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52 minutes ago, Derka said:

if only the legend of my volatility and immaturity matched my actual posting history, you’d really be on to something here. 

 

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Quinn Ewers has ‘plenty of arm strength for what we need,’ Dolphins coach says 

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Miami Dolphins hit the gridiron for their first preseason game Sunday in Chicago, and Quinn Ewers should get plenty of playing time against the Bears being the team’s No. 3 quarterback.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Quinn Ewers (14) takes a drink of water during practice at the NFL football team’s training camp, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

But, could he supplant Zach Wilson and be the backup before the season starts? Head coach Mike McDaniel left it open-ended with his comments after the team’s practice July 30.

 

Former NFL coach, QB guru thinks Quinn Ewers ‘has a bright future ahead’

“Zach (Wilson) is doing a great job. Zach is the backup quarterback and it’s up to players to adjust that,” he said. “There’s no such thing as non-competition, and I think Quinn is the type of person that is every day trying to make that a real competition. Right now, it’s not like that in my mind, but I’m very candid about being open to anything that the players tell me with actions, not words.”

McDaniel has been impressed with Ewers so far, saying he “has to stack days as the quarterback,” meaning make incremental improvements consistently over the course of training camp and into the season. Ewers is managing the playbook well, McDaniel said, working through about a nine-day install process where new plays are being added each day.

Longhorns receiver lets everyone know the difference between Arch Manning, Quinn Ewers

Offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell spoke with reporters Monday and said he’s excited about the progress Ewers has made in training camp.

“Every day he comes out and gets a little bit better,” Bevell said. “He’s putting a lot of good stuff on tape, doesn’t make a lot of mistakes, and when he makes a mistake, we’re able to get it corrected. He’s willing to work on the little details we’re asking him to, and we’re happy with where he’s at.”

Being a rookie, it goes without saying that Ewers has a long way to go to be ready for an actual NFL game, but Bevell said he has the tools to keep developing.

Longhorns offensive lineman Andre Cojoe feared to be out for season

Miami Dolphins quarterback Quinn Ewers (14) does drills during the NFL football team’s rookie minicamp Friday, May 9, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

“I like his demeanor. He’s very calm and cool and has a little swag about him,” Bevell said. “He doesn’t get rattled, and that’s a really good starting point for a quarterback. He sees things really well and can anticipate things well.”

Throughout his college career with the Longhorns, Ewers’ arm strength was always questioned. Bevell, a 25-year NFL coaching veteran, said it’s just fine.

“He’s not Brett Favre or Matt Stafford, in that category, but he has plenty for what we need,” he said.

Ewers said he’s become more confident as training camp rolls along, and his approach has been one of open-mindedness and being thankful for the opportunity.

“I’m still learning, and trying to play my game at the end of the day and have fun doing it,” he said. “I feel like I’m playing faster every day and I have a good grasp of what has been installed so far.” 

 

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i’ve seen clips of him in camp making some of those “wow” throws that have tantalized people since quinn was 16. i feel like if sark can’t turn you into a consistently above average qb then you’re probably not going to ever make it in the league, but as has been stated, he’s in the best position possible. i’m actually really looking forward to watching him play in the preseason, and it’s going to be much easier for me to all-out root for him now that his play doesn’t affect the team that i love. i’m really interested in seeing what mcdaniel can do with him.

 

*to be clear: i absolutely rooted for quinn to succeed at Texas, but with the way he was holding the team back, and with how great Arch looked, i could never get fully behind quinn. that’s not an issue for me now.

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57 minutes ago, Derka said:

quinn was never in the top half of our best starting offensive players during his time at Texas

You said he was "one of the worst," over and over again. Do you see the difference?

