UPDATE: Phins sign QB Brock Osweiler

The Miami Dolphins are shopping around for a veteran quarterback to serve as Ryan Tannehill’s backup, and it appears coach Adam Gase has interest in reuniting with one of the quarterbacks he coached in Denver.

Brock Osweiler, an unrestricted free agent who has started 25 games for the Denver Broncos and Houston Texans the past three seasons, will reportedly visit the Dolphins this weekend, according to SiriusXM.

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Osweiler’s 72.5 passer rating last season was well below his career passing rating of 76.5, which explains why Denver signed Case Keenum and doesn’t intend to re-sign Osweiler. The benefit of Miami signing this six-year veteran is he’s already familiar with Gase’s offense, and is still young enough (27) to be viewed as a developmental quarterback.

The Dolphins are shopping for a veteran quarterback to serve as Tannehill’s backup because the team doesn’t intend on re-signing Matt Moore, who has been with the Dolphins since 2011.

The benefit of Miami signing this six-year veteran is he’s already familiar with Gase’s offense

HalCHorn wrote:There's worse backups than Osweiler, but I'd rather draft a QB with true starter potential. Jackson and Rudolph have that and should be possibilities for us in round 2. If we sign Osweiler, you can forget about drafting a QB. And if Osweiler couldn't make it happen in Denver or Houston, it ain't happening here.

scotgif wrote:Must be a good "locker room guy".

Degarmo wrote:They could draft better.  IF they are trying to make a decent team, I don't understand their thought process.  But if they are deliberately trying to ruin the team and keep it in ruin, then it makes complete sense to me.

DolFan 316 wrote:

Degarmo wrote:They could draft better.  IF they are trying to make a decent team, I don't understand their thought process.  But if they are deliberately trying to ruin the team and keep it in ruin, then it makes complete sense to me.

We both know they are, and we both know why.

JEGnj wrote:Someone please tell me this off season is a joke and they a really planning on dumping 2018 for the #1 draft pick in 2019 to get a QB. Every team is trying to get better and build for the future and Miami is gathering their castoffs for cheap salaries.

JEGnj wrote:Someone please tell me this off season is a joke and they a really planning on dumping 2018 for the #1 draft pick in 2019 to get a QB. Every team is trying to get better and build for the future and Miami is gathering their castoffs for cheap salaries.

rightchea wrote:There has to be something in the front office head that says this doesn't make sense. I mean come on Osweiler and Frank Gore. There something very wrong here.

JMP wrote:I better not hear "QB guru" associated with Gase ever again.

Brock Osweiler had the sixth-lowest passing rating of quarterbacks who threw at least 150 passes last season at 72.5.

He has 20 touchdowns, 21 interceptions during his past two seasons.

But the Dolphins believe they can make him better, because of Adam Gase’s acumen with quarterbacks.

Osweiler, 27, completed 61.8 percent of his passes for nearly 2,000 yards, 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions as Peyton Manning’s backup in 2015. Osweiler helped keep the Broncos afloat when Manning got hurt, and has a Super Bowl ring to show for it.

While Gase was gone from Denver by that point, the two men had worked together for the previous three seasons.

mercury22nathan wrote:

JMP wrote:I better not hear "QB guru" associated with Gase ever again.

sorry, but i must...

Brock Osweiler had the sixth-lowest passing rating of quarterbacks who threw at least 150 passes last season at 72.5.

He has 20 touchdowns, 21 interceptions during his past two seasons.

But the Dolphins believe they can make him better, because of Adam Gase’s acumen with quarterbacks.

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article206587039.html

but here's the kicker...

Osweiler, 27, completed 61.8 percent of his passes for nearly 2,000 yards, 10 touchdowns and 6 interceptions as Peyton Manning’s backup in 2015. Osweiler helped keep the Broncos afloat when Manning got hurt, and has a Super Bowl ring to show for it.

While Gase was gone from Denver by that point, the two men had worked together for the previous three seasons.

http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article206610449.html

his supposed best season - Gase had nothing to do with it.