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McCord had played the Packers’ entire preseason finale against
Arizona on Friday and threw four touchdown passes, including two
in the final 3 ˝ minutes of a 42-38 victory. But the Packers
already had a proven backup quarterback on their roster after
signing Tyrod Taylor in May.
Rather than keeping three quarterbacks on their 53-man roster or
trying to see if McCord could clear waivers and land on their
practice squad, the Packers sent him to Miami. He becomes the
latest recent connection between these two franchises.
Miami has former Packers executive Jon-Eric Sullivan as general
manager and former Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley as
head coach. Now they have acquired McCord from Green Bay to back
up Malik Willis, who signed a three-year, $67.5 million contract
with Miami in March after backing up Jordan Love in Green Bay
for the last two years.
The Packers host the Dolphins this season on Dec. 20.
McCord spent the 2025 season on the practice squad of the
Philadelphia Eagles, who drafted him in the sixth round a year
ago. The Packers signed him on Jan. 20.
He went 46 of 70 for 446 yards with four touchdowns and no
interceptions while getting sacked six times in three preseason
games with Green Bay. McCord was 22 of 35 for 226 yards against
the Cardinals on Friday.
“That was the big goal this preseason... to prove that I could
play at this level,” McCord said after Friday's game. “I feel
like the NFL, what we saw tonight, being down two possessions
late in the game, being able to come back and make the most out
of those drives is huge. Every single game in the NFL comes down
to those situations.”
The 6-foot-3 quarterback played collegiately at Ohio State from
2021-23 and at Syracuse in 2024. He threw for 4,779 yards at
Syracuse to set an Atlantic Coast Conference single-season
record.
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