QB Tyler Huntley starting for Dolphins vs. Titans, Tim Boyle to be backup

The Miami Dolphins intent rotate to Tyler "Snoop" Huntley astatine backmost astatine that long they look nan Tennessee Titans connected Monday night.

With backup Skylar Thompson nursing a rib injury suffered past Sunday astatine Seattle, Huntley and Tim Boyle were Miami's options for Week 4. Tua Tagovailoa remains retired alongside a concussion.

Coach Mike McDaniel said nan determination to spell alongside Huntley came down to nan quarterback's acquisition and his teammates' affirmative consequence to him since he arrived successful Miami. The Dolphins signed him disconnected nan Ravens' believe squad connected Sept. 17.

"Snoop has started aggregate and galore large games," McDaniel said Saturday. "As a quarterback, conscionable comprehension precisely that is required to win complete teammates to return nan spot of personification other and beryllium capable to asseverate their ain personality, their ain accomplishment set, their ain traits wrong nan discourtesy and lead people."

Huntley was named to nan Pro Bowl successful 2022 aft helping lead Baltimore to nan playoffs successful spot of an injured Lamar Jackson. He has a 64.6% profession completion percent and gives nan Dolphins extent arsenic a runner.

It intent beryllium a homecoming for Huntley, that person grew upward successful South Florida but went to assemblage successful Utah earlier spending nan first 4 seasons of his profession mostly successful Baltimore.

"That’s conscionable a child’s dream," Huntley said this week. "Being capable to play for belonging to you location team, man, that’s conscionable thing everybody doesn’t get to travel across."

Boyle intent beryllium Huntley's backup connected Monday.

Reporting by The Associated Press.