NFL Insiders Predict Dolphins Will Get Free Area QB In Offseason

ballervisions 2026年1月21日

The Miami Dolphins officially have a new general manager and head coach for the first time in over a decade. Now, as the new season begins, the duo must find a way to improve a position that has plagued the Dolphins since the day Dan Marino retired.

Tua Tagovailoa has shown flashes, but his days as the Dolphins’ starting quarterback are over, with reports emerging that the team is ready to move on and find someone to lead the new era of Miami football.

According to ESPN’s NFL Insider, Jeremy Fowler, that player could be someone that both Jon-Eric Sullivan and Jeff Hafley have become familiar with over the past few years in Green Bay.

A player who happens to be a free agent this season.

In a recent ESPN article analyzing some of the most likely offseason trades and signings, Fowler suggests that Sullivan and Hafley could bring in a quarterback they saw first hand when Jordan Love went down. And to be honest, he played very good football.

So much so that it won’t just be the Dolphins who are making a beeline for his services. As Fowler writes, if Daniel Jones returns to Indianapolis, there is a good chance Willis will be the best quarterback on the market. (Maybe he still is even if Jones hits the open market, but that’s a discussion for another day)

Another team that league executives believe would be interested in Willis is the Cleveland Browns.

“I’m just not thinking [the Browns] enter the season with Shedeur [Sanders] as their top option,” the NFC man said. “And getting the right quarterback in the draft is not a guarantee based on where they pick.”

Cleveland has two first-round picks, but with Oregon’s Dante Moore returning to school and other key features, Willis could be their best bet to add legitimate competition to the room with Shedeur Sanders and Dillion Gabriel currently battling for the QB1 spot.

But as Fowler said, Miami will have a better rhythm with Willis and his energy than any other team.

“No state will know Willis’ potential better than Miami, which recently hired GM Jon-Eric Sullivan and head coach Jeff Hafley from Green Bay. The Packers appreciated Willis’ development and Miami could reap the rewards of that work.”

I know this is giving some of us old folks a little ‘déjà vu’ as it feels like the days of Joe Philbin and everyone wanting Matt Flynn, because we were hungry for a QB and undoubtedly believed things could be different.

Narrator: They weren’t.

But Willis has legitimate tools (I’ll make the distinction in the coming weeks) and could be the perfect QB to help usher in this new era of Dolphins football, while allowing Sullivan and Hafley to find futures in the 2027 or 2028 draft class.