Three Key Dolphins Players to Watch Against the Bears (video)

The Miami Dolphins get set to open up their 2025 NFL Preseason on Sunday at 1 P.M. against the Chicago Bears. If the game is broadcast locally, you can watch it on CBS or you can always stream it on NFL+ (I added that because sometimes it’s really tough to find out where you can watch a game).

Any healthy players who don’t play are a pretty safe bet to make the 53-man roster. So, regardless of what he says he wants, quarterback Tua Tagovailoa will not be playing on Sunday.

However, plenty of players will still be fighting for a roster spot and there are always great position battles to watch. Alain Poupart of Sports Illustrated highlighted several players to keep an eye on in Sunday’s Al Capone Super Spectacular Invitational (he spent time in both cities…that counts, right?). The Chicago Bears will certainly have revenge on their minds after the Dolphins ruined their perfect season on a Monday night in 1985. I’m sure Jake Scott was thrilled, though.

Quarterback Quinn Ewers

In the 2025 NFL Draft, the Dolphins were able to grab Quinn Ewers in the 7th round. Some predicted the University of Texas product to go as high as the second or third round, but he slid to the Dolphins and he could end up being a steal.

“We’ll start off with the third quarterback on the roster and the one without any NFL game action on his resume,” Poupart writes. “Ewers has looked solid for most of training camp, but didn’t do very much in the joint practice Friday. This is another step in his development and logic says he should get a good deal of snaps in this game.”

Hopefully the NFL works out for Ewers because he turned down $8 million to stay in college for another year. That’s a ton of money and his season would be have been finished in December. Oh well, don’t count other people’s money.

Running back Jaylen Wright

A fourth-round pick of the Dolphins in 2024 out of the University of Tennessee, many are predicting a much bigger workload in year two behind incumbent De’Von Achane. So far, though, Poupart isn’t seeing it.

“After coming into camp with high expectations based on the flashes he showed as a rookie and viral social media clips of his offseason physique, Wright’s training camp performance has been so far frankly a bit underwhelming,” Poupart writes. “A good performance in the preseason opener could serve as a springboard.”

It doesn’t sound like he’s a good fantasy handcuff for Achane at this point, but a good preseason could change that.

Wide receiver Dee Eskridge

Trivia question: Name a Dolphins receiver besides the obvious two. You aren’t alone, there is quite a dropoff from the second receiver to the third.

Enter Dee Eskridge, who is in his second training camp with the Dolphins after being selected in the second round of the draft by the Seattle Seahawks in 2021. He probably won’t earn the third receiver slot barring injury, but he’ll be fighting for a roster spot.

“There isn’t much separation among Dolphins wide receivers behind Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, even though 2024 sixth-round pick Malik Washington looks like the front-runner for the No. 3 role,” Poupart writes. “But it’s Eskridge who has been the most productive of the backup wide receivers in camp so far and a good performance Sunday could get him closer to securing a roster spot.”

Eskridge was asked this week about his approach to the preseason.

“I keep it humble,” Eskridge said Thursday. “I’m definitely making my plays, understanding my role.”