The Miami Dolphins will have a third different starting quarterback in three weeks when they face the Tennessee Titans on Monday night, and veteran Tyler “Snoop” Huntley will get the 
Head coach Mike McDaniel made the announcement Saturday morning before the final practice in preparation for the Monday night game, saying it became clear in the practice week that Skylar Thompson’s rib injury wouldn’t be sufficiently healed to get the call for a second consecutive game.
This will mark the third time in the past three seasons that the Dolphins have started a different quarterback for three consecutive games — it happened twice in 2022, with Tua Tagovailoa, Teddy Bridgewater, and Skylar Thompson getting the starts against Cincinnati, the New York Jets, and Minnesota early in the season and against Green Bay, New England, and the Jets in the final three games of the regular season.
Additionally, Tim Boyle will serve as the backup, as he did last Sunday in the 24-3 loss against the Seattle Seahawks. Thompson, who was injured in the third quarter of that game, will likely serve as the emergency third quarterback.
“It was probably a handful hours after I met with you guys last [on Thursday] we started making moves towards Snoop starting,” McDaniel said. “You’re waiting to see if Skylar is a part of the equation, and what you’re trying to assess based upon his ability to do football and starting on Wednesday, NFL Wednesday, and just how his body was responding, it became clear that he would be in consideration for possibly emergency third.
“Why the decision for Snoop? Everybody has their their values. I think one thing that was supremely obvious to the team since he got here, and then even more so this practice week is Snoop has started multiple and many big games and when as a quarterback, just understanding exactly what is required to win over teammates, to take the place of somebody else and be able to assert their their own personality, their own skill set, their own traits within the offense and lead people, we’ve been very high on Snoop, high enough to give him a roster spot on the 53; those are very few and far between the sight unseen so that his maturation has has been expedited by him, and he’s done an impressive job of assimilating into the locker room and understanding our language as his own, and the team’s excited for him.”
Along with his experience — he started games in three different seasons for the Baltimore Ravens — Huntley adds a running element to the offense.
McDaniel said that wasn’t necessarily a determining factor in his decision.
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