Miami Dolphins make more QB moves… and two raises

Saturday’s performance by the Miami Dolphins included the usual practice roster moves, but most of all, it provided a lot of answers at the quarterback position.

To sum it up, Tua Tagovailoa is officially on the 53-man roster. Skylar Thompson will be his backup and sole backup against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, with C.J. Beathard replacing Tim Boyle as the third option.

On Saturday, the Dolphins activated Tagovailoa to the 53-man roster and released Boyle and elevated DT Neil Farrell Jr. and LS Matt Overton from the practice squad for the game against the Cardinals.

A move with Overton was almost automatic as Blake Ferguson was still expected to miss at least the next three games while on the reserve/non-football illness list, and a move with Farrell was also almost a given due to a gruesome injury that will sideline Zach Zieler for at least this game.

When Tagovailoa went on the 53-man injured reserve list, his questionable status on the final injury report was removed, as expected all along.

Boyle’s decision was not surprising; In fact, we mentioned this as a possibility earlier this week along with the possibility Tyler Huntley is assigned to IR. And now both happened.

This will leave the Dolphins vulnerable to Arizona in the event of a real upset because they won’t have a backup third back. For now, the Dolphins have decided to use two QBs on the 53-man roster, and NFL rules dictate that a player must be on the active roster to serve as a backup third quarterback.

From there, it’s still strange that the Dolphins didn’t sign Overton to the active roster because he can only be taken off the practice squad three times, so he’d have to be signed in ’53 anyway to be able to get on the field. fourth game in a row, which will be a Monday night game against the Los Angeles Rams on November 11th.

Naming Thompson as the backup quarterback seemed like a logical outcome from the start, given that he held that position during the regular season, Huntley was injured, and Boyle simply didn’t get the job done when he had the opportunity to play.

And Beathard’s arrival just this week puts him well behind Thompson, although we say it’s possible he could pass him at some point or at least join him on the active roster.

Another interesting decision will come when Huntley becomes eligible to come off IR — after the game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Nov. 17 — but the mystery, at least for the Arizona game, has been solved.