Dolphins will signal Huntley, will not put Tua on IR

MIAMI — Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is not going to be positioned on injured reserve, coach Mike McDaniel mentioned Monday, at the very least not till extra data turns into accessible.

Tagovailoa stays within the NFL’s return to participation protocol after struggling a concussion in Thursday’s loss to the Buffalo Bills. McDaniel mentioned that it is too early within the course of to say whether or not Tagovailoa will probably be positioned on injured reserve however that he and normal supervisor Chris Grier will make that call as soon as additional evaluations have been accomplished.

McDaniel declined to touch upon studies that Tagovailoa just isn’t contemplating retirement and reiterated what he advised native media Friday — that Tagovailoa must be allowed to talk on his personal profession.

“So far as Tua’s profession is worried, I feel it is an utmost precedence of mine for Tua to talk onto his profession,” he mentioned. “I feel so far as I am involved, I am simply apprehensive in regards to the human being and the place that is at day after day. I will let Tua be the champion of his personal profession and communicate on that.”

McDaniel confirmed the Dolphins are signing quarterback Tyler Huntley from the Baltimore Ravens‘ apply squad. Whereas the group publicly insists there isn’t a timeline for Tagovailoa’s return, NFL guidelines basically require gamers signed from one other group’s apply squad to stay on their new group’s 53-man energetic roster for at the very least three weeks.

Groups can launch the participant earlier than the three-week minimal however can’t substitute him on their energetic roster till the requirement is glad.

McDaniel mentioned Friday that he expects Tagovailoa to overlook this week’s recreation towards the Seahawks and that third-year veteran Skylar Thompson will begin in his place.

“I’ve no doubts in my thoughts that Skylar’s going to go on the market and do the perfect he can in Seattle,” Dolphins defensive sort out Zach Sieler mentioned. “I’ve no hesitation about Skylar Thompson going on the market as QB1 this week.”

Huntley has began 10 video games in his four-year profession, largely for the Ravens. He was named to the Professional Bowl in 2022 after serving to information them to the playoffs instead of Lamar Jackson. He began Baltimore’s playoff loss to the Cincinnati Bengals.

Thompson, alternatively, didn’t play through the 2023 season however began three video games as a rookie in 2022, together with a playoff loss on the street to the Payments.

McDaniel mentioned the transfer so as to add Huntley “was not any direct reflection on Skylar” and was made to bolster the group’s depth.

“I do assume that it helps the dynamics of the [quarterbacks] room so as to add one other man with beginning historical past to this group,” McDaniel mentioned. “[Huntley is] a man that is a signal-caller {that a} group can get behind. … I feel that is extra on to again up Skylar, and then you definately at all times let competitors play out when it is out on the sphere. However this can be a depth transfer, for positive.”