NFL Rumors: Dolphins Expected to Draft QB in 1st Round Amid Tua, Herbert Buzz

The Miami Dolphins are preparing to invest one of their three first-round draft picks in a quarterback. It just remains to be seen which one.

Cameron Wolfe of ESPN notes the team has not made up its mind on which direction it will take:

"If we're handicapping the most likely quarterback to land in Miami, [Tua] Tagovailoa and [Justin] Herbert are the leaders with [Jordan] Love as the dark horse. It's quite possible Miami could remain at No. 5 and be pushed into a choice: a more talented Tagovailoa with notable injury concerns, or a healthy, more prototypical Herbert with questions about leadership and passing anticipation."

As the owners of the No. 5, No. 18 and No. 26 overall selections in 2020, the Dolphins have plenty of routes available when it comes to landing a franchise QB.

Bleacher Report's Matt Miller ranks Tagovailoa as his second-best quarterback prospect and the No. 6 player overall in this year's class. Herbert and Love are neck-and-neck for the third-best QB spot, and the Oregon alum just beats out the Utah State product.

While there has been plenty of buzz that the Dolphins might trade up to No. 1 to select LSU's Joe Burrow, that remains an unlikely option with the Bengals reportedly unmoved by Miami's trade proposals.

In scouting Herbert for the Dolphins, Wolfe found both skeptics and believers. Former Miami executive vice president of football operations Mike Tannenbaum compared Herbert to Ben Roethlisberger and deemed him a future franchise leader.

Other comments were not as positive.

"Physically, he's awesome. Great arm, really good athlete," an unnamed scout told Wolfe. "But he's not a leader, can't be the face of a team. Has never left Eugene, Oregon. No swag. No 'it' factor. Never has been the best player on the field in any game I've watched."

Even Tannenbaum felt Herbert could anticipate his throws a bit better, but those concerns are coachable. With Tagovailoa, things become more difficult given his season-ending hip surgery last November.

In the case of Love, Wolfe says the Dolphins are intrigued by his upside. They'll have to determine if that's good enough to risk passing on Herbert or Tagovailoa.

It seems certain that Miami both wants and needs a quarterback. A week before the draft, though, it apparently has yet to decide which one it'll go with.