MIAMI GARDENS \u2014 Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback Quinn Ewers is improving as the season progresses. It\u2019s just all transpiring behind the scenes.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what has to happen for a young seventh-round pick who is third on the team\u2019s depth chart.<\/p>\n
As the Dolphins returned from the late-season bye this week, Ewers earned a positive progress report from quarterbacks coach Darrell Bevell on Monday.<\/p>\n
\u201cQuinn\u2019s doing a really good job,\u201d Bevell said. \u201cHe\u2019s working every day to get better, one, within our offense and then he\u2019s getting reps on the scout team. We kind of switch up with (backup) Zach (Wilson) and Quinn for the reps on the scout team.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth those guys are doing a great job. There\u2019s good competition between them. At the end of the week, I sit down and watch Quinn\u2019s reps that he\u2019s had and make sure that he\u2019s getting coached, that it\u2019s not just he\u2019s taking these plays and we\u2019re never watching them again.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ewers, the Texas product who ran a college offense with similarities to what Miami runs under coach Mike McDaniel, feels the improvement coming along.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel good,\u201d he told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. \u201cDefinitely getting a better feel of the offense week by week, and just trying to give a good look to the defense.\u201d<\/p>\n
Part of the challenge as a reserve quarterback is running the scout team to operate how opponents do for the Miami defense, but Ewers must balance that with functioning in the framework of the Dolphins\u2019 offense.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the job of the backup quarterback in this league,\u201d Ewers said. \u201cTo give looks to our defense, but also be prepared if the number\u2019s called. So it\u2019s just how the profession is, and I\u2019ve enjoyed the heck out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
As it was for starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, the bye week offered time for reflection for Ewers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was definitely good for me to go back and see what I could improve and whatnot and continuing to grow within the offense and continuing to learn how we run that offense,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
And he feels support from Tagovailoa and Wilson.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re great dudes,\u201d Ewers said. \u201cThey got a lot of experience, both of them. Played and succeeded in this league, so it\u2019s great to be around (them).\u201d<\/p>\n
Ewers had the one week where he was surprised with the decision to elevate him to No. 2 quarterback in Cleveland over Wilson. He ended up playing in the end of that blowout loss, but after competition was briefly opened up, the team went back to Wilson as Tagovailoa\u2019s backup.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was great,\u201d Ewers said of the opportunity. \u201cAlways been a dream of mine to play in the NFL, and just trying to always be ready for when my number\u2019s called. And competition only makes us better in that room, so I think it\u2019s good for all of us, at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bevell approved of the quick back and forth.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s a good thing that Mike did,\u201d Bevell said. \u201cIt keeps you on your toes. It keeps you competing. It makes you feel like the things that you\u2019re doing are valid and are worthwhile and you\u2019re not going through the motions and doesn\u2019t let you get complacent. So I think it was a good shakeup.\u201d<\/p>\n
Injury report<\/p>\n
Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen Waddle and outside linebacker Bradley Chubb, who are both dealing with foot injuries, improved to full participation at Thursday\u2019s practice, according to the team\u2019s injury report.<\/p>\n
Remaining limited at Thursday drills were: center Aaron Brewer (foot\/ankle), cornerback Rasul Douglas (foot\/ankle), defensive tackle Benito Jones (ankle), right tackle Austin Jackson (toe) and tight end Darren Waller (pectoral). Jackson and Waller are trying to work toward activation from injured reserve.<\/p>\n
For the Saints, wide receiver Chris Olave was downgraded to missing practice Thursday after being limited with an ailing back on Wednesday. Running back Alvin Kamara (knee\/ankle) again missed drills. Fellow running back Devin Neal (ankle) was limited again, and tackle Taliese Fuaga (ankle) improved to full participation after being limited Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI GARDENS \u2014 Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback Quinn Ewers is improving as the season progresses. It\u2019s just all…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[114,123,1763,125,124,119,110],"class_list":{"0":"post-63061","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-miami","8":"tag-latest-headlines","9":"tag-miami","10":"tag-miami-dolphins","11":"tag-miami-headlines","12":"tag-miami-news","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}