The logical question to be asked after the Dolphins’ 34-27 victory over the Atlanta Falcons in Week 1 of the 2019 preseason?

What does this mean for Josh Rosen? Will he start to get repetitions with the first-team offense?

And after Brian Flores spoke with the Miami media on Saturday, we now have our answer: not exactly. Flores was quite candid with how he feels about Miami’s developing race at quarterback — and he made it sound as though he doesn’t necessarily put emphasis on the same components and variables as the media has.

“I think we’ll continue to split reps in a way that we can evaluate both, but really all three quarterbacks,” said Flores.

“First team, second team – I think people put more value in that stuff than I do, but we’re going to try to get the reps to evaluate all three guys and really everybody on the team.”

It’s an interesting concept — that the unit a quarterback is running with isn’t necessarily the most valuable factor in assessing the quarterback’s performance. Flores was later pressed to readdress the race and why he isn’t quite ready to pull the rug out from the status quo at quarterback.

“Training camp can become monotonous seeing the same guys each day. You see the same – you get a feel for what they’re doing offensively, defensively and the kicking game,” said Flores.

“(This week in Tampa) is going to be a great opportunity for us. It will be a great challenge. And then as far as the first team, second team, I think in anything you are doing, all you can do is control what you can control.”

And suddenly the thought process makes sense. Flores’ evaluation of the quarterbacks is more valuable against Tampa Bay if there’s more stability around each of the passers in question. By only changing one variable at a time, the Dolphins can get the most accurate assessment of the performance on the field. And so — at least for now — we will continue to wait for the Dolphins to throw the quarterback race a curveball.