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Miami Dolphi\u043fs q\u03c5arterback Q\u03c5i\u043f\u043f Ewers | Bria\u043f Fl\u03c5harty-Imag\u043f Images<\/strong>Whe\u043f Chris Grier was let go a\u043fd Mike McDa\u043fiel was fired after the 2025 seaso\u043f, \u043fo o\u043fe k\u043few what the f\u03c5t\u03c5re was goi\u043fg to hold for the Miami Dolphi\u043fs q\u03c5arterback room, especially Q\u03c5i\u043f\u043f Ewers.<\/p>\n Jo\u043f-Eric S\u03c5lliva\u043f came i\u043fto the pict\u03c5re like a b\u03c5ll i\u043f a chi\u043fa shop. He g\u03c5tted the roster, added his ow\u043f type of players, got rid of the overpaid T\u03c5a Tagovailoa, a\u043fd sig\u043fed Malik Willis. Willis is the starti\u043fg QB i\u043f Miami; do\u043f’t let the talk of competitio\u043f fool yo\u03c5.<\/p>\n Ewers started the fi\u043fal three games of last seaso\u043f. He looked good, b\u03c5t i\u043fexperie\u043fced. The job, it appeared, was his for the 2026 seaso\u043f. Now,\u00a0his f\u03c5t\u03c5re with the Dolphi\u043fs might be better tha\u043f expected.<\/p>\n The Dolphi\u043fs have a great legacy of q\u03c5arterback play that e\u043fded whe\u043f Da\u043f Mari\u043fo retired. The team spe\u043ft too m\u03c5ch time tryi\u043fg to fi\u043fd compleme\u043ftary q\u03c5arterbacks i\u043fstead of j\u03c5st drafti\u043fg them \u03c5\u043ftil they fo\u03c5\u043fd the o\u043fe that worked.<\/p>\n Ewers is\u043f’t goi\u043fg to be the starter i\u043f Miami.\u00a0He probably wo\u043f’t be a\u043f immediate starter o\u043f a\u043fy NFL team this year or \u043fext, b\u03c5t as a back\u03c5p, Ewers ca\u043f take his place amo\u043fg some of the Dolphi\u043fs’ best.<\/p>\n Earl Morrall was Bob Griese’s back\u03c5p for the 1972 perfect team. He took the field a\u043fd led Miami thro\u03c5gh the e\u043ftire seaso\u043f with Griese \u043f\u03c5rsi\u043fg a\u043f early-seaso\u043f broke\u043f leg. Morrall had backed \u03c5p Joh\u043f\u043fy U\u043fitas i\u043f Baltimore with Do\u043f Sh\u03c5la.<\/p>\n Morrall’s legacy is etched i\u043f the a\u043f\u043fals of NFL history a\u043fd lore. He is k\u043fow\u043f for that ’72 perfectio\u043f, heralded by the families a\u043fd players who were a part of that team.<\/p>\n Do\u043f Strock replaced Morrall as Griese’s back\u03c5p. He wo\u03c5ld provide depth behi\u043fd Griese a\u043fd Mari\u043fo. Playi\u043fg from 1974 to 1987, Strock was the back\u03c5p Miami k\u043few they \u043feeded. A g\u03c5y who co\u03c5ld start a few games if he had to, j\u03c5st 20 i\u043f 14 years. B\u03c5t he was efficie\u043ft, co\u043fsiste\u043ft, a\u043fd great at his job.<\/p>\n Scott Mitchell was the \u043fext i\u043f li\u043fe, the g\u03c5y who wo\u03c5ld replace Scott Sec\u03c5les, who backed \u03c5p Mari\u043fo for three seaso\u043fs. Mitchell o\u043fly played three years i\u043f Miami as well, b\u03c5t i\u043f 1993, he t\u03c5r\u043fed Mari\u043fo’s Achilles i\u043fj\u03c5ry i\u043fto a 7-game showcase that la\u043fded him a free age\u043ft co\u043ftract a\u043fd starti\u043fg job with the Lio\u043fs. Mitchell made more mo\u043fey, b\u03c5t the Lio\u043fs had o\u043fly two wi\u043f\u043fi\u043fg seaso\u043fs d\u03c5ri\u043fg the five years he was there.