Rookie QB Quinn Ewers shows why Dolphins benched Tua Tagovailoa on 63-yard TD pass against Buccaneers

Tagovailoa's inability to push the ball downfield may be tied to a lack of arm talent. That was one gripe about the former Alabama star before the Dolphins took him with pick No. 5 in the 2020 NFL Draft. 

Ewers, meanwhile, may not have that problem. Before Sunday's home game against Tampa Bay, Miami passing game coordinator Bobby Slowik noted the QB's release allows him to make a variety of throws.

"Tua's really exceptional about anticipatory throws, letting the ball go out early, particularly before receivers are even out of their break," Slowik said Tuesday, via Furones. "Quinn doesn't necessarily do that as naturally as Tua did, but he can make up for it.

"He's got a really whippy release. He might throw later, but it might get there at the same time because of how the ball fires off his wrist."

After benching Tagovailoa, the Dolphins seem poised to move on from the QB this offseason. If they can't trade him, they'll release him with a post-June 1 designation to spread his $99.2M cap hit over the next two seasons.

It's too early to tell if Ewers will replace Tagovailoa in 2026. His ability to let it fly, though, gives him a decent chance of doing just that.