Q. How confident are you that QB Tua Tagovailoa is your long-term franchise quarterback and can you rule out taking a quarterback in the first round this year?
Chris Grier: Tua, we’re very happy with. He’s our starting quarterback. He did a nice job this year coming in as a rookie with no offseason and the challenges of dealing with all that. Very happy with him and looking forward to watching him progress here over the next — with an offseason here — going into next year. And for us, we’re not really talking about draft strategy or anything right now. The season just ended and we’re just going through our process like we do all the time and we’ll deal with that here in the future.
Q. After drafting QB Tua Tagovailoa, the convo turned to his recovery, getting him to a year after the injury and getting some experience this season. How do you think that process worked out with him and how important do you think it is that he came out of this season healthy as well?
Chris Grier: I think Tua and our training staff — both groups that work very hard in terms of getting themselves ready and prepared — as you talked about the challenges of last offseason. So I thought Tua did a great job with getting himself working through the whole process and then (Head Athletic Trainer) Kyle (Johnston), the training staff, (Head Strength & Conditioning) Dave Puloka, and even Brian (Flores) dealing with the laying out a plan for bringing him along and when he was ready, he was ready to go and he did a nice job of working himself throughout the season.
Q. Do you feel a need to add a dynamic playmaking receiver?
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To do list
GAME PLAN
Putting the pieces together
Analyzing the 53-man roster
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COACH SPEAK
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PARTING SHOTS
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The 2021 first-round pick has been a bright spot for the Dolphins
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AROUND THE AFC EAST
The race for the AFC East crown gets started