Dolphins coach Joe Philbin isn’t ready to name a starting quarterback for Friday’s preseason game against Carolina. The buzz seems to be pointing in rookie Ryan Tannehill’s direction, but even if he doesn’t start the game, Philbin expects to see Tannehill get plenty of starters-on-starters action in the preseason after he has had three solid weeks of training camp.
“He’s going to at some point in the preseason, there’s no question about that,” Philbin said. “Whether it’s against Carolina or not remains to be seen, but he will get some reps with the ones against the one defense.”
Philbin said he and the coaches will meet tonight to map out the playing time for everybody for the Carolina game, and expects the starters to receive 25-30 snaps. In all likelihood, Philbin will inform Tannehill and Matt Moore on Thursday who the starter will be.
