Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback Quinn Ewers, the seventh-round pick from Texas, served as the backup to starter Tua Tagovailoa in Sunday’s 31-6 massacre at Cleveland , supplanting veteran Zach Wilson. That begs one question: How in the heck did the Dolphins miss on the backup quarterback situation yet again?!
This is two years in a row, and three years in a four-year stretch that the Dolphins have major questions at backup quarterback. It’s absolutely ridiculous for the Dolphins to miss so badly at such a crucial position. It’s NFL malpractice .
And let’s be clear on something: this isn’t a rip job on Ewers (5 of 8, 53 yards, 81.8 passer rating vs. Cleveland) or Wilson, the No. 2 pick of the 2021 draft by the New York Jets. Wilson (5 of 8, 32 yards, 70.7 passer rating for the