Brian Flores liked what he saw out of quarterback Josh Rosen in the Miami Dolphins’ first preseason game but had one bit of criticism.
While Rosen eluded the Atlanta Falcons’ pass rush on Thursday, Flores said he would rather see the former first-round draft pick take a sack than force a potential turnover.
“At some point as a quarterback, you have to take a sack. That’s the play,” Flores said, via the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. “But the guy has a little bit of a gunslinger mentality and likes to let it rip. Obviously, that was a nice (completion) to Preston (Williams), but I think we want to play smarter than that in that situation. Not just let the ball go like we did.”
Rosen accepted Flores’ assessment without issue after completing 13-of-20 passes for 191 yards and an interception.
“You just can’t fall into that trap because bad games will turn really bad really quickly if you don’t learn (to) negate that risk,” Rosen said. “I’ve been battling that my whole career. I have to find that balance of knowing when I can push the edge, and when to just take the sack and live to play another down.”
Rosen was selected by Arizona with the No. 10 overall pick in 2018 out of UCLA. He was traded for the 62nd overall pick this year, which the Cardinals used to select wide receiver Andy Isabella, and a 2020 fifth-round choice.
Rosen, 22, finished 3-10 as a starter for Arizona last year. He completed 55.2 percent of his passes for 2,278 yards with 11 touchdown passes and 14 interceptions. He became expendable when the Cardinals drafted Heisman Trophy-winning QB Kyler Murray with the No. 1 overall pick in April’s draft.
