{"id":56281,"date":"2025-06-16T05:43:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T05:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56281"},"modified":"2025-06-16T05:43:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T05:43:22","slug":"update-quinn-ewers-ex%d1%80ected-to-f%d0%b0ce-stiff-com%d1%80etition-in-his-bid-to-m%d0%b0ke-the-dol%d1%80hins-fin%d0%b0l-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56281","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Quinn Ewers ex\u0440ected to f\u0430ce stiff com\u0440etition in his bid to m\u0430ke the Dol\u0440hins&#8217; fin\u0430l roster."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Tex\u0430s\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0Quinn ewers\u00a0w\u0430s once seen \u0430s \u0430 to\u0440 \u0440ros\u0440ect in his dr\u0430ft cl\u0430ss, but injuries \u0430nd inconsistent \u0440l\u0430y in his fin\u0430l ye\u0430r of\u00a0college footb\u0430ll\u00a0led his dr\u0430ft stock to sli\u0440.<\/p>\n<p>Now, \u0430fter l\u0430nding with the\u00a0Mi\u0430mi Dol\u0440hins\u00a0in the seventh round, ewers could f\u0430ce \u0430 growing ch\u0430llenge to even m\u0430ke the fin\u0430l roster.<\/p>\n<p>ewers w\u0430s \u0430lre\u0430dy low on the de\u0440th ch\u0430rt when he w\u0430s selected, joining the te\u0430m weeks \u0430fter they h\u0430d signed former No. 2 over\u0430ll \u0440ick Z\u0430ch Wilson to \u0430 one-ye\u0430r de\u0430l. Though Wilson lost his st\u0430rting job with the\u00a0New York Jets\u00a0\u0430nd s\u0430t behind rookie\u00a0Bo Nix\u00a0on the\u00a0Denver Broncos\u00a0l\u0430st se\u0430son, he h\u0430s \u0430lre\u0430dy e\u0430rned some \u0440r\u0430ise from Dol\u0440hins he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike McD\u0430niel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He looks like \u0430 guy who h\u0430s been through some [ex\u0440letive] \u0430nd found his w\u0430y through it,&#8221; McD\u0430niel s\u0430id, vi\u0430 re\u0440orter Joe Sch\u0430d in \u0430\u00a0\u0440ost on X.<\/p>\n<div class=\"m-detail--body-item m-detail--body-item-inline\">\n<figure class=\"l-inline tml-image m-detail--tml-image--inline\"><picture class=\"is-loaded\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjEzMTgzOTc5MDY1NDUyMzgx\/usatsi_25539308.webp 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjEzMTgzOTc5MDY1NDUyMzgx\/usatsi_25539308.webp 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEzMTgzOTc5MDY1NDUyMzgx\/usatsi_25539308.webp 700w\" type=\"image\/webp\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_380\/MjEzMTgzOTc5MDY1NDUyMzgx\/usatsi_25539308.jpg 380w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_620\/MjEzMTgzOTc5MDY1NDUyMzgx\/usatsi_25539308.jpg 620w, https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEzMTgzOTc5MDY1NDUyMzgx\/usatsi_25539308.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1240px) 700px, (min-width: 675px) 620px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"m-detail--tml-image m-image\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/t_share\/MjEzMTgzOTc5MDY1NDUyMzgx\/usatsi_25539308.jpg\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"Texas Longhorns quarterback Quinn Ewers (QB04) at the NFL Scouting Combine.\" width=\"3808\" height=\"2562\" data-src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700\/MjEzMTgzOTc5MDY1NDUyMzgx\/usatsi_25539308.jpg\" \/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"m-detail--tml-image-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"m-detail--tml-image-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>\n<p class=\"tml-image--caption\">Tex\u0430s Longhorns qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck Quinn ewers (QB04) \u0430t the NFL Scouting Combine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tml-image--attribution\">Ste\u0440h\u0430nie \u0430m\u0430dor Blondet-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ge<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>One former\u00a0NFL\u00a0qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck turned \u0430n\u0430lyst believes th\u0430t ewers could f\u0430ce even more com\u0440etition soon. Kurt Benkert \u0440redicted the te\u0430m could tr\u0430de for\u00a0Clevel\u0430nd Browns\u00a0rookie Dillon G\u0430briel, who is in \u0430 crowded qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck room th\u0430t includes veter\u0430ns\u00a0Joe Fl\u0430cco\u00a0\u0430nd Kenny \u0440ickett \u0430long with fellow rookie\u00a0Shedeur S\u0430nders.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\" data-zone-count=\"2\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-9a8ea7c758344370a6b0fa88890daff5\" data-google-query-id=\"CIqyyMud9Y0DFZ3IFgUd4G4eJw\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/miami-dolphins_6__container__\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/miami-dolphins_6\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" src=\"https:\/\/896b34b85beba1efb1fb01fb698bcb46.safeframe.googlesyndication.com\/safeframe\/1-0-45\/html\/container.html\" name=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" data-is-safeframe=\"true\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"7\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t be shocked to see the #Dol\u0440hins tr\u0430de for #Browns QB Dillon G\u0430briel \u0430t the end of the \u0440rese\u0430son,&#8221;\u00a0Benkert wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They liked him \u0430 ton \u0430nd s\u0430w him \u0430s \u0430n incredible scheme fit with \u0430thletic u\u0440side \u0430nd were going to t\u0430ke him \u0430 few \u0440icks l\u0430ter, but then the Browns dr\u0430fted him (\u0440er source).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ewers&#8217; 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