa for 717 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

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Tyler Huntley injury vs Colts: Latest news on Dolphins QB

Dolphins quarterback Tyler Huntley is dealing with a shoulder injury. Here are the latest updates.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tyler Huntley fell awkwardly on his shoulder in the third quarter of a Week 7 game against the Indianapolis Colts and exited to the locker room.

Prior to the injury, Huntley completed seven of his 13 passes for 87 yards and a touchdown. He also added 20 rushing yards.

Tyler Huntley injury update

The Dolphins initially ruled Huntley questionable to return from the injury and he was replaced in the lineup by Tim Boyle on the following drive. After FOX sideline reporter Laura Okmin said he was undergoing tests on his throwing shoulder, the Dolphins eventually ruled Huntley out for the remainder of the game.

How long will Tyler Huntley be out?

Huntley was ruled out from returning Sunday against the Colts, and it may be the last Miami fans see the backup in action. The Dolphins expect to have starter Tua Tagovailoa back in Week 8 and may be inclined to have Skylar Thompson slide up to No. 2 on the depth chart.

Dolphins QB depth chart

The Dolphins had to dig into the quarterback depth this season when Tagovailoa went to injured reserve due to a concussion suffered in Week 2. While he’s expected to be back next week, the Dolphins turned to Thompson in Week 3 and Huntley in Week 4.

Thompson is listed as an emergency third quarterback and will only be eligible to play Sunday if Boyle also suffers an injury.

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Tyler Huntley got Dolphins receivers back early from bye for extra work

Tyler Huntley didn’t “want to bother too many guys,” but he convinced a couple Dolphins pass catchers to come back early from their bye.

The Miami Dolphins had a week off to get healthy and reset after a rough start to the year, but Tyler Huntley spent that time working to catch up on the offense.

On Monday, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel said that Huntley used the time to “jump into” the offense ahead of his third straight start in relief of the injured Tua Tagovailoa. On Wednesday, Huntley revealed that he asked some Miami pass catchers to come back early from their time resting to get some extra work.

“I didn’t really want to bother too many guys, you know what I mean?” Huntley said. “The guys that were able to come back early and had a chance to catch a few passes, it was good.”

Huntley didn’t want to specifically say which players cut their bye week short to get back to work. Tight end Jonnu Smith was the only one specifically mentioned by name.

“I think we’ve all seen a big jump from the first week he was with us to the second one, and he’s gotten a lot more comfortable,” Smith said of Huntley earlier this week. “We were able to go in there and win with him and we’ve showed that we can do that and that’s just the expectation. He’s a phenomenal, phenomenal player but a better person, so I’m glad to have that guy back there leading us.”

In Huntley’s first start, the Dolphins struggled to get going, finishing with only 78 passing yards and 184 yards of total offense in a loss against the Tennessee Titans. A week later, Miami more than doubled those totals with 372 offensive yards and 179 passing yards in a win against the New England Patriots.

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Tyler Huntley used bye week to ‘really jump into’ Dolphins offense

While most of the Dolphins used the bye week to rest, Tyler Huntley got to work.

Most of the Miami Dolphins players spent a Week 6 bye getting some much-needed rest and recuperation.

Not Tyler Huntley.

The quarterback, who was signed by the Dolphins in September and started for the team in Weeks 4 and 5, used the time off to get caught up on the Miami offense.

“The cut-ups, the practice film, and some of the stuff to get ahead of what we’ll probably do with the Indianapolis Colts, as well as just the whys and whats for our whole offense, he really got to jump into,” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said Monday. “I promise you that you have to be a very, very well oiled professional to be able to command the offense the way he has and he’s improved every work week we’ve had.

“I’m very excited for the offense for him to get another week under his belt to operate to its full steam because I thought we got better, not worse from his first start to his second and that’s what you want to see to his third.”

After generating only 184 yards of offense in a loss to the Tennessee Titans, the Huntley-led Dolphins more than doubled their output with a 372-yard day against the New England Patriots.

