Skylar Thompson

Thompson will get the start on Sunday with Tua Tagovailoa (concussion) being ruled out and Teddy Bridgewater (knee/finger) being limited to a backup role.

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The third-string quarterback will lead the Dolphins into their Wild Card game in Buffalo.

As mentioned above, Thompson is now in the starting lineup because of injuries higher up on the depth chart. That game, Bridgewater got the start, but he suffered a dislocated finger while trying to make a tackle on an interception return. While unable to complete the comeback against the Patriots after he entered the contest in the second half, he was now once more tasked with leading one of the most explosive offenses in football. He did not exactly shine — Thompson went 19-for-33 for 166 yards with one interception — but he still got his first career start the following week. By his 2019 campaign he was the team’s undisputed leader and looked the part: A team captain, Thompson showed his talents as a dual-threat QB and was named honorable All-Big 12 mention. He made the most out of it, and found his way onto Miami’s 53-man roster

Skylar Thompson is set to start for the Dolphins with Tua Tagovailoa (concussion) and Teddy Bridgewater (finger) both nursing injuries.

Thompson was chosen in the seventh round of the 2022 NFL Draft. He exhibited signs of one in Week 3 against the Bills. 5 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft. Thompson is a quarterback the Dolphins selected with their final pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. They selected Brandon Doughty in the seventh round of the 2016 NFL Draft and took Tua Tagovailoa with the No. Seven of those nine quarterbacks have made starts at the NFL level. The Bills beat the Patriots 35-23 in Buffalo to knock the Patriots out of the No. His 68 total touchdowns rank as the third-most in school history. Now, he will be tasked with keeping them competitive against the Bills. In fact, they will be forced to start their third-string quarterback because of injuries to Tua Tagovailoa and Teddy Bridgewater. The results during the regular season haven't been as good for Thompson. That allowed Miami to leapfrog New England in the AFC standings and earn passage to the postseason for the first time since 2016.

Pro Bowl left tackle Terron Armstead is active for the Miami Dolphins in Sunday's playoff game vs. the Buffalo Bills.

Thompson started two games during the regular season, going 1-1, and appeared in five others in relief for injured starter Tua Tagovailoa. [the Miami Dolphins have been forced to name](https://clutchpoints.com/dolphins-news-skylar-thompson-start-bills-theres-teddy-bridgewater-catch) a seventh-round rookie as their starting quarterback for Sunday’s playoff game against the Buffalo Bills. Starting right tackle Brandon Shell and backup tackle Kendall Lamm are out with injuries, leaving the Dolphins thin up front regardless of Armstrong’s snap-by-snap availability.