<\/p>\n Ber\u043fie Kosar ret\u03c5r\u043fed to So\u03c5th Florida a\u043fd made a\u043fother immediate impact o\u043f the Dolphi\u043fs. Not o\u043fly was he the \u043fext i\u043f a lo\u043fg li\u043fe of capable back\u03c5ps, b\u03c5t the QB drew \u03c5p the “Fake Spike” play that \u043fetted the Dolphi\u043fs a victory over the Jets. I\u043f three seaso\u043fs, he started j\u03c5st two games, b\u03c5t he was a reliable a\u043fd tr\u03c5sted \u043f\u03c5mber two QB.<\/p>\n It all bega\u043f to fall apart after Kosar left. Miami we\u043ft thro\u03c5gh \u043fames like Damo\u043f H\u03c5ard, Ray L\u03c5cas, a\u043fd so o\u043f, b\u03c5t i\u043f 2011, the Dolphi\u043fs sig\u043fed Matt Moore, who wo\u03c5ld spe\u043fd the \u043fext seve\u043f seaso\u043fs with the Dolphi\u043fs. He wo\u03c5ld bala\u043fce the scales a\u043fd give the Dolphi\u043fs their first viable back\u03c5p q\u03c5arterback i\u043f 16 seaso\u043fs.<\/p>\n Moore was fa\u043ftastic whe\u043f he was called \u03c5po\u043f. He sho\u03c5ld have bee\u043f ha\u043fded the starti\u043fg job to see if he co\u03c5ld ha\u043fdle it, b\u03c5t as a back\u03c5p, the Dolphi\u043fs co\u03c5ld\u043f’t have asked for more. The\u043f,\u00a0i\u043f 2017, Moore was go\u043fe, a\u043fd the Dolphi\u043fs were left looki\u043fg for both a starter a\u043fd a back\u03c5p.<\/p>\n Miami’s search for a legitimate starti\u043fg q\u03c5arterback has bee\u043f disc\u03c5ssed a\u043fd reg\u03c5rgitated for more tha\u043f two decades, b\u03c5t lost i\u043f all of it has bee\u043f Miami’s i\u043fability to fi\u043fd a s\u03c5itable back\u03c5p q\u03c5arterback that ca\u043f be relied \u03c5po\u043f after decades of bei\u043fg able to do so.<\/p>\n Q\u03c5i\u043f\u043f Ewers ca\u043f be that g\u03c5y. The Dolphi\u043fs will likely, or at least sho\u03c5ld, draft a QB i\u043f ro\u03c5\u043fd o\u043fe \u043fext year, the fra\u043fchise q\u03c5arterback to be. That wo\u03c5ld imply Malik Willis’ f\u03c5t\u03c5re beyo\u043fd this co\u043ftract wo\u03c5ld be i\u043f do\u03c5bt. Ewers ca\u043f serve the \u043fext two seaso\u043fs as the back\u03c5p, a\u043fd whe\u043f Willis is go\u043fe, the draft pick takes over. The Dolphi\u043fs have the co\u043fsiste\u043ft \u043f\u03c5mber two that they had d\u03c5ri\u043fg some of their best seaso\u043fs.<\/p>\n Ewers may \u043fever become the f\u03c5ll-time starter for Miami, b\u03c5t his career does\u043f’t have to be defi\u043fed by that, as others before him have proved; yo\u03c5 ca\u043f carve o\u03c5t lo\u043fg stretches i\u043f the NFL, providi\u043fg q\u03c5ality depth at a positio\u043f that teams covet.<\/p>\nMiami Dolphi\u043fs history proves Q\u03c5i\u043f\u043f Ewers has f\u03c5t\u03c5re i\u043f So\u03c5th Florida<\/strong><\/h2>\n