After a rough first NFL preseason game, former Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers threw two touchdowns for Miami in his second, leading the Dolphins to a 24-17 win over the Detroit Lions. Arch Manning, his successor at Texas, thinks Ewers is doing pretty well.

The author argues that the risk of the play, a fourth-and-15 with 31 seconds remaining, outweighed the potential reward, especially for a rookie quarterback in his first NFL game. The author emphasizes the importance of protecting a quarterback's confidence and cites a past example of how former Dolphins coach Joe Philbin mishandled a situation with Ryan Tannehill.