What is wrong with the Dolphins head coach?

[Sports Hernia]

The dude looked way over his head in the game Sunday.
Looked confused the whole game. It would be like me trying to land a 737.

 

[Throwdown]

Skylar Thompson is awful, anyone would be confused

 

[Santaclarahawk]

McDaniel’s qb room has disintegrated into limbo. Is Tua coming back because he went to cheer them on in Seattle? He doesn’t know. If he gets Tua back, how does he avoid coaching Tua into a fifth concussion? Who knows if Tua is coming back?

Skylar was always going to lose being that he hasn’t seen game time since 2022, but what McDaniel didn’t count on was Skylar’s injury. So then you have Tim Boyle who couldn’t move the ball, either. Tyler Huntley meanwhile was no baker Mayfield able to pick up the playbook.

 

[Zebulon Dak]

Boyle & Huntley are both better than Thompson. They're better off without him.

 

[Santaclarahawk]

No coach looks good when his choice is a bunch of qb3s.

 

[Maulbert]

No coach looks good when his choice is a bunch of qb3s.

I thought if a team had a 3rd qb ready to go, he could step in without the offense missing a beat./s

 

[Santaclarahawk]

I thought if a team had a 3rd qb ready to go, he could step in without the offense missing a beat./s

Not unless he’s Brock Purdy, no. In fact against kc in mop up time, he presented the ball to the wrong side of the running back. The lad learned from his mistakes quickly, which is also something Skylar can do, and did, in 2022 getting the team to the playoffs.

That alone made his contract worth it.

 

[Indy]

No coach looks good when his choice is a bunch of qb3s.

Which has been pointed out that they are trash.

 

[Santaclarahawk]

Which has been pointed out that they are trash.

Qb3s are just that in most cases though. Most times they are insurance, as in when Stetson Bennett subbed for Garoppolo or Sean Clifford being elevated as qb2 while Love was out. They at least have been in the room, they at least know the playbook.

In Tuas case, the fins owe Tua about 100m more if they force retire him. They can’t, as of yet, negotiate to get Russell Wilson, Zach Wilson or dtr.

 

[Santaclarahawk]

Tyler Huntley will start at QB for Dolphins Monday

Huntley joined the Dolphins after Tua Tagovailoa suffered a concussion in Week Two.

www.nbcsports.com

Coach still believes Skylar has a chance when healthy, but they’re going to see whether huntley can do better than the other two did in Seattle. Even a close loss would be seen as hope that maybe Huntley can be coached up to get one or two wins before a decision has to be made on Tua. The only thing McDaniel can do right now is prepare for that to be the case. So no, he doesn’t suck for that.

 

[Maulbert]

Not unless he’s Brock Purdy, no. In fact against kc in mop up time, he presented the ball to the wrong side of the running back. The lad learned from his mistakes quickly, which is also something Skylar can do, and did, in 2022 getting the team to the playoffs.

That alone made his contract worth it.

However, Skylar Thompson spent far more time in the Dolphins developmental system than Purdy in the 49ers, which, by your analysis, should make him capable of overcoming any shortfall in talent.

Or, maybe, just maybe, we're right that developmental time doesn't matter with shit talent.

 

[Santaclarahawk]

Skylar actually got the fins to the playoffs that year. For a seventh, that’s not so bad. And now he has broken robs, leading to the opportunity to see if Tyler Huntley is actually superior.

 

[Maulbert]

Skylar actually got the fins to the playoffs that year. For a seventh, that’s not so bad. And now he has broken robs, leading to the opportunity to see if Tyler Huntley is actually superior.

He didn't 'get them' anywhere. He played like shit against a bad New England team and lost, then he simply didn't fuck up against an awful Jets team in a game with no TDs. It was 11-6, with 3 FGs and a safety for Miami. He only had 154 yards passing. Being in the system had nothing to do with it.

 

[Santaclarahawk]

He didn't 'get them' anywhere. He played like shit against a bad New England team and lost, then he simply didn't f*ck up against an awful Jets team in a game with no TDs. It was 11-6, with 3 FGs and a safety for Miami. He only had 154 yards passing. Being in the system had nothing to do with it.

You have a point—Huntley could actually be better. McDaniel really has no other choice than him on Monday anyway with the injury. We probably agree that Huntley gives them a better if not great chance of actually winning a couple.

Which brings up why the Ravens had him on the ps in the first place while making their qb2 Josh Johnson. He’s 38. The last time he was on prime time, he was concussed within four minutes and that was two years ago.