The Dolphins placed Malik Willis on injured reserve this week and that means Kyle McCord will be making his first NFL start when they face the Colts on Sunday.
It will also be McCord’s first regular season action and first game snaps of any kind with the Dolphins. The 2025 sixth-round pick spent last season on the Eagles’ practice squad and spent the summer with the Packers before being traded to Miami at the end of August.
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That’s a lot of firsts for one game, but McCord said his time at Ohio State and Syracuse is “something that you definitely can hang your hat on” because it gave him experience on big stages.
“It’s a blessing, but I think once you get the first play call on the helmet and get going, I think it’ll feel just like football,” McCord said, via a transcript from the team. “And I feel like going back to what I was just saying, that’s something that having played in those big college games, I think you’ve been in those moments before. It’s not my first time I’m playing in a big game. So yeah, I feel like that’s where I’m drawing a lot of confidence from.”
McCord would not be doing himself any favors by making more of the moment than it is, but that first play call and first snap against NFL opposition will likely lead to a quick realization that it’s a different world from his last time in the saddle for a meaningful game.
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