NFL reporter Cameron Wolfe discusses the offseason moves made by the Miami Dolphins
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This guy got more, more money.
This guy got more, more money.
Malik Willis with a big contract in Miami, signed right there.
Malik Willis with a big contract in Miami, signed right there.
That looks like a happy man.
That looks like a happy man.
That is a happy man, a new starting quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, and someone we know is gonna be there every step of the way, plus all the other teams that he covers.
That is a happy man, a new starting quarterback for the Miami Dolphins, and someone we know is gonna be there every step of the way, plus all the other teams that he covers.
Our buddy Cam Wolfe, who is of course, based in Miami, we all know that.
Our buddy Cam Wolfe, who is of course, based in Miami, we all know that.
Welcome inside with the insiders.
Welcome inside with the insiders.
Cam, what’s going on?
Cam, what’s going on?
you are as well-versed in the Miami Dolphins as anyone.
you are as well-versed in the Miami Dolphins as anyone.
You obviously followed the Malik Willis signing as close as anyone.
You obviously followed the Malik Willis signing as close as anyone.
What’s gonna happen there?
What’s gonna happen there?
What do we need to know about the future of the Miami Dolphins and what is gonna be a really, really fascinating season?
What do we need to know about the future of the Miami Dolphins and what is gonna be a really, really fascinating season?
A completely new era and opportunity for Malik Willis, and let’s go to the Jaylen Waddle trade to start because a lot of the questions that people had was, “Why do you sign Malik Willis?
A completely new era and opportunity for Malik Willis, and let’s go to the Jaylen Waddle trade to start because a lot of the questions that people had was, “Why do you sign Malik Willis?
Did he know?”
Did he know?”
From the conversations I’ve had, they gave, as far as John, Eric Sullivan, the general manager, and the head coach, Jeff Hafley, Malik Willis a heads-up, a conversation before they traded Jaylen Waddle.
From the conversations I’ve had, they gave, as far as John, Eric Sullivan, the general manager, and the head coach, Jeff Hafley, Malik Willis a heads-up, a conversation before they traded Jaylen Waddle.
He was in the know of this decision, and he is still all in on the plan, just like they were when they signed him in free agency.
He was in the know of this decision, and he is still all in on the plan, just like they were when they signed him in free agency.
This isn’t a shock, adjustment to what particularly happened.
This isn’t a shock, adjustment to what particularly happened.
Malik Willis was signed because they view him as a potential long-term answer there.
Malik Willis was signed because they view him as a potential long-term answer there.
It’s not just a band-aid addition.
It’s not just a band-aid addition.
He essentially has a two-year, $45 million, million a year, guarantee for people who know him very well.
He essentially has a two-year, $45 million, million a year, guarantee for people who know him very well.
So he is there to be the starter.
So he is there to be the starter.
The Dolphins do plan to continue to add competition, so don’t be surprised if they draft a quarterback in April.
The Dolphins do plan to continue to add competition, so don’t be surprised if they draft a quarterback in April.
That’s sort of the way they wanna have there.
That’s sort of the way they wanna have there.
But this is a clear runway for Malik Willis with a young team to show that he can be the long-term answer and give Jeff Haf- Jeff Hafley’s squad something to believe in in year one in the rebuild as well.
But this is a clear runway for Malik Willis with a young team to show that he can be the long-term answer and give Jeff Haf- Jeff Hafley’s squad something to believe in in year one in the rebuild as well.
Very interesting you mentioned drafting a quarterback.
Very interesting you mentioned drafting a quarterback.
John Eric Sullivan, the new general manager in Miami, from Green Bay, Ron Wolf disciple.
John Eric Sullivan, the new general manager in Miami, from Green Bay, Ron Wolf disciple.
He believed in drafting a quarterback basically every year.
He believed in drafting a quarterback basically every year.
They also have Quinn Ewers there, a young quarterback who really played pretty well at the end of last year, someone that they can develop.
They also have Quinn Ewers there, a young quarterback who really played pretty well at the end of last year, someone that they can develop.
But you’re right.
But you’re right.
I mean, Malik Willis is going to have more than an audition to be the starter.
I mean, Malik Willis is going to have more than an audition to be the starter.
He’s going to be the starter, his contract says so.
He’s going to be the starter, his contract says so.
Can they get through this year, show enough progress, and then kinda continue to build once they get through all this dead money?
Can they get through this year, show enough progress, and then kinda continue to build once they get through all this dead money?
There is still talent there, despite the unbelievable value that they got for, for Jaylen Waddle
There is still talent there, despite the unbelievable value that they got for, for Jaylen Waddle