Malik Willis is setup to be the top QB available in NFL free agency
Yahoo Sports Daily hosts Caroline Fenton and Jason Fitz discuss the appeal of Malik Willis ahead of free agency and an NFL draft with limited quarterback prospects. Watch the full episode of Yahoo Sports Daily on YouTube or YahooSports.TV .
Video Transcript
When you look at the free agent quarterback list that's out there, we've got Aaron Rodgers, we've got some names out there.
Who do you think is about to get paid, get a big old bag?
I think it's Malik Willis.
Oh, oh.
I, I think Malik Willis is about to get paid, and that i- is equally as much about Malik Willis and what he's proven as a backup in this league, and also the current quarterback market.
You know, there- when you look at free agents in this upcoming quarterback class, it's, it's pretty uninspiring.
Yeah, Aaron Rodgers will be one that we talk a lot about this upcoming off-season, but Malik Willis is the one that I kind of pinpoint as the one that coaches can be like, "I can work with this.
I can fix this."
Let's not forget, it was not that long ago that Malik Willis was lauded as a first-round pick, and I think spending some time in the LaFleur rehabilitation camp with the Packers, proving that he can be, could be perhaps maybe a starting quarterback in this league, I think he's going to get paid because of the lack of quarterbacks that we have available on the market.
Yeah, so supply and demand is such a huge part of this conversation, right?
Because- The Jets or the Colts.
I mean, you look across the board, there are gonna be teams that need a quarterback.
As we've talked about on this show, right now today, we're still We haven't really dug into the draft prep process yet.
We will plenty at Yahoo Sports and on this show.
but it looks like Fernando clearly gonna be a high pick.
Ty Simpson, we're still a little bit torn on.
Not, not everybody knows where that goes.
So if your answer is the draft, you're not gonna have great answers.
And then to, to your point, in free agency, not a lot of options.
So you're going to have a bidding war for people like Malik Willis.
So whatever you think Ma- Malik's gonna get paid, just up the ante, because there are less options and more teams available.