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1 hour ago, Derka said:

no, it is factually *not* a highly contested opinion. countless times in this thread i have ranked our starters from the last two teams, countless times i have invited others to do the same, and countless times, exactly zero of you have decided to partake, because it’s impossible to rank quinn ewers very highly when he’s been surrounded by kelvin banks, jonathan brooks, xavier worthy, ad mitchell, matthew golden, jt sanders, gunnar helm, et al. quinn was never in the top half of our best starting offensive players during his time at Texas. you want to be the first one to actually post your own list, be my guest. 

here’s a pertinent reminder for you: PFF ranked quinn ewers as the 12th best starting qb in the sec last year, 200th best in the nation. both of those facts have been posted here. now please, go ahead and make your own case that he wasn’t a weak link on our offense during his entire career here. blaze the trail brother.

Conner, Majors, Bond, Blue, Williams, Moore, Campbell were all no better than Quinn Ewers last year. That's a reasonable opinion. But it isn't fact any more than your opinion is fact. Calling it one makes you look like a moron or child. 

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14 hours ago, Derka said:

meanwhile, y’all just keep proving my point. the lawyer guy made an indefensibly hyperbolic statement, i posted “nobody here has said that”, and now three of you are in here posting about me and how terrible i am, and not even pretending to contribute to the thread. but that’s on me, right? right. it could never be that y’all are the ones being overly emotional or combative, derailing the threads for no discernible reason, right? right. 

The "lawyer guy." Fucking L O fucking L. Who the fuck are you?

I said "like" which is not the same as "someone here said that." I've said it before and I don't know why the fuck I'm saying it again, probably because I've had a shitty week so I'm doing the total loser thing and fighting with some narrative-pushing narcissist/manic depressive on the Internet who is entirely trolling because he just wants to fight without repercussions to channel his life frustrations at something/anything, but there are legitimately times when you have valuable insight and post meaningful things, and then there's the majority of times when you completely ignore important words that change the entire meaning of a post so you can push your bullshit narrative, while in the same thread page claim you didn't do something while turning around and doing that thing; case-in-point "FACT: Ewers was one of the worst offensive players on the team last season"--worse than Cole Lourd? Joe Tatum? Velton Gardner? Reid Watkins? All of the walk-ons? All of the third- and fourth-teamers? 2nd-team All-SEC QB was worse than them? It's bullshit like this that makes me skip past your posts without looking at the content.

Did he live up to expectations? No. Does that mean maybe he wasn't as good as the hype and whatnot? Yes. How many of 'me and my people' on this thread have admitted that? All of them? And yet here you are accusing others of hyperbole and being overemotional when you take 9/10 of the posts out of context to push your objectively, obtusely asinine narrative that Ewers was "one of the worst." One of the worst. Not bottom half of the roster. Not bottom quarter of the roster. One of the worst. This is the kind of bullshit that compels otherwise sane, otherwise above-average-intelligence argue with you. No more for me. I'll take the pussy way out and put your dumbass on ignore, because you. Fucking. Suck.

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7 minutes ago, BigOrange1 said:

oh, this thread added multiple pages over the past 24 hours for exactly the reason you'd think it would happen.

It's been a riveting debate full of deep thoughts, complex analysis, quantitative analytical processing of in depth statistics and an open minded fully valuable discussion.

That's all to say your post is the worst post in the history of the internet. I was pulling for you succeed here on Surly buy you have hit the bottom of the barrel and I can't even fathom what compelled you to write this toxic, worthless drivel. I don't know why you are always trying to talk shit to me and what's worse, do it so terribly. You should be ashamed of yourself.

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27 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

It's been a riveting debate full of deep thoughts, complex analysis, quantitative analytical processing of in depth statistics and an open minded fully valuable discussion.

That's all to say your post is the worst post in the history of the internet. I was pulling for you succeed here on Surly buy you have hit the bottom of the barrel and I can't even fathom what compelled you to write this toxic, worthless drivel. I don't know why you are always trying to talk shit to me and what's worse, do it so terribly. You should be ashamed of yourself.

May I offer that you are perhaps being a bit hyperbolic and that his post, while it had it's flaws, was on the whole beneficial to the thread?

