{"id":20948,"date":"2025-01-21T03:37:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T03:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20948"},"modified":"2025-01-21T03:37:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T03:37:56","slug":"report-miami-dolphins-unlikely-to-draft-quarterback-with-no-13-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=20948","title":{"rendered":"Report: Miami Dolphins \u2018unlikely\u2019 to draft quarterback with No. 13 pick"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0struggled mightily in the 2024 season when quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was out of the lineup, but that doesn\u2019t mean that the team will use the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft to address the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cMiami owns the No. 13 overall pick in this year\u2019s draft, but it\u2019s unlikely it spends that pick on a quarterback, one season after signing Tagovailoa to a four-year extension \u2014 especially with a weak 2025 class at the position,\u201d\u00a0ESPN\u2019s Marcel Louis-Jacques wrote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tagovailoa missed six of the Dolphins\u2019 17 games in the 2024 season, and Miami went just 2-4 in those matchups with Tyler Huntley, Skylar Thompson and Tim Boyle all seeing snaps at quarterback.<\/p>\n

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Huntley was the most effective of the group, but even he couldn\u2019t lead the Dolphins to enough wins to make the playoffs \u2013 or finish over .500 \u2013 in the 2024 regular season.<\/p>\n

Tagovailoa has been a Pro Bowl-level quarterback when healthy, but he\u2019s played in 13 or fewer games in all but one of his five NFL seasons.<\/p>\n

The Dolphins have thrived when the former first-round pick has been under center, going 38-24 in his starts, including an impressive 25-16 in Tagovailoa\u2019s 41 starts since Mike McDaniel was named the Dolphins\u2019 head coach.<\/p>\n

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However, Miami needs to have a better backup plan at the quarterback position given Tagovailoa\u2019s injury history. While the Dolphins may not consider taking a quarterback in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft, they could look to address the position later in the draft or in free agency.<\/p>\n

Tagovailoa is under contract with the Dolphins through the 2028 season after signing a four-year, $212.4 million extension with the franchise. While Tagovailoa certainly gives the Dolphins a chance to make the playoffs when he\u2019s healthy, Miami is paying a lot of money to the quarterback even though he\u2019s never won a playoff game.<\/p>\n

In the 2024 season, Tagovailoa completed an NFL-best 72.9 percent of his passes for 2,867 yards, 19 touchdowns and seven interceptions. In the 2023 season, Tagovailoa led the NFL in passing yards. The 2023 campaign is the only time in his career that he\u2019s suited up in every one of the Dolphins\u2019 regular season games.<\/p>\n

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Hopefully, the Dolphins will address the backup quarterback position in the offseason to avoid another unfortunate finish in the standings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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