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www.Dolphinsjerseyproshop.com - panxing18 - 06-09-2019 It’s time to move on from the Miami Dolphins backup quarterback discussion It’s time to move on from the backup quarterback discussion. At this point Christian Wilkins Miami Dolphins Jerseys , it is a waste of time and energy when we could be talking about something else. Even this column, 611 words deep, spends too much time talking about it. But, I hope this will show you why we should all move on. That’s because if we are talking about it as a long-term solution at any point in this season, we may as well just start looking ahead to the 2019 NFL Draft. That’s the reality of this situation.Let’s look at both situations. Keenum played most of the season, but the Vikings are and were built on an elite defense. Keenum had to simply manage the game without losing it for them. While he did show flashes, he has essentially been a backup his entire career. There is a reason for this. There is also a reason why the Vikings let Keenum go and instead chased an outsider, Kirk Cousins. When the Eagles were 10-2, Nick Foles took over in the third quarter in their December tilt against the Los Angeles Rams. The Eagles won, 43-35 and clinched the NFC East. They only had to beat the struggling New York Giants in Week 15 and then the Oakland Raiders in Week 16 to clinch the top spot in the NFC. They did, and Foles didn’t play the full game in Week 17 against the Dallas Cowboys. Thus, opponents had very limited film on Foles with the Eagles, and when they got to the Super Bowl, Eagles head coach Doug Pederson added plenty of new wrinkles to keep the New England Patriots off balance. That’s all without even taking the stingy Eagles defense into account.With that Christian Wilkins black jersey , you’ll see why long-term success in the NFL with a backup quarterback is unlikely. If you are successful, it’s because you have an elite defense that can carry the team. So, if God forbid, Ryan Tannehill goes down with a season-ending injury, the Dolphins season will be lost.That’s why, at that point, the discussion won’t necessarily be around which backup quarterback can lead Miami to the playoffs. It will be about who the Dolphins can draft in the 2019 draft to replace Tannehill. Hypothetically, with three injuries, the Dolphins would not be able to rely on Tannehill as their franchise quarterback moving forward. But don’t tell Head Coach Adam Gase that the season would be lost. “Really, at the end of the day, we talk about that being one of the most important positions in professional football. Our thought process is we’re going to try to develop guys and get them ready to go and if we ever have any situation where we need the next guy to get up, we want to make sure we have the right guy. We’re going to keep working with the two guys we’ve got.”While the coaches and players won’t give up, the reality of the situation will be staring at all of us in the face. That’s why the Dolphins backup quarterback discussion, when discussed in the context of a long-term situation for this season Christian Wilkins Jersey Mens , is a waste of time. If it’s a situation where you’re talking about it for a few weeks, that is a different story. Long-term? Not worth it.Unless of course, the Dolphins catch lightning in a bottle.Matthew Cannata is the host of Phinsider Radio, which you can hear on iTunes and other podcast platforms. During the season, shows will be released after the Dolphins games have concluded and on Wednesday mornings. Follow him on Twitter: @CannataNFL. The Miami Dolphins find themselves in a much better place this week, as they prepare for their second consecutive home game, this time against the Detroit Lions. The last time the Dolphins had a 300 yard passer, a 100 yard rusher and a 100 yard receiver was 27 years ago, and their overall offensive output against the Bears was the fifth highest in franchise history -- and the highest since 1988, when you-know-who quarterbacked the team.I believe that some of the credit for this should go to first year offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains, who seemed to have the perfect game plan for keeping the ferocious Bears pass Rush at bay and keeping the entire Chicago defense off balance for much of the game. Although he was ranked 32nd and last in the NFL by the oh-so-credible-and-always-impartial ESPN as recently as last season, Loggains redeemed himself in a big way, and may have helped salvage a season that had been teetering on the edge of collapse just two weeks ago. Although Adam Gase apparently calls the actual plays on game day, you know ‘Loghead’ had to have had some input during the week. Although the Dolphins needed overtime to get the Osweiler-Gore-Wilson triumvirate past the 300/100/100 threshold Miami Dolphins Jersey 2019 , only Gore needed the extra period to pass the 100 yard mark. Osweiler had 315 yards in regulation and Wilson had more than 150 yards receiving by the middle of the fourth quarter. Speaking of Brock Osweiler, how about that gangly kid? After months of inactivity and no more than a day or two’s advance notice, he came in and played amazingly well, considering what most of us had expected of him. There are few things in sports as difficult or challenging as playing quarterback for an NFL team; what was most impressive to me was not necessarily his performance, but his demeanor. Throughout the wild swings of momentum during the game, he seemed almost unflappable. Yeah, his two interceptions were ugly as sin, but he also made some great reads and good throws, as well. I don’t want to get into the whole quarterback controversy thing between he and Tannehill; I’m just glad that the Dolphins have two guys who are capable of leading the team, when healthy. |