Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel - Too early to name QB vs. Vikings

MIAMI — It's too early to tell whether or not Miami Dolphins rookie Skylar Thompson will start this Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings, coach Mike McDaniel said Monday.

With quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and Teddy Bridgewater both in concussion protocol with no firm timeline to return, the Dolphins may turn to the 2022 seventh-round pick Thompson to make his first career start and, ideally, snap a two-game losing streak.

It's not, however, something McDaniel feels like he has enough information on to speculate this early in the week.

«It's too soon for me to really pinpoint that,» he said. «There's, again, I kind of have to wait and assess the whole situation, which I do not have in scope. What I do know is that Skylar will be practicing on Wednesday and hopefully Wednesday I'll have a better feel of the direction that we should go that's best for the football team.»

Thompson filled in at quarterback during Sunday's 40-17 loss to the New York Jets for Bridgewater, who was placed in concussion protocol after just one offensive snap. Thompson finished the game with 166 yards on 19-of-33 passing. He also threw an interception and lost a fumble in what McDaniel called a «rough rookie outing.»

Tagovailoa has been in concussion protocol since Week 4 and has been in the Dolphins' building but hasn't progressed enough yet to start doing football activities, McDaniel said, and is being evaluated every 12-to-24 hours.

Meanwhile, Bridgewater continues to show no symptoms of a concussion after passing his evaluation during Sunday's game. He was removed from the game after a booth ATC spotter believed he saw Bridgewater stumble after taking a hard hit from Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner, triggering the recently added «ataxia» clause