Quinn Ewers enters game for Miami Dolphins after Tua Tagovailoa benched

Miami Dolphins rookie QB Quinn Ewers subbed in the game vs. the Cleveland Browns after Tua Tagovailoa was benched. The Browns led the Dolphins 31-6 in the fourth quarter.

Tagovailoa was 12-of-23 passing for 100 yards and three interceptions. Miami trailed 17-6 at halftime and never recovered.

Ewers, a 7th round draft pick in 2025 out of Texas, was just elevated to QB2 Sunday ahead of the game. Now, he officially has his first NFL snaps.

The Miami Dolphins have benched Tua Tagovailoa after a miserable day vs. the Browns.

Rookie QB Quinn Ewers has taken over.

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After a brief first collegiate season at Ohio State, following reclassifying to graduate high school earlier, Ewers transferred to Texas. In three seasons, he threw for 9,128 yards, 68 touchdowns, 24 interceptions and a 64.9% completion percentage.

Quinn Ewers in for Tua Tagovailoa

Ewers led Texas to the College Football Playoff in 2023 and ’24, but lost in the semifinals both years to Washington and Ohio State, respectively. He declared for the draft after the CFP last year.

Tagovailoa has not only had issues on the field this season, but in the press conference room as well. After the Dolphins’ loss last week, the former Alabama standout called out his teammates for failing to attend a players-only meeting.

“Well, I think it starts with the leadership and helping articulate that for the guys,” Tagovailoa said. “And then what we’re were expecting out of the guys, right? We’re expecting this, are we getting that, are we not getting that?

“We have guys showing up to player-only meetings late, guys not showing up to player-only meetings. Like, there’s a lot that goes into that. Do we have to make this mandatory, do we not have to make this mandatory? So it’s a lot of things of that nature that we’ve gotta get cleaned up, and it starts with the little things like that.”