3 Yards Per Carry - Miami Dolphins · Five Reasons Sports Network

Scouting the Fins-4-10-26

April 10, 2026·55 min·4 clips

The hosts reveal the exact statistical thresholds Miami uses to evaluate draft quarterback prospects.

The board moves to quarterbacks. First, the conversation wraps one profile as limited but usable, a player who probably will not create many game-changing plays but also may not lose games if he stays on the field. Durability remains part of that read. Then Taylen Green becomes the bigger tools bet, with the most career starts in the class and elite athletic testing. The case is easy to see. At six-five and three-quarters and almost 230 pounds, Green has the kind of raw ceiling the speaker says is tough to beat in this draft. Coach keeps coming back to the pocket. He is not worried about whether Green can move. He wants to know whether Green can move to buy throws instead of bailing into a run. The Vince Young comparison carries both sides of it: a compliment to the college profile and a warning about how that style can hit a wall in the NFL. Lamar Jackson is the bar Green does not clear in the speaker's view, so the projection includes some reinvention. Miami does have a thread to pull. Hamdan, the Dolphins' current quarterbacks coach, coached Green at Boise State, which gives the team more than a cold evaluation. The numbers cool things down. Green has plenty of passing volume, but his 54.6 QBR under pressure is called the worst in this class. For Miami, that is the problem. If pressure answers are already shaky, the fit depends on coaching turning athleticism into pocket survival and passing creation. The upside is still there. The slot value debate is whether the tools are worth the bet when the production and processing have not caught up.

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A sharp Dolphins quarterback discussion that cares more about translation than raw tools.

The episode stays on the quarterback board and keeps the focus on Dolphins fit, with talk about pocket translation, pressure response, and whether a big-trait passer can handle the league when it asks for pocket answers.

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