Ewers makes most of chances in Dolphins' win
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Marcel Louis-Jacques
Miami Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel won’t overreact to preseason results — but those in Saturday’s 24-17 win over the Lions in Detroit certainly stand out.
Quinn Ewers threw two touchdown passes, both to undrafted free agent Theo Wease Jr., in a marked turnaround from a rough debut for the rookie quarterback in Miami’s first preseason game last week.
Ewers led a 17-play scoring drive with just under two minutes left in the fourth quarter to seal the Dolphins’ win, capping a performance from which McDaniel took notice.
“I thought there was some really good things he did, some things he could do better,” McDaniel said. “Basically, the journey of a quarterback is you have to learn to be able to take whatever reps you have, work on your own and apply it to your game. … It was cool to give him a couple opportunities that he made the most of.”
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After completing just 5 of 18 passes for 91 yards in Miami’s 24-24 tie with the Chicago Bears last week, Ewers went 11-for-17 for 116 yards against the Lions.
Ewers started the second half and led Miami to points on three of his five drives. It wasn’t a perfect outing — he nearly threw an interception from his own 13-yard line on the second play of his final drive — but the seventh-round pick out of Texas said he and the Dolphins’ offense felt better prepared in their second outing.
“As a whole, I think we were just overall more comfortable,” he said. “Game 1, we kind of got our jitters out, and out here it felt like we were just able to go out and play our game and perform at a good level. There’s obviously a lot of room to grow — myself, I missed a couple throws, missed a couple reads, but there’s a lot of stuff to learn from this game.”
