Of all the 2025 NFL draft picks made by our Miami Dolphins, I have seen more speculation in the media surrounding seventh-round pick quarterback Quinn Ewers than any other pick made by the Phins in a long while. Most speculation has suggested that the Dolphins either took Ewers to replace Tua Tagovailoa due to his injury history, or that, now that he fell to them, he might be the one to do so, or that the team is now planning for that outcome. First is the position that the Dolphins took Ewers. Ewers was, from what I have seen, projected to go anywhere from the bottom of the first (I don’t think that was ever going to happen) to somewhere in the 4th. I’m sure that someone even had him going later than that, but I doubt anyone saw him falling into the 7th round.

Somehow, the media types who projected Ewers so high were off in almost every estimation. I have to assume that none of the NFL clubs had him on their board anywhere near the top half of the draft. If he had been, he would have been long gone by the time Miami selected him. The speculation that he was somehow chosen to replace Tua seems far-fetched at best. If the team were looking for that guy, they wouldn’t wait until the last round of the draft to grab him, no matter who the player they were targeting would have been. My speculation, which is no more valuable than the media guys’ wild ideas, is that Miami was going to pick a quarterback. If a particular player fell, they would have taken him earlier. If not, then they would wait until the 7th and select the best available quarterback remaining that fit their needs.

Miami has stated, and at other times implied, that they would target a quarterback in this year’s draft. Not as a replacement for anyone, but as a quarterback that they could develop into a long-term backup. Not necessarily the kind of guy who will go out and win games by himself, but the kind of guy who won’t lose games by himself while Tua is inevitably injured again and relegated to the bench. That being said, the NFL draft is more of a crapshoot than that of any other league. It’s the kind of league where the number one overall pick might completely bomb and be out of the league in just a few years, while others might be seventh-round picks or even undrafted but still become not only starters but sometimes even stars in the league. Among those unpredictable picks, no position is harder to project than quarterback.

Although Ewers was projected to be selected much earlier, he ultimately ended up as a 7th-round pick for some reason. Even so, it seems that a player like Ewers, who was the number one overall recruit coming out of high school and then went on to have, by any metric, a very successful college career, should have been someone who a team would take a chance on long before the 7th round. Will he succeed? I guess it depends on your definition of success. If you are looking for him to be a decent backup, that seems reasonably possible. If you are asking if he will be a good to great starter or even a servicable starter, that’s more of a ‘who knows’ kind of thing. While there are Tom Brady and Brock Purdy, who were drafted late and found great success in the NFL, they are clearly the rare exception.

So this evening’s question of the day is:

Do you think that Quinn Ewers is someone the Dolphins are considering as a possible replacement for Tua Tagovailoa after the 2026 season, or do you believe they only see him as a potential long-term answer as a backup quarterback?

Please share your thoughts and answers in the comments section below-