The NFL world was set on fire when Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel made the decision to bench Tagovailoa in favor of rookie Quinn Ewers for the remainder of the season. Not only was Tagovailoa benched, he was made the QB3 behind Ewers and Zach Wilson.

View photos from the Miami Dolphins’ first practice following the major quarterback shakeup. The gallery captures rookie Quinn Ewers taking first-team reps after being named the starter for

If, as it appears, the Dolphins will be moving on from quarterback Tua Tagovailoa after the 2025 season, the most obvious offramp entails cutting him on the first day of the 2026 league year with a post-June 1 designation.

The Raiders can't afford to repeat the veteran quarterback mistake with Tagovailoa a la Smith. If Spytek is going in a different direction at quarterback, it should be through the 2026 NFL draft, where the Raiders are currently slated to possess an opportunity to draft Fernando Mendoza or Dante Moore with a top-two pick.

The Miami Dolphins named rookie Quinn Ewers, their seventh-round pick, as their starting quarterback against the Cincinnati Bengals amid Tua Tagovailoa’s struggles this season.

This comes off the heels of the Dolphins' lopsided loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. While the game ended 28-15, it was even more lopsided than the 13-point differential made it out to be, as Miami trailed 28-3 in the fourth quarter.

Sunday’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals will mark a new era in Miami Dolphins football as rookie 7th round draft pick Quinn Ewers will get the start for the team, and in doing so, will get to audition for an opportunity to be the team’s starting quarterback in 2026.

Terron Armstead catches a stray in Tyreek Hill's latest response to the Dolphins benching Tua Tagovailoa for Quinn Ewers.