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The Miami Dolphins have a QB for the foreseeable future in Malik Willis. However, could the former Green Bay Packers signal-caller be only a stopgap for the organization until a better option emerges, such as a former MVP from the South Florida area?
Willis and the Dolphins agreed to a three-year, $67.5 million contract this offseason, as he looks to be the team’s starting QB. The 26-year-old had a passer rating of 145.5 with 422 yards and three touchdowns in four games in 2025,per StatMuse.
Nonetheless, if Willis fails to impress, could that lead the Dolphins to plot a long-term solution at QB? Miami is in a rebuild, buthas the draft picks to accelerate it. While next season the team could be picking a signal-caller, could they instead go for Lamar Jackson?
With Jackson potentially being a free agent after two more seasons, NBC Sports NFL insider Mike Florio, half-jokingly said that the Baltimore Ravens QB could be looking to return home to play for Miami.
“[The Dolphins front office have] been able to see how [Willis] works, how he practices, how he carries himself, how he leads on the practice field, how he leads in the locker room when it’s his chance to play,”Florio said on the March 18 edition of Pro Football Talk.
“They’re all in with him, at least for two years, until Lamar Jackson’s contract expires and he tries to come home to Miami. So, and I’m kidding, but maybe I’m not. Who knows how the future’s going to go, but it’s not like the Dolphins are breaking up a championship team.”
Should Miami Consider Drafting a QB in Round 1?
The Dolphins are in a full-blown rebuild after parting ways with Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, and Tua Tagovailoa. On March 17, Miami’s front office decided to load up on draft picks by trading Waddle.ESPN NFL insider Adam Schefter reported, citing sources, that theDenver Broncos will receive Waddle as well as the Dolphins’ fourth-round pick (111th overall).
Meanwhile, the Broncos will send their first-round pick (30th) and third- and fourth-round picks (94th and 130th) to Miami. With the Dolphins now having 11 draft picks, with two in the first round, could they decide to take a swing at a QB?
ESPN NFL analyst Dan Orlovsky believes the Dolphins should do their homework on former Alabama Crimson Tide QB Ty Simpson.
“I think they can get a draft wide receiver that they can build around earlier in the draft,”Orlovsky said on the March 17 edition of “NFL Live.“ “But it does make me think, because there are two teams that are great places for the Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson. Arizona would be one, and Miami would be another.
“I know they just paid Malik Willis. I know that. But given the timeline, and given just the style of the quarterback with the style of offense that would be in Miami, at least under this regime, it makes me think, even though they signed Malik Willis, they should do their homework and entertain drafting Ty Simpson in Miami.”
Are the Dolphins Setting Up Malik Willis to Fail?
Meanwhile, Yahoo! Sports’ Nate Tice questions the signing of Willis, as it doesn’t align with the Dolphins’ timeline, given the team is now entering a full-blown rebuild.
“The Malik Willis signing seems like it’s on a different timeline than the rest of the Dolphins moves,“Tice wrote on March 17 on X.
Moreover, Tice notes that Miamiaren’t doing much toallow Willisto succeed and determine whether the quarterback is a playerthat they want to build around.
“I understand that MIA is basically giving Willis an extended tryout to see if he has a chance to be a guy,“Tice wrote. “But, there’s not much around him to evaluate with. And it could create a tough situation if he does play decently – but not great – and you’re still in position to take a QB. What wins out? all hypotheticals, I know. Just trying to sort it out.”