3 & Out - Tua BENCHED by the Dolphins, Will J.J. being the future starter in Minnesota, How important is elite QB play

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4.3 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Former NFL scout John Middlekauff reacts to the news of the day that saw the Dolphins bench Tua and move to former Texas QB, Quinn Ewers. John then dives into what this benching means for Tua futures and how the Dolphins should handle his contract.

Later, John answers your questions in this episode's massive mailbag segment.

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1:19.8	today. So we got a lot of moving parts here. We'll have a big announcement actually. I think on
1:24.1	Friday after because we're going to talk to her today who was benched.
1:28.9	We will talk mailback.
1:31.1	I do a big mailbag today as well.
1:33.1	Tomorrow we'll have Stucky on and we will also have a Sunday night reaction or Sunday night,
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