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Fins sign QB Z Wilson

MrChadRico said:
@phinsforlife nailed the outrage from the Tua camp.

Signing a QB with potential, like Wilson, vs signing an old vet like Minshew or Flacco or Mariota, signals the FO are looking for the next QB already or at least hoping this backup can take the reigns long term if he breaks out.

Its a red-flag that the organization doesn't fully believe in Tua long-term. And a breath of fresh air for those of us who already dont believe in Tua long-term.

So what, if he stinks, were not a playoff team anyway. There is no reason to hate this move if we're being honest. It'll result in one of two outcomes.

1) he sucks and helps get everyone fired and we get a better draft pick.

2) he breaks out and we can move forward with him as the starter and cut/trade Tua.

Anyway you look at it, it's a risk worth taking.
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One other thing dawned on me. Zach Wilson is obviously not the best backup if you are trying to win games with your backup this year. I also believe the Dolphins have concluded this team is going nowhere, with or without Tua. Ergo, they don't need the backup QB to win games if Tua gets hurt, because they are not good enough with Tua. Therefore, no downside to taking a flier on a guy with a lot of theoretical upside. I give it about a 1% chance of working with Zach Wilson, but if you view it through this lens, it makes more sense. Not only do the Dolphins view Wilson as having a chance to replace Tua, they also actually think they have no chance this year, and they could care less about winning games if Tua gets hurt. There are alot of backups with more experience, that are also better system fits, that would have been better positioned to help us this year if Tua gets hurt. And money isnt the issue either. Those guys are cheaper than Wilson. Andy Dalton just got only 2 years and $8mm from Carolina, for example.
 
phinsforlife said:
One other thing dawned on me. Zach Wilson is obviously not the best backup if you are trying to win games with your backup this year. I also believe the Dolphins have concluded this team is going nowhere, with or without Tua. Ergo, they don't need the backup QB to win games if Tua gets hurt, because they are not good enough with Tua. Therefore, no downside to taking a flier on a guy with a lot of theoretical upside. I give it about a 1% chance of working with Zach Wilson, but if you view it through this lens, it makes more sense. Not only do the Dolphins view Wilson as having a chance to replace Tua, they also actually think they have no chance this year, and they could care less about winning games if Tua gets hurt. There are alot of backups with more experience, that are also better system fits, that would have been better positioned to help us this year if Tua gets hurt. And money isnt the issue either. Those guys are cheaper than Wilson. Andy Dalton just got only 2 years and $8mm from Carolina, for example.
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Or the Dolphins just took a one year flyer on a guy with over 30 NFL starts who has top 2 draft pick skills in the hopes that IF Tua gets hurt, McDaniel the offensive whiz can get the guy to win a few games. If he does well, gets another contract. Pretty standard NFL strategy. It gave Jeff George a long NFL career while not doing much, worked out pretty well for Sam Darnold's bank account, Josh Rosen got some play for a while (don't we know), etc.

Are there teams in the NFL who purposely don't sign backups who will win them games if the starter gets hurt? I mean giving it a go with Skylar Thompson could be a good example, but even then I'd say it had more to do with having had the guy in the system for years and comfort with him and mistakenly thinking that would magically translate into wins when the time came.
 
BrowardDolfan said:
Or the Dolphins just took a one year flyer on a guy with over 30 NFL starts who has top 2 draft pick skills in the hopes that IF Tua gets hurt, McDaniel the offensive whiz can get the guy to win a few games. If he does well, gets another contract. Pretty standard NFL strategy. It gave Jeff George a long NFL career while not doing much, worked out pretty well for Sam Darnold's bank account, Josh Rosen got some play for a while (don't we know), etc.

Are there teams in the NFL who purposely don't sign backups who will win them games if the starter gets hurt? I mean giving it a go with Skylar Thompson could be a good example, but even then I'd say it had more to do with having had the guy in the system for years and comfort with him and mistakenly thinking that would magically translate into wins when the time came.
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yes. but the dolphins are not any team, with any QB. tua has obvious injury issues. it is highly probable he is hurt again this year. all we kept hearing about last year was we needed a backup QB that can win us games in that situation. it is very hard to argue that zach wilson right now (not two years in the future zach wilson) is the backup that is most well positioned to win us games now. he currently does not have the skill set, and he doesnt even look to be a system fit. therefore, the dolphins signed a QB for the future, as opposed to being able to win games now. therefore, it seems to me they do not think highly of their chances next year anyway, and said WTF we may as well roll the dice on a future QB.
 
I don’t like it, there again I don’t dislike it. It’s the right money for an adequate back up QB
He isn’t going to set the world alight, we aren’t going to have a QB battle, he is better than we had last year and we can still draft a late round project QB.
When Tua goes down he should be okay as a place warmer.
 
MrChadRico said:
They still can, I've told them what to do, we will sign Fries, Reid and one of Sheriff or Zeitler.

I got this

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Sign Zeitler or Sheriff, you say? Who is Sheriff? Do you mean Brandon Scherff?
 
I thought this was a joke. if Tua goes down game day threads will be entertaining. Of all the bacouple qbs we choose a jets castor. SMH. We must be drafting a qb.
 
For first time I can say dolphins Carolina Atlanta Tennessee raiders Seattle Arizona new Orleans Dallas giants Cleveland jets new England's Jacksonville These team are too dumb win SB.
 
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