“The confidence that the team has towards Skylar is real and it’s earned and it’s based upon thousands of hours that, as a backup quarterback, most people don’t see,” McDaniel said. “He has ran our plays in a walkthrough setting probably more than anybody on our team.

The Dolphins signed former Ravens and Browns quarterback Tyler Huntley to their active roster on Monday, but head coach Mike McDaniel said it's not because they want to have an alternative to Skylar Thompson with Tua Tagovailoa out of action.

This was not a move to in any way, shape or form out of anything not that has to do with Skylar (Thompson," McDaniel said). "Our team going all the way back to his first rep in

The Miami Dolphins will be without quarterback Tua Tagovailoa for at least four games after he was placed on the team's injured reserve Tuesday. With a return for Tagovailoa not possible until a Week 8 game against the Arizona Cardinals on Oct.

Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel addressed the team's decision to put quarterback Tua Tagovailoa on injured reserve at the start of his press conference on Wednesday. Tagovailoa suffered a concussion in last Thursday's loss to the Bills and the team moved him to injured reserve on Tuesday.