{"id":26964,"date":"2025-05-06T00:05:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/26964\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T00:05:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T00:05:10","slug":"quinn-ewers-agent-explains-draft-slide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/26964\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinn Ewers’ Agent Explains Draft Slide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quinn Ewers<\/a> didn\u2019t do enough during the 2024 campaign to warrant being one of the first quarterbacks off the draft board. Still, it was a surprise when the Texas signal caller slid all the way to the seventh round, and he was ultimately the final QB taken when he was selected by the Dolphins at No. 231.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>[RELATED: Dolphins Draft QB Quinn Ewers At No. 231<\/a>]<\/p>\n

There was some initial speculation about Ewers\u2019 fall down the draft board. His lack of ball protection (12 interceptions, 10 fumbles in 2024) was assumed to be the main culprit, but there were also scouts who criticized his lack of mobility and struggles under pressure.<\/p>\n

His agent has since provided another reason. Ron Slavin said he reached out to a number of teams to understand why Ewers fell all the way to the seventh round. Many of those teams acknowledged that they rated the Longhorns quarterback higher than a seventh-round pick, but they were wary of the attention he\u2019d draw as a backup.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey thought he was a third- or fourth-round pick, but too big of a name to be a clipboard holder,\u201d Slavin told ESPN\u2019s Todd Archer<\/a>. \u201cWhich I think is chickens\u2014.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a draft where Shedeur Sanders<\/a> also fell due to concerns about any impending distractions<\/a>, it\u2019s not a surprise that some pundits are starting to point fingers at the \u201cNIL era.\u201d That includes Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk.com<\/a>, who believes endorsements and the accompanying attention will make \u201cit awkward\u201d for players (especially QBs) to suddenly sit on the bench.<\/p>\n

Ironically, Ewers landed in a spot that could eventually lead to some QB controversy. Tua Tagovailoa<\/a> has had his fair share of concussion and injury issues, putting Miami\u2019s backups into the spotlight. After shuffling through a handful of names last season, the Dolphins landed on Zach Wilson<\/a> as their QB2 for the 2025 campaign. If Tagovailoa went down, Wilson would surely get the first shot at the starting gig, but his spotty track record could open the door for Ewers.<\/p>\n

For what it\u2019s worth, the rookie QB isn\u2019t letting his unexpected draft slide impact his perspective. While he admitted that he was surprised to fall to the seventh round, he was still relieved to hear his name called during draft weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just didn\u2019t know what was going on,\u201d Ewers said. \u201cBut, I mean, it was nice [to get drafted], because at one point I\u2019m like, \u2018I\u2019m not even going to get drafted. I\u2019m going to go undrafted.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very unexpected, and I think that the toughest part about it is just the amount of unexpected occurrences there were. But I\u2019m glad that I ended up where I ended up. To go as late as I did, I\u2019m glad it\u2019s a good spot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Quinn Ewers didn\u2019t do enough during the 2024 campaign to warrant being one of the first quarterbacks off…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,251,6,15,1849,3452,1733],"class_list":{"0":"post-26964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-miami-dolphins","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-nfl-draft","12":"tag-quinn-ewers","13":"tag-tua-tagovailoa","14":"tag-zach-wilson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114457970202514010","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}