Who do you think will be the starting QB?
I have heard from Omar Kelly that Rosen was looking like Chad Henne and barely got around to be Tannehill esque.
Chad O'Shea: "Josh Rosen"
Everyone Else (maybe even Josh Rosen's parents): "Ryan Fitzpatrick"
Fitzpatrick took hold of the job and will have to play his way out of it. Granted, he's fully capable of that.
For a while there was this narrative catching on like flu, that Josh Rosen shouldn't be expected to win the job, and that if he doesn't, it doesn't say anything about whether he is, in fact, an elite level franchise quarterback in waiting. Because Ryan Fitzpatrick is such a god among footballers, after 14 years of sub-mediocrity.
Then there were two days of practice where Josh Rosen was still quite mediocre, still throwing picks, missing passes, but was a little bit sharper overall, but in the meantime Ryan Fitzpatrick went full Fitzpatrick on us.
This is why Josh Rosen must win this battle if he wants to factor into Miami's future plans whatsoever...because Ryan Fitzpatrick is NOT this second coming of Rich Gannon. Ryan Fitzpatrick has gone and done the most Fitzpatrick thing Ryan has ever Fitzpatricked. He went out and impressed the hell out of everyone during the first couple of days by connecting on some long bombs and otherwise looking sharp, and then followed up with two days of looking like crap.
At this stage though, we're far more than 50% of the way through the off season, with Fitzpatrick still pretty firmly in the lead, and thus I think that's where this is heading. Jerry Schuplinski sounded pretty solid on that. But Barry Jackson summed it up pretty well:
Considering Rosen’s intelligence, you would think after three months and 15 practices that his knowledge of this particular offense would be as strong as Fitzpatrick’s. But there’s no way Rosen can know as much about the position, in general, as Fitzpatrick, who has spent 15 years in the league.
Schuplinski insisted the repetitions have been “pretty even” with the quarterbacks, but as far as work with the starting offensive line, Fitzpatrick has received significantly more snaps than Rosen in 11 on 11 team drills, and that allocation needs to be more even for this to be a genuine competition.
And Rosen has faced more defensive backups than Fitzpatrick has, though he did at times throw Sunday against a group of 11 including Kiko Alonso and some starters.
Fitzpatrick overcame a poor start Sunday to finish strong, with multiple touchdown passes in red zone drills. Rosen’s day was up and down, and we’re still waiting for that Rosen moment that wows you. At least neither Fitzpatrick nor Rosen threw an interception.
The Dolphins, incidentally, haven’t named a quarterbacks coach to replace Jim Caldwell, who has left on-field work (but remains a consultant) because of an undisclosed medical issue. His responsibilities are being shared by several staffers.
I mean put that together with what people are saying in Arizona, watching Kyler Murray practice as a rookie, whereas Josh Rosen is a second year player who has been playing in pro style systems since high school. The Arizona onlookers, who saw Rosen practice a year ago and are watching Murray practice this year, are saying that Kyler Murray's floor, his lowest moments in practice, are better than what they saw in Josh Rosen's ceiling, his highest moments.
That sound like Josh Rosen is a burgeoning star at the position, to you?
We've all been saying this for months and it's not unique, the base expectation is that Fitzpatrick is going to start the season but then after pulling a vintage Fitzpatrick, he'll give way to Josh Rosen, and then that goes wherever it goes.
