{"id":11222,"date":"2025-10-19T17:44:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/11222\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T17:44:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T17:44:13","slug":"dolphins-qb-change-miami-promoting-rookie-quinn-ewers-above-zach-wilson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/11222\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins QB change: Miami promoting rookie Quinn Ewers above Zach Wilson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Article-featuredImageImg\" alt=\"quinn.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/quinn.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"433\" width=\"770\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/MIA\/miami-dolphins\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> are tinkering with their quarterback depth chart. <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2741209\/tua-tagovailoa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tua Tagovailoa<\/a> will remain Mike McDaniel&#8217;s starter, but <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1979930657993163195\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">NFL Media reports<\/a> the Dolphins are promoting rookie <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/26746721\/quinn-ewers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quinn Ewers<\/a> to QB2 for Miami&#8217;s Week 7 matchup against the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/CLE\/cleveland-browns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>. <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/players\/2960892\/zach-wilson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Wilson<\/a> will be the inactive emergency third quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>Ewers experienced a surprising slide in the draft. Once viewed as a potential first-round pick, the Texas product fell all the way to No. 231 overall in the seventh round. He was the 14th quarterback drafted, and the last quarterback selected this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ewers was named Second Team All-SEC last season after he completed 65.8% of his passes for 3,472 yards, 31 touchdowns and 12 interceptions. The Longhorns defeated Clemson and Arizona State in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbssports.com\/college-football\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">College Football<\/a> Playoffs before falling to the eventual champion Ohio State Buckeyes in the Cotton Bowl.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/where-to-watch-dolphins-vs-browns-tv-channel-live-stream-prediction-pick-odds-spread\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>Where to watch Dolphins vs. Browns: TV channel, live stream, prediction, pick, odds, spread<\/p>\n<p>\n                    Shanna McCarriston                <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"Where to watch Dolphins vs. Browns: TV channel, live stream, prediction, pick, odds, spread\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/dillon-gabriel.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"152\" width=\"270\"\/><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ewers registered the eighth-most passing yards (6,951) in the FBS over the last two seasons and the 10th-most passing touchdowns (53). In three preseason contests for Miami, Ewers completed 23 of 43 passes for 273 yards and two touchdowns. He didn&#8217;t throw any interceptions but lost two fumbles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As for Wilson, the No. 2 overall pick of the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/NYJ\/new-york-jets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Jets<\/a> back in 2021, he signed a one-year, $6 million deal with the Dolphins this offseason. Wilson appeared in just one regular-season game this year, which was the season-opening loss against the <a class=\"Annotation-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/teams\/IND\/indianapolis-colts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a>, and completed 5 of 8 passes for 32 yards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Images The Miami Dolphins are tinkering with their quarterback depth chart. 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