The Miami Dolphins quarterback room is filled with some really interesting names. There is the gun-slinging veteran Ryan Fitzpatrick, who signed with Miami on a 2-year contract in an effort of getting one last right as an NFL starting quarterback. There is young gun Josh Rosen, looking to reestablish his footing as an NFL quarterback after a rough rookie season in Arizona as the #10 overall draft pick. There’s Jake Rudock, a low-ceiling but smart player who hopes to make the team as Miami’s QB3. And then there’s…Dan Marino, the 17-year NFL veteran and first ballot Hall of Famer.

That’s right — Marino is a constant fixture in the Dolphins’ quarterback room, which is something that Fitzpatrick mentioned as a cool dynamic of what his Dolphins experience has been like thus far.

This revelation is part of a blurb penned by the Miami Herald’s Barry Jackson yesterday highlighting some summer notes for the Dolphins as training camp crawls closer.

“(Marino) has been a neat presence to have around,” said Fitzpatrick through Jackson. “Not only as a Hall of Fame quarterback but just as a guy, knowing some of the things we go through whether it’s off the field with family or on the field. He has great perspective on everything.”

The details of Marino’s role with the Dolphins has been somewhat vague at times, but his constant presence in this locker room — with these quarterbacks and this regime — can be of great value. Mentoring Rosen is the obvious payoff for the Dolphins with Marino hanging around — who is a player that will need to win in similar ways in the NFL: from within the pocket.

But Rosen will need to beat out Fitzpatrick for the starting job, first — which to this point is no sure thing in 2019.