Malik Willis, Dolphins new QB

[Rock'em Sock'em]

 

[NoSaint]

8 hours ago, Alphadawg7 said:

While funny I will say people don’t really understand how far of a throw it actually is throwing from a professional pitchers mound to home.  
 

Even the most confident get up there and then suddenly realize it’s a bit intimidating on that first throw.  It’s a long way away and you’re standing on a mound where you also step down to a degree on the throw compared to just throwing on flat ground elsewhere.  
 

Still funny though 

they should really tell these people they are throwing before they get to the stadium

 

oh wait 

 

I’ll say this ones like the wonderlic - it doesn’t mean he’s a bum but it sure did show us who didn’t have common sense to prepare for 5 mins

[Mr. WEO]

Discuss…

[dayman]

Not meant to be political, just noting the throw…check out George Bush

 

 

[jkeerie]

1 hour ago, dayman said:

Not meant to be political, just noting the throw…check out George Bush

 

 

Well...he did love baseball and was a part owner of the Texas Rangers.  So...not overly surprising.

[JohnnyCash]

Not accusing anyone in particular, but I really believe some go up on the mound and intentionally throw a ridiculously horrible pitch in order to garner attention. 

[Fan in Chicago]

17 hours ago, Wizard said:

I played both baseball and football in my high school years. While I was never a superstar athlete, I understand that throwing a baseball and football involves a difference in mechanics and technique.

 

However, unless Malik Willis has never attempted to throw a baseball once in his life, he is a professional athlete! He is in the top 0.2% of athletes in his sport and probably a top 5% athlete overall.

 

To miss by that much is simply embarrassing!

 

Here's to the Fish! I look forward to our secondary out receiving his wide receivers!

You would have expected him to practice pitching a few times before that game. Clearly he has arm strength, it would just be a matter of adjusting to a baseball for one single pitch. Especially when he knew there would be  a lot of eyes on him. It is the basic of any public event - preparation. 

[chris heff]

I don’t understand why the Dolphins signed Willis. His contract is for $67.5mm for three years, with $45mm guaranteed. They then proceeded to trade away any talent they had. If you’re going through a complete rebuild, have cap problems, wouldn’t a cheaper option have been better? 
 

The fact that he can’t throw a baseball 60’6” is funny, but he is probably a decent NFL backup QB. Didn’t Willis also say something stupid after he was drafted? Like football isn’t all that important?

[DCofNC]

Josh ain’t hitting bombs off that guy, tell you that right now. 

[nosejob]

4 hours ago, chris heff said:

I don’t understand why the Dolphins signed Willis. His contract is for $67.5mm for three years, with $45mm guaranteed. They then proceeded to trade away any talent they had. If you’re going through a complete rebuild, have cap problems, wouldn’t a cheaper option have been better? 
 

The fact that he can’t throw a baseball 60’6” is funny, but he is probably a decent NFL backup QB. Didn’t Willis also say something stupid after he was drafted? Like football isn’t all that important?

Aren't they on the hook for 99 with Tua?

[machine gun kelly]

On 5/3/2026 at 12:44 AM, NewEra said:

I loved that movie back in the day.  That scene at the end where Pacino tries to convince Reeves to have a baby with his half sister was hilarious.  “What should I call you, Satan?”  I have so many names, call me dad.

19 hours ago, dayman said:

Not meant to be political, just noting the throw…check out George Bush

 

 

Good old GW.

Edited May 4 by machine gun kelly

[chris heff]

15 hours ago, nosejob said:

Aren't they on the hook for 99 with Tua?

Yes, that’s my point. They are on the hook for$99mm for a QB not on the team. Why not just go with a journeyman or a guy on a rookie contract? Get out of salary cap hell. 

[JP51]

On 5/3/2026 at 12:31 AM, Alphadawg7 said:

While funny I will say people don’t really understand how far of a throw it actually is throwing from a professional pitchers mound to home.  
 

Even the most confident get up there and then suddenly realize it’s a bit intimidating on that first throw.  It’s a long way away and you’re standing on a mound where you also step down to a degree on the throw compared to just throwing on flat ground elsewhere.  
 

Still funny though 

You are 100% right... but forget that lol you just can beat the narrative LOL 🤣

[JP51]

22 hours ago, JohnnyCash said:

Not accusing anyone in particular, but I really believe some go up on the mound and intentionally throw a ridiculously horrible pitch in order to garner attention. 

This is possible... I would say if you are the newly signed QB of a football team that has been failing for decades and eating 100m in salary of their last failed QB... Ima go if that is what it is, thats a poor choice LOL... 

[8BallSippin]

20 hours ago, chris heff said:

I don’t understand why the Dolphins signed Willis. His contract is for $67.5mm for three years, with $45mm guaranteed. They then proceeded to trade away any talent they had. If you’re going through a complete rebuild, have cap problems, wouldn’t a cheaper option have been better? 
 

The fact that he can’t throw a baseball 60’6” is funny, but he is probably a decent NFL backup QB. Didn’t Willis also say something stupid after he was drafted? Like football isn’t all that important?

 

I think he is very religious, hence football is not important in a bigger sense, perhaps?

 

I can't imagine 4-5 wins versus 2-3 wins is worth 45M in guarantees, but then again they locked up big money into a injury prone middling QB who they now pay to not be on roster.. so this move makes sense from that perspective... 

[chris heff]

4 hours ago, 8BallSippin said:

 

I think he is very religious, hence football is not important in a bigger sense, perhaps?

 

I can't imagine 4-5 wins versus 2-3 wins is worth 45M in guarantees, but then again they locked up big money into a injury prone middling QB who they now pay to not be on roster.. so this move makes sense from that perspective... 

Are you saying football is not a religious experience?

 

 

[13 Seconds to Mars]

On 5/2/2026 at 8:23 PM, ChevyVanMiller said:

Man, that’s a bad look for an NFL QB. I had the opportunity to throw out the first pitch at a minor league baseball game 15 years ago. I decided before I got out there that I wasn’t going to try to throw it full power and end up embarrassing myself like so many others have done.

 

I think I pulled it off pretty well, and I was in a tuxedo no less.
 

 

That was majestic 

[Thrivefourfive]

On 5/3/2026 at 7:58 AM, dayman said:

Not meant to be political, just noting the throw…check out George Bush

 

 

Oh you mean the best first pitch of all time? Still in awe that he pulled this off. 

[nuklz2594]

On 5/3/2026 at 3:38 PM, chris heff said:

I don’t understand why the Dolphins signed Willis. His contract is for $67.5mm for three years, with $45mm guaranteed. They then proceeded to trade away any talent they had. If you’re going through a complete rebuild, have cap problems, wouldn’t a cheaper option have been better? 
 

The fact that he can’t throw a baseball 60’6” is funny, but he is probably a decent NFL backup QB. Didn’t Willis also say something stupid after he was drafted? Like football isn’t all that important?

cannon fodder qb

[Jay_Fixit]

On 5/3/2026 at 9:23 AM, jkeerie said:

Well...he did love baseball and was a part owner of the Texas Rangers.  So...not overly surprising.

You're right.

 

Pegula owns the Bills and loves football so no doubt we'd see him throw the deep out on a dime with ease.