8 Dolphins players to watch vs. Buccaneers in preseason

The Dolphins’ backup quarterback battle hasn’t been encouraging in the slightest, but McDaniel also hasn’t been making it easy on them.

“The approach that I’ve kind of taken is to create super difficult situations for both of them, and as that manifests, whether the play calling choice, the situations that I’m asking maybe them to do certain things specifically to put them in difficult situations, because what are we really trying to evaluate? We’re trying to evaluate who’s best to serve handling a difficult situation,” McDaniel said earlier this week.

The result on the field has been a pair of passers playing pretty similar football. White has completed 15 of his 34 passes for 142 yards and Thompson has completed 16 of his 34 passes for 156 yards.

McDaniel has said the two quarterbacks are “neck and neck” for the backup job. Perhaps Friday night will finally break the tie.