Tyler Huntley will be the Miami Dolphins’ starting quarterback Monday night against the Tennessee Titans, head coach Mike McDaniel told reporters Saturday.
“We’re going to move forward with ‘Snoop’ [Huntley] starting and [Tim] Boyle backing him up on Monday,” McDaniel said. “One thing that was supremely obvious to the team since he got here and even more so this practice week is Snoop has started multiple and many big games.
“He’s done an impressive job assimilating into the locker room and understanding our language as his own, and the team is excited for him.”
Huntley, 26, joined the Dolphins last week after he was signed off the Baltimore Ravens’ practice squad. He was listed as a third emergency quarterback in Miami’s Week 3 loss against the Seattle Seahawks, because McDaniel deemed it too soon for the Huntley to be ready to operate the offense.
But with Skylar Thompson dealing with a rib injury, the Dolphins are turning to Huntley sooner rather than later.
On Friday, Huntley told reporters that he’s working to pick up the Miami offense, which is “like riding a bike.” He also said he and Dolphins coaches will work to “dumb down how many [plays] we like or don’t like” before Monday.
