On Saturday night, the Miami Dolphins defeated the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26-24 to earn their their first win in the Mike McDaniel era, even if it is a preseason game.
While it could be argued that the Dolphins won due to the play of their defense and kicker, seventh-round selection Skylar Thompson did a solid job leading the offense for all four quarters of the contest.
The former Kansas State Wildcat signal-caller finished his debut completing 71.4% of his attempts for 193 yards and a touchdown, adding another 25 yards on the ground.
After the game, Thompson’s teammates and coach shared their thoughts on the rookie’s performance.
WR Lynn Bowden Jr.
“Skylar is a great, great young dog. got the heart of a lion in him, and I think can be one of those quarterbacks in the league that can really go ball.”
TE Mike Gesicki
“I thought he played well, I thought he played great. Played tough, made plays and was able to handle some adversity in terms of kind of getting pressured here and there, king of using his feet and all that kind of stuff. I thought he did a great job, so I’m happy for him. He had a great opportunity, and he made the most of it.”
WR Mohamed Sanu
“I saw he was playing really well. He was confident. He knew what he was doing out there. He was sure of himself, and he made some tremendous plays… I was very impressed with Skylar. I loved the way he commanded our offense. He knew how he wanted to approach the game. I had a couple of conversations with him. I just told him ‘Have fun out there. If you’re nervous get all of that nervous energy going in the right way.’ You can see it in his performance. He performed well.”
HC Mike McDaniel
“I have to check myself when certain things will happen during a game or practice where I’ll feel myself getting impatient with him because I’ve completely forgotten he’s a rookie. But he is a rookie, and to his credit, we rely on him as a veteran. It’s a hard thing in this league with a night’s sleep to go in as a starter – we were pumped to give him that opportunity. I know he feels like, and we’ll all feel like, he left some plays out there. But the biggest thing is we didn’t have any turnovers as an offense. I think we had one penalty, so that’s something to build on positively and you can’t have those types of…
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