Yahoo Sports host Andrew Siciliano, senior NFL writer Frank Schwab and senior NFL reporter Jori Epstein discuss if the Miami Dolphins could ship Tua Tagovailoa out and replace him with Packers QB Malik Willis. Check out the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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But I do think that, to me, the biggest thing I thought when they hired another GB is, If they’re thinking Green Bay at GM, and they are thinking Green Bay at HC, I think signs increasingly point to Green Bay at quarterback.
And so we all know that Tua Tagovailoa was benched, and then after the season, Mike McDaniel, before he was fired, said there was going to be an open competition.
Quarterback in 2026.
And then, very interesting this week, The Dolphins posted a 15-minute interview between Jon Eric Sold and their new general manager with one of their team reporters, and in that interview, They talk about all sorts of things with the roster, about building a team.
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Starting with the quarterback, and then when they talked about the pieces as the core to build.
They mentioned Jaylen Waddle; they mentioned the center.
Aaron Brewer, their left tackle, was mentioned.
Jordan Brooks at linebacker.
And Tua Tagovailoa and Tyreek Hill were nowhere to be found on that list.
So, I think that even if I imagine the in-house reporter was told, “Don’t directly ask about Tua,” if that was the case.
Or if the fact that it didn’t come up in 15 minutes of an interview.
When that’s clearly the most important question, I think it’s pretty telling The plan, or that I should say that Tua Tagovailoa is not the Dolphins’ starting plan.
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At quarterback, dead money or not.
And so, if you look at it, Malik Willis, I have a lot of sources around the league telling me that what backup to Jordan Love in Green Bay this year.
Mm-hmm.
Um, I think it was like completing 85% of his passes.
He had a few touchdowns, no interceptions, and two more on the ground game.
He did have some fumbles, but he’s considered the Daniel Jones of this year.
It was Baker Mayfield, Sam Darnold, and Daniel Jones.
Where a guy who didn’t make it out of his first spot grew in the background.
Looked really good, and all of a sudden, someone wants to give him a deal.
So, the same way we saw Daniel Jones get $13 million from the Colts last year, I have sources who think it’s gonna be about $15 million, maybe multi-year.
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Deal, even if it’s front-loaded in terms of guarantees.
Um, For Malik Willis on the free agent market this year, Miami makes perfect sense.
The Packers are very big into letting guys develop for a couple of years and then.
Them start.
And you have a GM and a head coach and in Heupel, who just watched Malik Willis develop, play really well vs.
The Baltimore Ravens this year.
So they’ll have to decide cap-wise.
If they’ve got Tua’s cap hit, and they’ve got Malik Willis’ potentially, like, fifteen million dollars, at least in salary, even if not in cap.
But I do think that if you’re connecting dots, as long as the OC hire doesn’t make Illogical?
This is the most logical move for the Dolphins to bring in Malik Willis.
Quarterback.