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Fins sign QB Z Wilson

Beach Bum said:
I don't necessarily agree with it, but Grier/ McDaniel don't want anyone actually competing with Tua. They probably just want someone to hold down the fort when he goes down.

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Who could’ve competed with Tua?
 
Mello Yello said:
Uh, I don't think anyone is signing Zach Wilson to a long-term deal.

He's in prove-you-belong-in-the-NFL territory. A 1-year deal is what his talent gets him. His work ethic, attitude, practice habits and potential on-field contributions will be the thing that gets him extended as a back-up.
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The theory was presented as Zach Wilson is viewed as the QB of the future by the Dolphins.

You and I are on the same page. My post was in response to another poster.
 
The Ghost said:
Who could’ve competed with Tua?
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Nobody currently available. I would be very surprised if they drafted a so-called franchise QB if one were available. Maybe next year though, if Tua gets hurt again and misses significant time.
 
cltchperf said:
After seeing geno and sam darnold's rebound, maybe miami is thinking. Maybe the former jets qb have potential but jets are a qb killing organization ha. It's whatever to me. I would rather a good veteran back up. A qb will have to read quick and have good anticipation to fill in tuas spot with how this offense goes. He's not like that and uses his athleticism to buy time, idk we'll see. I still would want miami to get a qb mid rd. Maybe mccord
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Yeah, but both Smith and Darnold played for two different teams between leaving the Jests and having a decent season, so it's the team that signs him next year that will reap the benefits.
 
Not the worst signing, definitely going to draft a QB. Wilson still has jet stink on him, he hasn't had the chance to play for someone else. He is young and he obviously needed to grow up or mature when he was a jet but he also has been through some things since then. First, he has been a golden boy his whole life until becoming a jet, he was on top of the world until then. Now he was let go by the team that drafted him, then he went to denver where he was not the starter for the first time ever. I don't want Tua to miss a game or anything like that but how fun would it be to watch a zach wilson led team beat the jets?
 
Fin-Loco said:
Where else do you want to find a backup QB? Meanwhile, Zach has potential high upside and is not far removed from being #2 overall. All of that talent didn't just melt off. Maybe this is the right situation. Point me at the other backup for what is pennies for an NFL even backup contract with even close to a similar amount of potential upside? We just need to get it out of him.
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Why do I need to “point you in the right direction”? Point is they did not want to spend money on a backup. Never get the “not far removed from being #2 overall” points that people try to make. Plenty of high pick QB busts over the years. Bottom line he is signed for 1 year that’s it. Not a big investment should also tell you how much faith they have in him. Can he work it out? Of course. Do I want him to work out? 100%. That said I also hope we barely need him. Continue to build an OL for Tua
 
phinsforlife said:
There are a lot 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 isn't the issue either. Those guys are cheaper than Wilson. Andy Dalton just got only 2 years and $8mm from Carolina, for example. Zach Wilson is not a backup. He is a flier on a potential Tua replacement in a few years. If they were concerned about winning games if/when Tua gets hurt, they would have signed a different backup QB. It is almost impossible to argue that Zach Wilson was the best backup QB available if the concern was winning games this year, if Tua gets hurt.
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But I don’t care about helping Tua get through his injuries anymore

He’s done if he’s out this year.. so really what does it matter, we signed the guy to a one year deal for 6 million dollars, who cares, if Tua gets hurt throw him into the fire and let’s see what he does
 
djphinfan said:
But I don’t care about helping Tua get through his injuries anymore

He’s done if he’s out this year.. so really what does it matter, we signed the guy to a one year deal for 6 million dollars, who cares, if Tua gets hurt throw him into the fire and let’s see what he does
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That was sort of my point about what their thinking must be
 
This site obsesses over the backup QB way too much. I understand our QB has an injury history, but in the NFL, if your backup QB is starting games, you are not consistently winning them.

Last year, 16 teams had backup QBs start 1 or more games, 15 teams had 1 QB start every game (not counting rest in week 18 games), and 1 team (Steelers) was unsure of who their starter was. Let's break these teams down.

16 teams who had backup QBs start 1 or more games
70-103 with their starters (41%)
22-65 with their backups (25%)
2 teams with a winning record (11%)
2 teams made the playoffs (3 missed games total)

15 teams who had their QB start every game
160-92 (64%)
12 teams with a winning record (80%)
11 teams made the playoffs (73%)

The bottom line is that your backup QB largely does not matter. There aren't even enough good starting QBs to go around, let alone backup ones. You need your starter to stay healthy for the entire year.
 
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The Ghost said:
It’s not like there is more than one actually.
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Like Mike white?
Is it the dolphins fault Skylar Thompson sucked?
The whole jets as an excuse thing is way overblown, and given our record over the last 25 years miami are the last people that should be making fun of another organization
 
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