Can Dolphins find starting QB at this week's Senior Bowl?

""We're going to invest in that position every year if we can," Sullivan said during his introductory news conference. "Now depending on where we are as a football team, it'll be at different values, but we will draft quarterbacks every year, if not every other year because I think you have to. "If you hit on a guy, great. And if not - if you hit on two, you have trade value.""

"Unfortunately for the Dolphins it's not a good year to need to draft a quarterback, and Miami might not get much help at the Senior Bowl, whose rosters feature quarterbacks who might not be selected in the first three rounds of April's NFL draft. A few players had success on Tuesday's first day of practice. Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia had a particularly good throw in 1-on-1 drills down the right sideline for maybe 35 yards. But mostly the performances fit the draft projections. Many of these quarterbacks aren't trying to show they have rifle arms. Their goals are more fundamental."

"Not surprisingly, quarterbacks drafted after the third round don't usually have much success as starters. Recent anecdotal evidence suggests quarterbacks drafted in the fourth through seventh rounds largely spend their careers as backups, or at best, marginal starters for a couple of years. In the past 10 years, since 2016, there have been 67 quarterbacks drafted in fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh rounds. That total includes 15 fourth-rounders, 14 fifth-rounders. 21"

Jon-Eric Sullivan and coach Jeff Hafley committed to consistently investing in the quarterback position, planning to draft quarterbacks every year or every other year based on team value. The Dolphins will scout all six Senior Bowl quarterbacks despite a shallow class and a low likelihood of first-three-round selections. A few quarterbacks showed positive fundamentals in practice, such as Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia and Baylor's Sawyer Robertson operating the huddle and taking snaps under center. Quarterbacks selected after the third round rarely become long-term starters, with many fourth-through-seventh-round picks spending careers as backups or short-term marginal starters. Since 2016, 67 quarterbacks were drafted in rounds four through seven, including 15 fourth-rounders and 14 fifth-rounders.

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