{"id":47496,"date":"2025-05-12T03:23:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T03:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47496"},"modified":"2025-05-12T03:23:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T03:23:40","slug":"breaking-new-miami-dolphins-qb-speaks-excited-for-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=47496","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : New Miami Dolphins QB Speaks, Excited for Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"l-article__meta\">\n<div class=\"l-article__meta-item l-article__meta-item--dates\">\n<ul class=\"c-meta c-meta--post c-meta--list c-meta--dates\">\n<li class=\"c-meta__item c-meta__item--updated\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/QuinnEwers-2202726789-e1746999472177.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/QuinnEwers-2202726789-e1746999472177.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/QuinnEwers-2202726789-e1746999472177.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/QuinnEwers-2202726789-e1746999472177.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Miami Dolphins QB Quinn Ewers\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-img-load-time=\"2339\" data-dom-ready-time=\"3812\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">Miami Dolphins QB Quinn Ewers<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Miami Dolphins\u00a0held their first rookie minicamp practices on Friday and seventh-round pick\u00a0Quinn Ewers\u00a0got his first taste of the NFL. The No. 231 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft from the University of Texas is excited to launch his journey to a professional roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust take advantage of every opportunity because there\u2019s a lot of guys out there right now, and everyone\u2019s fighting for the same job, and we\u2019re all competitive, but it\u2019s cool at the same time,\u201d\u00a0Ewers said. \u201cAt the end of the day, some of these guys are gonna end up being teammates with us but you gotta earn the job and earn the trust of those guys as well. So it\u2019s been cool.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ewers is expected to start the season as the No. 3 quarterback on the depth chart behind\u00a0Tua Tagovailoa\u00a0and\u00a0Zach Wilson.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Ewers not overly discouraged by draft slide<\/h2>\n<p>Ewers was under the impression he\u2019d go somewhere in the middle rounds, so he was probably pretty disappointed when he slipped all the way to round seven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t expect to fall as low as I did, but circumstances being it is what it is at the end of the day, and I have the same opportunity as everybody else does, and I\u2019m beyond thankful for that,\u201d Ewers said. \u201cAnd I just want to go in there and play my game at the end of the day and learn and develop as a quarterback.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m continuing on the journey of my career,\u201d Ewers continued. \u201cIt\u2019s been exciting. It\u2019s been a dream come true for me since I was a little kid, since I picked up a football I always wanted to play in the NFL. It\u2019s not a better place to begin the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Expert pre-draft analysis on Ewers<\/h2>\n<p>Reading the expert analysis on Ewers heading into the NFL Draft, one would think there is a lot of upside to Ewers at the next level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEwers\u2019 arm talent and game flashes are enticing, but he hasn\u2019t learned to play the game with a high enough level of consistency,\u201d\u00a0wrote Lance Zierlein of NFL.com. \u201cThe tape of road wins over Alabama and Michigan over the last two seasons showed the clearest picture of Ewers\u2019 ceiling. He spins it with a sudden release and good touch over the first two levels and makes it look easy when he finds a rhythm. He won a high percentage of his career starts but struggled to put points on the board in most big games in 2024. Ewers rarely operates as a smooth, full-field reader. He often predetermines his target and throws into coverage instead of taking what the defense is offering. A lack of escapability will require him to process quickly enough to stay ahead of NFL blitz packages. The raw talent and upside will be alluring for pro-style passing attacks, but it\u2019s fair to wonder if he will ever be able to rise above the talent on his roster and the ability of his play-caller to create favorable terms.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dave Richard of CBS Sports notes that there has been a lot of hype around Ewers for several years now going back to high school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the time he started as a sophomore, word was already out on just how talented Ewers was,\u201d Richard wrote. \u201cBut a core injury sidelined him for six games as a junior, and Ewers finished in sixth place in the 2021 Elite 11 competition during his offseason. None of that mattered \u2014 he was deemed the No. 1 overall prospect by 247Sports and could punch his ticket to any school he wanted.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-4 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_4\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs such, Ewers skipped his senior season of high school, reclassified as part of the class of 2021 and enrolled in college to take advantage of lucrative Name, Image and Likeness deals, including some reportedly worth $1.5 million, an unheard of number for players who hadn\u2019t played any college ball.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While there were reports that Ewers was determined to either stay at Texas or go to the NFL, the fact that another school reportedly offered him\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/report-quinn-ewers-turned-down-8-million-offer-to-transfer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">$8 million to transfer<\/a>\u00a0didn\u2019t matter to him. 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