{"id":385899,"date":"2026-08-31T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385899\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T08:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T08:00:52","slug":"mccord-was-materially-better-packers-analyst-offers-insight-on-how-new-miami-dolphins-quarterback-kyle-mccord-performed-in-green-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385899\/","title":{"rendered":"‘McCord was materially better’\u2014Packers analyst offers insight on how new Miami Dolphins quarterback Kyle McCord performed in Green Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Miami Dolphins have a new quarterback. Get to know Kyle McCord from someone who has covered him in Green Bay. <\/p>\n

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The musical chairs we\u2019ve watched unfold in the Miami Dolphins<\/a> quarterback room are some of the most chaotic scenes we are seeing unfold in a league filled with chaotic scenes. Cuts across the league are well underway and each team is due to 53 players in just under six hours. <\/p>\n

Miami\u2019s cuts are a little more complicated thanks to them adding a quarterback this afternoon. The Dolphins have agreed to trade a 2028 sixth-round draft choice for second-year quarterback Kyle McCord<\/a>. To help paint the best picture of McCord as possible, I tapped into A to Z Sports Green Bay\u2019s Wendell Ferreira. <\/p>\n

Get to know new Miami Dolphins quarterback Kyle McCord<\/p>\n

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\u201cKyle McCord was materially better than Tyrod Taylor in the preseason. The second-year quarterback, a former sixth-round pick by the Philadelphia Eagles in 2025, played 79 preseason drop backs. He had a 102.4 passer rating, a 5.4% big-time throw rate, and a 1.2% turnover-worthy play rate. In comparison, Taylor had a 77.1 passer rating, with no big-time throws or turnover-worthy plays.<\/p>\n

The idea for the Packers is to keep a veteran, experienced quarterback behind Jordan Love. General manager Brian Gutekunst wasn\u2019t willing to keep three quarterbacks on the 53-man roster. So instead of exposing McCord to waivers, Gutekunst went to his old friend Jon-Eric Sullivan to get some compensation.<\/p>\n

Sullivan was already out of Green Bay when the Packers signed McCord back in January, but it was a matter of weeks. So it\u2019s fair to say that the new Dolphins general manager also had the young quarterback on his radar. It\u2019s also a reunion with Kevin Patullo, who was McCord\u2019s offensive coordinator as a rookie in Philadelphia.\u201d<\/p>\n

WEndell Ferreira<\/p>\n

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Materially better than Tyrod Taylor in the preseason isn\u2019t necessarily the highest of bars. But it is a worthwhile snippet amid just how horrible Miami\u2019s backup quarterback play was throughout the last three weeks. It\u2019s been pulling teeth at times to secure first downs, let alone points. This makes McCord a welcomed addition, even if the situation he\u2019s entering into in Miami this season has more questions than what was in place with the Packers. <\/p>\n

Too often, an established name gets the benefit of the doubt because they\u2019re an established name. Taylor\u2019s run as a starting quarterback in the NFL is over (barring injury) but he\u2019s a highly respected back-up quarterback. <\/p>\n

McCord comfortably outperforming him is a good omen for what Miami wants to assemble in their own quarterback room as this season inches closer. In a perfect world, we wouldn\u2019t see McCord play this season at all. But his outlook as a young quarterback with minimum salary who is playing some high level football an interesting bet. And for Green Bay, it certainly seems as though he\u2019ll be missed. That should be enough to know this is a compelling swing of the bat. <\/p>\n

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