APIt looks like quarterback David Garrard’s days as a member of the Dolphins are coming to an end.
Ben Volin of the Palm Beach Post reports that Garrard’s chances of making the Dolphins do not look good. Per Volin, Garrard has not been able to jog or put any real pressure on his knee since having surgery three weeks ago. Things around the Dolphins have changed quite a bit in those three weeks.
Garrard was at the top of the quarterback depth chart when he got hurt, but Ryan Tannehill now has that spot. Chad Johnson and Vontae Davis are both gone, leaving the Dolphins looking much more like a team with its eyes on 2013 than one that had a place for a 34-year-old quarterback who doesn’t have much chance of being back with the team beyond 2012.
The Dolphins could conceivably put Garrard on injured reserve, but an injury settlement seems much more likely. Coming off knee surgery and back surgery in 2011 won’t help Garrard land another job if he leaves Miami, although one never knows what will develop with some of the league’s dicier quarterbacking situations.
If Garrard goes, Pat Devlin will likely take the third quarterback job this season. Volin reports the team is working out quarterback Matt Blanchard, an undrafted rookie from Wisconsin-Whitewater recently dropped by the Bears, but Devlin has looked good enough to stick around this preseason.
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I guess I could see this coming. Im glad he was around for hard Knocks, his wfie is hot.
Why would they pay him an injury settlement for an NFI?
Duh, he got beat out by Gabbert last year.
I’m puzzled… i really think they will trade Moore and cut Garrard. Why else would they have a QB in?
Good.
I thought they were going to trade Moore also till his pick 6 last night killing any trade value he had from last years play
Garrard was basically gone when he injured himself. Devlin will make the team. If they only go with two QBs Moore could be traded to a team worried about losing waiver wire roulette.
The Dolphins fans are going to have a long season.
He might want to call his Grandma
Never thought I’d see Devlin make an NFL roster.
All these moves seemed to be aimed on ratings. What other reason can one find for all these crazy moves?Oh, that’s right, they are a bad organization. I have never seen so many idiot coaches on one team in all my life. Ireland is an idiot and the coach is clueless.
Lol just like last year
Garrard is a good guy who got a raw deal from my Jaguars. I wish him well in whatever he does, but it sounds like football is over
Anyone else think Matt Moore looks like Mrs. Brody from Homeland? Go ahead, google it.
Disturbing, no?
Here we go again. Ok lets take a poll which hard knocks team and management is so bad that we cant stop laughing. The jets of two years ago or the dolphins of this year. I have to give my vote to dolphins sorry jets.
Another long season ahead fins fans. We have dumb & dumber to thank for this mess (Ireland & Ross)
This guy went from hero to zero in no time flat!!!
If they sign Devlin and cut Moore, then you know they are tanking this season on purpose. No other way to explain why they are making the moves they are making.
Tannehill is not ready (actually he looked clueless on HK) and they have paper thin pass protection…. why start him in this scenario? what happens if he gets snapped in half 3 times in one game and gets seriously injured?
start Moore and grow Tannehill into it….
Paging Ken Whisenhunt…
Thats too bad, Garrard seems like a great guy. He also looked good before he was injured, which makes this situation much worse. I’m guessing that this is the way that the Dolphins wanted it to go, Tannehill on top, ready to build the team around his strengths for the future. Either way, Garrard sure seemed ready to lead this Dolphins team, with or without any top receivers. Now we might be seeing the end of David Garrard’s career instead.
Gotta feel bad for Garrad.
Garrard probably doesnt mind cause the dolphins are unlikely to win many games this season.
gotta feel for Garrard. looked like he was making his way back to a starting job in the NFL then it all just goes away.