With the Dolphins looking to the future, it’s fair to wonder if head coach Brian Flores will reinsert second-year QB Josh Rosen into the starting lineup for the final two games of the season instead of continuing to roll with 37-year-old journeyman Ryan Fitzpatrick.
But as Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald writes, Flores has shot down the idea that he needs to get another look at Rosen this year. “We will always do what we feel is in the best interests of this team and play the guy that gives us the best chance to win; we feel that’s Ryan,” Flores said. “It’s [been] that way for the last 8 to 10 weeks.”
Of course, Miami acquired Rosen from the Cardinals this offseason for second- and fifth-round picks, and given his status as the No. 10 overall pick of the 2018 draft, it made sense for the draft pick-rich Dolphins to take a flier on the UCLA product. But in six games (three starts) this season, Rosen has completed 53.2% of his passes and has thrown one touchdown against five interceptions. He was similarly disappointing in his rookie campaign with Arizona, and while the 2018 Cardinals and the 2019 Dolphins boasted little offensive firepower of any kind, Jackson says Miami does not view Rosen as its long-term QB.
The team could save a little money by turning back to Rosen, as Fitzpatrick will earn $2.5MM in incentives if he plays in 75% or more of Miami’s offensive snaps this season (he has currently played in 76.9% of the team’s snaps). That money is guaranteed and is in addition to his $5.5MM base salary for 2020, but that is not a pressing issue for the Dolphins, who will have a ton of cap space to work with.
When asked if there is anything more to learn about Rosen by seeing him in additional game action, Flores said, “[y]ou can always get more information, but we have what we have [and that’s] practice reps and the game reps he had and his play for [Arizona] a year ago. The most important thing is what we see in practice on a weekly basis.” Reading between the lines, it sounds like Rosen hasn’t been any more impressive in practice than he has been in games.
He sucks. To be fair, both the Cards and Fins suck as organizations.
Trade him to the Titans and they’ll make him another Ryan Tannehill.
Give Rosen a decent OL and a couple NFL receivers and a semblance of a running game and he is a quality QB. When do you see a good QB on a bad team?
A great QB turns regular players into household names. See Russell Wilson, Tom Brady, Drew Brees.
I would be a good qb if a team had all those things too
Watch him get traded to the panthers for a 3rd and future pick in the offseason
It seems to me that the Dolphins could get a third round pick out of Rosen still. Not a bad price for a year’s kick of the tires (sliding down one round in the draft). Somewhere in the NFL there’s a clipboard with Josh Rosen’s name on it.
Eh he’s worth a flier to trade down if he was originally a first rounder. But it would be three consecutive years (including draft day) that’s he’s for and he’s been traded for every round besides a 3 6 and 7 at the moment
I just love that the link specifies that this is the Ballinger Lippincott Rosen so fans don’t get him confused with all the other great Josh Rosen’s out there.
Send him to the Raiders I’m sick and tired ofCarr!!!
Should have not added the last two words and it would be better.
I have always said one of the best jobs in the world is a back up QB. You get to practice and spend time with Nfl
Sorry time to get rid of this phone.
NFL. You also have a great seats to the game. You also get to tell the hot chicks you are an NFL player. Lol Clipboard Jesus made a good living from it. He would play just bad enough to not win starting job but good enough not to lose the 2nd place place spot. Made millions from San Diego and Seattle. San Diego should goiol plate his clipboards.
The hot chicks probably don’t care if your an NFL player but if you can convince them that you have access to a whole store of new shoes like Al Bundy your bound to score.