What if Malik Willis ends up being good in 2026?

We're exploring that question here on Locked On Dolphins.

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We'll re-explore the question, what if Malik Willis is good?

And not like good, but good. And I have to give credit to this question and this show to

Omar Kelly who asked this question last week question for the Dolphins fan base if things

go well for Malik Willis in 2026 who do you think his place style of play will resemble what player in certain name would you be happy if Malik Willis in 2026, who do you think his play style of play will resemble? What player in certain name would you be happy if Malik Willis looks like?

And I thought about it.

I said, that's a good question.

And I didn't come up with an answer.

So then I thought about it some more.

I said, that's a good question.

So having spent the weekend kind of stewing on the idea of like,

what are the upper bands of outcomes look like for Malik Willis,

particularly in 2026, right?

Because you recognize you're working with a roster that's in the midst of transition and has a lot of resources

allocated into players that are either super young and inexperienced or resources and salary

cap commitments into players that are not even on the roster anymore.

So it has to set a certain kind of ceiling on where your expectations go while acknowledging

that he can come in and play really well.

You know,

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