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2 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

May I offer that you are perhaps being a bit hyperbolic and that his post, while it had it's flaws, was on the whole beneficial to the thread?

I'm willing to entertain such an idea. I think to fully comprehend your thesis it would he helpful to provide a line by line breakdown and where you see flawed logic. I please ask that you use debate logic for your parsing to better help me align with your perspective. I am grateful for your attention to this matter.

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Just now, BurntEyes said:

I'm willing to entertain such an idea. I think to fully comprehend your thesis it would he helpful to provide a line by line breakdown and where you see flawed logic. I please ask that you use debate logic for your parsing to better help me align with your perspective. I am grateful for your attention to this matter.

Wow, go fuck yourself. I cannot believe how viciously you've attacked me. Why is everyone on this thread out to get me when I only make innocuous comments and observations that are clear to anyone with eyes and a brain?

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8 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

Wow, go fuck yourself. I cannot believe how viciously you've attacked me. Why is everyone on this thread out to get me when I only make innocuous comments and observations that are clear to anyone with eyes and a brain?

Oh my! Well, I can see how you'd come to that conclusion and I apologize for being any part of making you feel attacked. I value you and as human and a poster though I can't say the same for @BigOrange1 who is clearly a Proud Boy regard who hates the world. In recompense for my misdeeds and misalignment of your lofty vision and knowledge I offer the probably NSFW below for your viewing pleasure.

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29 minutes ago, markstanco said:

Why dont yall find an Academy parking lot to meet up at and beat the shit out of each other? 

I was hoping he'd be willing to beat something else out of me.

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Just now, BurntEyes said:

I was hoping he'd be willing to beat something else out of me.

interesting post, not that there is anything wrong with that

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2 hours ago, AnotherLawyer said:

The "lawyer guy." Fucking L O fucking L. Who the fuck are you?

i’m the guy who isn’t losing his shit and acting like a child over someone else’s opinion of a college quarterback. sorry for not remembering your handle. at least you’re handling it maturely. 👌🏼 

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2 hours ago, AnotherLawyer said:

I said "like" which is not the same as "someone here said that." I've said it before and I don't know why the fuck I'm saying it again, probably because I've had a shitty week so I'm doing the total loser thing and fighting with some narrative-pushing narcissist/manic depressive on the Internet who is entirely trolling because he just wants to fight without repercussions to channel his life frustrations at something/anything

yeah, and i’m the overly emotional and combative one, the self deluded one. okie dokie. i’m not the one in here losing his shit or taking personal pot shots at someone else’s real life mental health issues (classy move btw) because he disagrees with me about how good a quarterback is. 

as i’ve repeatedly said to y’all, it’s wild for me to watch you all lose your shit, get overly emotional, become wildly combative, insult my real life mental health issues (which have absolutely nothing to do with this conversation), and then *again*, as always, you walk away from the entire thing convincing yourself that it’s me who is combative, overly emotional, taking this too seriously, etc. it’s frankly incredible. 

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finally, i have no clue why you’re dying on this “i said AS IF!!!!” hill, like nothing you said after “as if” really counts. yes- you said that the way people post around here it’s “as if quinn ewers took a team full of all americans and went winless for his career.” what about you using the phrase “as if”, absolves you from taking responsibility for what you said? what you said remains hyperbolic nonsense that doesn’t even begin to approach the reality of the situation, but because you said, “as if”, it doesn’t fall back on you? it doesn’t count? yeah i don’t think that’s how it works.

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2 hours ago, crash_davis said:

Why do posters continue to argue with this dude? Just put him and all his aliases on ignore.

lol, i have aliases? that’s news to me. 

also, people continue to argue with me because they are fanatical about a teenage boy who wasn’t very good at qb in college and it shatters their world whenever someone else doesn’t deify their hero. also because they are the children they accuse me of being. they cannot control their emotions, and have to lash out in hopes of some sort of sweet release that never actually comes. it’s pretty sad.

