{"id":236946,"date":"2025-10-19T19:17:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T19:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/236946\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T19:17:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T19:17:11","slug":"dolphins-demote-zach-wilson-to-third-string-behind-quinn-ewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/236946\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins demote Zach Wilson to third string behind Quinn Ewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zach Wilson has been demoted to third-string by the Dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>The former Jets first-round pick will serve as the emergency quarterback Sunday against the Browns, according to NFL Network, with rookie Quinn Ewers elevated to the backup spot behind starter Tua Tagovailoa.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Wilson has appeared in one game this season, completing five of eight passes for 32 yards in garbage time of a Week 1 blowout loss to the Colts. Ewers, Miami\u2019s seventh-round pick this year out of Texas, has not appeared in an NFL game.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37425319\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/zach-wilson-0-miami-dolphins-113803099.jpg\" alt=\"Dolphins QBs Zach Wilson (0) and Quinn Ewers (14) warm up before a game against the Browns on Oct. 19, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-37425319\"  \/>Dolphins QBs Zach Wilson (0) and Quinn Ewers (14) warm up before a game against the Browns on Oct. 19, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Wilson was the No. 2 overall selection by the Jets out of BYU in 2021, and he made 33 starts from 2021-23 with a 12-21 record and a poor passer rating of 73.2. <\/p>\n<p>He replaced Aaron Rodgers after the veteran suffered a season-ending Achilles injury in Week 1 of the 2023 season and started 11 games before getting benched late in the season and replaced by journeyman Tim Boyle.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37425328\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/miami-dolphins-quarterback-zach-wilson-108661699.jpg\" alt=\"The Dolphins demoted Zach Wilson to third string on their QB depth chart.\" class=\"wp-image-37425328\"  \/>The Dolphins demoted Zach Wilson to third string on their QB depth chart. AP<\/p>\n<p>Wilson was traded with a seventh-round pick to Denver for a sixth-rounder in April 2024, but he did not get into any games for the Broncos last season before signing<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/03\/10\/sports\/zach-wilson-joins-dolphins-on-one-year-nfl-free-agency-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> a one-year deal worth $6 million<\/a> to be Tagovailoa\u2019s understudy with the Dolphins, who are 1-5 entering Sunday\u2019s game in Cleveland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zach Wilson has been demoted to third-string by the Dolphins. The former Jets first-round pick will serve as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[1322,5702,349,99,1835,53006],"class_list":{"0":"post-236946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-miami-dolphins","9":"tag-new-york-jets","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tua-tagovailoa","13":"tag-zach-wilson"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}