{"id":45112,"date":"2025-04-30T02:26:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T02:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45112"},"modified":"2025-04-30T02:26:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T02:26:45","slug":"dolphins-hc-mike-mcdaniel-sends-clear-message-on-qb-quinn-ewers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45112","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel Sends Clear Message on QB Quinn Ewers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quinn Ewers&#8217; 2025 NFL Draft experience wasn&#8217;t what many would&#8217;ve once projected. The former Texas Longhorns quarterback didn&#8217;t get to walk across the stage in Green Bay. He didn&#8217;t get to shake league commissioner Roger Goodell&#8217;s hand and hug him. But the newest Miami Dolphins passer landed in a situation where he can succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel and general manager Chris Grier spoke to the media Saturday after taking\u00a0Ewers\u00a0with a seventh-round choice.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is beneficial because you can evaluate a lot of nuances that you typically have to forecast,&#8221;\u00a0McDaniel said. &#8220;I think one of the things that gives him an advantage as a rookie, just getting started, is that overlap. I think the way that he orchestrates the offense from the motion timing and really anticipating things, there&#8217;s a fit there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Grier detailed how Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian helped convince Miami to invest a pick in Ewers, who led Texas to consecutive College Football Playoff semifinals.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"standard-img\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/vVTvM0LbpjtR77BxlJgFUg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/athlon_sports_articles_610\/3f7b519c19027b0a34441c39d2f86f15\" alt=\"Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) passes the ball against the Arizona State Sun Devils during the first half of the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.Brett Davis-Imagn Images\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-nimg=\"1\" \/><button class=\"lightbox-btn\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\" data-rapid_p=\"6\" data-v9y=\"1\"><\/button><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<div>Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (3) passes the ball against the Arizona State Sun Devils during the first half of the Peach Bowl at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.Brett Davis-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve talked to Coach Sarkisian about him and, you know, Sark really likes and was high and was talking about him playing through the injuries this year, which affected his play a little bit,&#8221; Grier said. &#8220;But, talked about his toughness, his mental toughness, of pushing through with the injury, the expectations, all the pressure, you know, with (Arch) Manning there coming in. 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