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9 minutes ago, Derka said:

lol, i have aliases? that’s news to me. 

also, people continue to argue with me because they are fanatical about a teenage boy who wasn’t very good at qb in college and it shatters their world whenever someone else doesn’t deify their hero. also because they are the children they accuse me of being. they cannot control their emotions, and have to lash out in hopes of some sort of sweet release that never actually comes. it’s pretty sad.

 

12 minutes ago, Derka said:

finally, i have no clue why you’re dying on this “i said AS IF!!!!” hill, like nothing you said after “as if” really counts. yes- you said that the way people post around here it’s “as if quinn ewers took a team full of all americans and went winless for his career.” what about you using the phrase “as if”, absolves you from taking responsibility for what you said? what you said remains hyperbolic nonsense that doesn’t even begin to approach the reality of the situation, but because you said, “as if”, it doesn’t fall back on you? it doesn’t count? yeah i don’t think that’s how it works.

 

15 minutes ago, Derka said:

yeah, and i’m the overly emotional and combative one, the self deluded one. okie dokie. i’m not the one in here losing his shit or taking personal pot shots at someone else’s real life mental health issues (classy move btw) because he disagrees with me about how good a quarterback is. 

as i’ve repeatedly said to y’all, it’s wild for me to watch you all lose your shit, get overly emotional, become wildly combative, insult my real life mental health issues (which have absolutely nothing to do with this conversation), and then *again*, as always, you walk away from the entire thing convincing yourself that it’s me who is combative, overly emotional, taking this too seriously, etc. it’s frankly incredible. 

 

1 hour ago, Park Gothic said:

Wow, go fuck yourself. I cannot believe how viciously you've attacked me. Why is everyone on this thread out to get me when I only make innocuous comments and observations that are clear to anyone with eyes and a brain?

 

Say what you will, but everyone has to admit that this thread delivers. 

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Derka just stop. You know it isn’t getting anywhere.  You’re just making people against you have even more to use.  
 

You’ve said your piece.  They won’t change theirs.  It’s useless at that point. 
 

Or yall could just keep flinging shit at each other 

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Just now, TejasPedro said:

Something else that needs to start being debated, which son of a longhorn is going to be a better QB Chris Simms’ son or Major’s son. 
I’m going with Nash Applewhite

Gonna have to belay that request until Arch has (a) son(s) and you forgot Colts understandably unnamed son.

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9 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Well, you got one thing right.

yes i did. taking pot shots about my real life mental health issues which have cost me my dream job, my livelihood, and which will one day cost me my life is very very sad, and all because i don’t agree with this guy about a college quarterback. and frankly, it shouldn’t even be allowed around here, much less celebrated the way it is. it’s wildly out of line.

you can point fingers and deflect all you want, but i’m not the one losing his shit, insulting other people, or taking pot shots about their chronic, real life illness over a college football disagreement. it truly is sad.

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Just now, Derka said:

yes i did. taking pot shots about my real life mental health issues which have cost me my dream job, my livliehood, and which will one day cost me my life if very, all because i don’t agree with you about a college quarterback, is very very sad, and frankly, it shouldn’t be allowed around here, much less celebrated the way it is. 

you can point fingers and deflect all you want, but i’m not the one losing his shit, insulting other people, or taking pot shots about their chronic, real life illness over a college football disagreement. it truly is sad.

I agree, mental health references should be off limits.

However, I disagree that you aren't  losing your shit, and I also disagree with your characterization of those you are arguing with.

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1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

However, I disagree that you aren't  losing your shit,

feel free to cite anything to back this up. if you think this is me losing my shit then i question how present you’ve been over the last 20+ years here.

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3 minutes ago, Derka said:

feel free to cite anything to back this up. if you think this is me losing my shit then i question how present you’ve been over the last 20+ years here.

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1 hour ago, markstanco said:

Why dont yall find an Academy parking lot to meet up at and beat the shit out of each other? 

I always for arrange my fisticuffs to take place in the texags.com parking lot.

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