“He’s just gotten better at everything that he thinks he can get better at,” Dolphins offensive lineman Austin Jackson said. “He’s very confident leading the offense which is great. I think he’s just the type of guy that’s gets better every day, and in this league, that will be good for you.”

The Dolphins are counting on that improvement to continue as they wait for Tua Tagovailoa to be ready to make his return from injured reserve. Tagovailoa is eligible to return in Week 8, but Miami hasn’t disclosed a timeline for his recovery from a concussion suffered in Week 2.

In the meantime, Huntley’s doing what he can to try to get the Dolphins back. on track.

“He told me to come back a little early so we could throw,” Dolphins receiver Jaylen Waddle said Monday. “Snoop be trying to get that work in.”

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Dolphins plan to stick with Tyler Huntley as starter after Week 6 bye

Sorry Skylar Thompson, the reins to the Dolphins offense are staying in Tyler Huntley’s hands.

The Miami Dolphins will be without Tua Tagovailoa for at least one more game, as he’s ineligible to return until Week 8 at the earliest. In the meantime, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel is comfortable with Tyler Huntley continuing to be the team’s starter.

“I feel very happy with the way ‘Snoop’ [Huntley] went from managing the offense, so to speak, in his first outing to … I thought he was executing the offense and that’s to his credit,” McDaniel said Monday. “I feel pretty good about how fast he’s developed, and I would guess to forecast continuing that development process with the offense. The operation was better but not as good as it could be and you hope that with continuity, there’s an improvement in that.”

In Huntley’s second start with the Dolphins, he completed 18 of his 31 passes for 194 yards — more than double the 96 passing yards he recorded in Week 4 — even if he threw an interception and no touchdowns.

“We’re just going to continue to build off of that,” Huntley said after the 15-10 win against the New England Patriots on Sunday. “We have a bye week coming up. We’re going to get in the lab, work on the things that we need to fix, and come out the next week ready to fire.”

In August, the Dolphins held a competition between Skylar Thompson and Mike White for backup duties. Thompson won with a strong performance in the team’s preseason finale, but when he was thrust into the starting lineup in Week 3, he struggled and Miami scored just three points in a loss to the Seattle Seahawks.

Thompson suffered an injured rib in that loss, but it appears as though he won’t be taking back the No. 2 spot on the depth chart from Huntley even when he’s healthy again.

Following their Week 6 bye, the Dolphins will travel to play the Indianapolis Colts on the road in Week 7. No team has allowed more yards so far this season than Indianapolis.

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Dolphins to start Tyler Huntley at QB again in Week 5

The Dolphins are sticking with Tyler Huntley for now, despite a rough performance by the team’s offense against the Titans.

The Miami Dolphins are sticking with Tyler Huntley at quarterback for now, despite the team’s offensive struggles in Week 4, head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters Tuesday.

“The injury that [Skylar Thompson] sustained has been kind of labor-some getting back, so we’re planning on going with Tyler [Huntley],” McDaniel said. “After reviewing the tape, there’s reasons for guys to be excited about that. While the outcome wasn’t nearly what we wanted offensively, there were some things to build upon that we’ll keep working through and we’re excited to do that tomorrow.”

The Dolphins are scheduled to face the New England Patriots in Week 5.

Huntley, 26, finished his Dolphins debut with 14 completions on 22 attempts for 96 yards. He also added 40 rushing yards and a late 1-yard touchdown run.

The Dolphins offense finished with 184 yards against the Tennessee Titans, the team’s worst offensive output since Tua Tagovailoa’s first career start in 2020.

Miami is currently without starter Tua Tagovailoa until at least Week 8 due to a concussion he suffered in a Week 2 loss. The Dolphins turned to Thompson in Week 3, but he struggled in the start before exiting with a rib injury. Miami also has Tim Boyle, who completed seven passes for 79 yards after relieving Thompson.

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