How badly do the Green Bay Packers need a Malik Willis backup plan, and what is it if they do?

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🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The Packers wouldn't have made the playoffs in 2024 without Malik Willis. How concerned should Green Bay be about losing him? And who are the options if the team wants to allocate resources to another development project?

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0:00.0	The Green Bay Packers wouldn't have made the playoffs without Malik Willis in
0:03.9	2024, but Willis is going to get the bag in free agency, so Green Bay has to find their next project.
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1:07.1	This is the Malik Willis episode because I have been on two locked on shows already talking about
1:14.1	where Malik Willis could sign Cleveland wants him, Minnesota wants him, it seems like the
1:21.9	dolphins also want him, which means the Packers are in all likelihood not going to have him.
1:28.9	And Malik Willis has been an integral part of this team ever since he arrived.
1:34.2	They, look, maybe they beat Tennessee and Indy in 2024 with a different backup quarterback.
1:42.8	They were not going to do it with Clayton Tune.
1:45.2	Maybe they wouldn't have Clayton Tune, but like, is Sean Clifford going to win those
1:47.9	games?
1:48.2	Probably not.
1:49.7	So having one of, if not the best backup quarterbacks in the NFL was hugely valuable
1:56.2	to the Green Bay Packers.
1:58.7	And I have been someone who has regularly said,
2:03.7	I just don't care.
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