Breaking down spring game for Texas QB Quinn Ewers

Mistakes from Quinn Ewers

The biggest mistake on the day for Ewers was the aforementioned interception he tossed to Cook. Ewers’ target on that pass was sophomore wideout Casey Cain. And this was definitely not something that was Cain’s fault on the interception.

On that play, you can see Ewers not going through all of his reads and staring down Cain for at least a second before making the throw. Ewers didn’t have any pressure on him really on that play, and I counted at least 3.5 seconds for him in the pocket before he made this pass. He likely had more time if he was a little bit more patient and went through his reads.

Instead, Ewers made this pass into double coverage and didn’t fit the very tight window that was available for Cain to actually make this catch. That was easy enough for Cook to read and get a jump on in the middle of the field.

Ewers is known to make these sorts of mistakes at times. But he’ll have to be smarter and more patient in the pocket or some of the better opposing defensive backs he faces will get the best of him at times this coming season.

There is another trio of mistakes worth noting for Ewers from the spring game. Most notably, one of the three sacks of Ewers on the day was one where he held the ball for too long. He had more than three seconds in the pocket and could’ve at least gotten out of the pocket and thrown it away.

This is another example of where Ewers needs to improve on his pocket awareness.

There were also two other passes that Ewers had open receivers where he just missed the throw. He had one pass where he overthrew redshirt sophomore wide receiver Kelvontay Dixon when he had him in the end zone. Ewers didn’t miss by much on that pass, though.

The other miss that Ewers had was on a short pass where he just threw the ball a couple of feet over Cain’s head. That was the easiest pass on the day that Ewers missed.

On both occasions, it just looked like Ewers didn’t take the time to get his feet set and zone in on his target. This is mostly a matter of pocket awareness and patience for Ewers.