{"id":828286,"date":"2026-03-23T02:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T02:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/828286\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T02:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T02:21:11","slug":"new-miami-qb-admits-he-wasnt-ready-to-be-a-starter-two-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/828286\/","title":{"rendered":"New Miami QB admits he wasn\u2019t ready to be a starter two years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 22, 2026, 7:57 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/miami-dolphins\/345\" data-autotag=\"22ef43a4-dc5a-43ce-87cd-912a7e348a81\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> are banking their whole franchise on quarterback Malik Willis, whom they signed after releasing veteran quarterback Tua Tagovailoa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Willis was the top draft pick for the Tennessee Titans, who many assume would be a star coming out of college.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But when things didn\u2019t work out, he ended up as backup to Jordan Love in Green Bay when his chance to prove himself again came around.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">When Love was injured, Willis finally proved why he was a high draft pick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In Love&#8217;s absence, he threw for 422 yards and three touchdowns; he also rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Willis is coming into his own as a starting quarterback, but according to him, he wasn\u2019t ready to be a starting quarterback two years ago; now he is.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This is what Willis said in his introductory press conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure. Whether I was ready or not, I can&#8217;t prove that. That would be just me being arrogant or prideful. But the opportunity&#8217;s here now, and I&#8217;m gonna try to do my best to take advantage of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Willis seems to have matured and is ready to take over the reins in Miami and lead this team.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 22, 2026, 7:57 p.m. ET The Miami Dolphins are banking their whole franchise on quarterback Malik Willis,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":828287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2049],"tags":[95878,217,7699,7,216,251,2087,6,99115,99116,95882,95976,96166,98105,96096,95951,95896,95888,95899,95906,95883,95950,95881],"class_list":["post-828286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami-dolphins","tag-accessfree","tag-dolphins","tag-fl","tag-football","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miamidolphins","tag-nfl","tag-sstssportsnfltouchdown","tag-sstsntouchdown","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-taggreen-bay-packers","tag-tagjordan-love","tag-tagmalik-willis","tag-tagmiami","tag-tagmiami-dolphins","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-neutral","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-tagtua-tagovailoa","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116276106777756264","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=828286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/828286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/828287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=828286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=828286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=828286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}