The Arizona Cardinals believed they had a potential franchise quarterback when they traded up to select Josh Rosen with the 10th pick of the 2018 draft. After a rough rookie season and getting traded after the Cardinals selected Kyler Murray first overall in 2019, Rosen is without a team.
According to Adam Schefter, he is being released by the Miami Dolphins.
Surprise cut: Dolphins are releasing QB Josh Rosen, source tells ESPN.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 5, 2020
Perhaps it should not be seen as a surprise cut. The Dolphins reportedly unsuccessfully tried to trade him. Ryan Fitzpatrick is the starting quarterback and Miami selected Tua Tagovailoa with the fifth overall pick in the draft.
Rosen never really had a chance.
He started 13 games as a rookie, going 3-10, passing for 2,278 yards, 11 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.
The Cardinals dealt him to the Dolphins for a 2019 second-round pick and a 2020 fifth-round pick. They used those picks to select Andy Isabella and to acquire Kenyan Drake from the Dolphins midseason in 2019.
In 2019, He started three games, losing all three. He had 567 passing yards, one touchdown and five interceptions.
He has certainly not performed at a high level, but he has had a very unfortunate career arc so far.
He was on the league’s worst team in 2018 coached by a man who was fired after one season. He had two offensive coordinators in Arizona. Miami was expectedly bad in 2019 and changed coordinators before this season.
Since 2015, he will be on his eighth offensive coordinator and ninth if you include the few weeks he had with Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury.
QB Josh Rosen will be going on his eighth offensive coordinator since 2015:
🏈2020, Miami: Chan Gailey with Dolphins
🏈2019, Miami: Chad O’Shea
🏈2018, Arizona: Mike McCoy and Byron Leftwich
🏈2017, UCLA: Jedd Fisch
🏈2016, UCLA: Kennedy Polamalu
🏈2015, UCLA: Noel Mazzone— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 5, 2020
Unless he can find stability with a team and develop the way many believed he would, his story will end up being very similar to Matt Leinart, another quarterback the Cardinals drafted 10th overall and saw become a bust in the league.
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