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CAMP NOTEBOOK: Doughty Making An Early Impression

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Head Coach Adam Gase said Saturday the decision whether to keep two or three quarterbacks on the 53-man roster always depends on the personnel, and rookie Brandon Doughty is going to try to do everything in his power this summer to convince him to make it three this year.

While it’s way too early to make any judgments or predictions regarding the final 53-man roster, Doughty is off to an impressive start in camp.

“He does a great job as far as finding completions,” Gase said. “I made the comment to him one time, your progressions are usually wrong but somehow you find a completion. He’s like, well, that’s what I do. His whole career he’s found success getting completions.

“I’ve seen a guy that really did study over the summer because just being able to come out yesterday and as much red zone as he did, if you didn’t do anything over the summer, you were going to be in bad shape yesterday. And he did a good job. He came out there, he knew where to go with the ball, he found completions. He threw a couple of touchdown passes, so it was good to see that he took some time this summer and made sure he knew what was going on.”

Doughty, who played at North Broward Prep and grew up near the Baptist Health Training Facility at Nova Southeastern University, led the NCAA with a 71.9 completion percentage in 2015 when he starred at Western Kentucky, and led all FCS quarterbacks the past two years in passing yards and passing touchdowns.
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I hope he shows enough to keep around for development...you never know what the future holds for your starter.

I personally like always having a young talented QB with potential developing for injury situations.

I have no faith in a Matt Moore backup.

Also...if you develop a young guy you can potentially get draft picks for them in the future.
 
Spot on blue fin. Matt Moore looked horrible yesterday ( really all the qb' did) but he was especially bad. I am continually shocked that he has stuck around here as long as he has.
 
phinsphan001 said:
Spot on blue fin. Matt Moore looked horrible yesterday ( really all the qb' did) but he was especially bad. I am continually shocked that he has stuck around here as long as he has.
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I have not been at practices like you, but doesn't Matt Moore have the rep as a gamer,not a good practice QB?

Not arguing to keep him at this point but it might explain why he's still here.
 
tazthenomad said:
I have not been at practices like you, but doesn't Matt Moore have the rep as a gamer,not a good practice QB?

Not arguing to keep him at this point but it might explain why he's still here.
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Yea, Matt Moore has never been a great practice QB, but prior to Tannehill and even in 2012 w/ Ryan against the Jets, he was a guy you could depend on to come in and manage the offense without worrying about having Ray Lucas on your hands. Plus he seems like one hell of a good teammate to have around.

This team should be keeping 3 Quarterbacks. Tannehill as the starter, Moore as the vet backup and the youngster/development guy, which would be Doughty at this point. If you are confident that you can get Doughty on the PS, then that could work also.
 
Kdawg954 said:
Yea, Matt Moore has never been a great practice QB, but prior to Tannehill and even in 2012 w/ Ryan against the Jets, he was a guy you could depend on to come in and manage the offense without worrying about having Ray Lucas on your hands. Plus he seems like one hell of a good teammate to have around.

This team should be keeping 3 Quarterbacks. Tannehill as the starter, Moore as the vet backup and the youngster/development guy, which would be Doughty at this point. If you are confident that you can get Doughty on the PS, then that could work also.
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I think you could throw Doughty on the practice squad and not worry. At least for this season....

I agree on Moore, seems like the guy is ok with his spot in the NFL and seems happy to be apart of the franchise.
 
If Doughty plays well in preseason games, he won't last long on the PS. This is a league starving for good young QBs.
 
If the kid has a good camp, no way we put on the PS. Someone will snatch him up. If he does well, and we only want to keep 2, I think it may be time to say goodbye to Moore.
 
Oh boy here we go. Everyone loves the third string Qb. He will be selling insurance by Halloween.
 
no way he gets exposed to the practice squad. He will be inactive on gameday.
 
buttonwood said:
Oh boy here we go. Everyone loves the third string Qb. He will be selling insurance by Halloween.
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Unlikely. That third string QB you're probably referring to still has an NFL job.

QB with any talent whatsoever are staying in this league. Even practice squad players make six figures a year.
 
I would love to get a a pick for Matt Moore. There are some really thin teams out there as far as QB depth goes. An injury here or there and Moore could become relevant because of his experience as a starter and because of the crazy number of offenses he has played in.
 
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