{"id":184646,"date":"2026-03-09T20:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184646\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:36:16","slug":"miami-dolphins-malik-willis-contract-details-on-2026-free-agent-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184646\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami Dolphins, Malik Willis contract details on 2026 free agent signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Miami Dolphins and free agent quarterback Malik Willis agreed to a three-year, $67.5 million contract on Monday as the NFL opened the 2026 free agency negotiating period. The news of the addition came shortly after news that Miami will release incumbent quarterback Tua Tagovailoa when the new league year officially begins on Wednesday. The Dolphins immediately added their presumed starter to replace Tagovailoa, but what will be the salary cap impact to Willis\u2019 new deal?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">According to NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero, the deal will be kind to the Dolphins in 2026 as the team looks to reset its salary cap this year. The deal will ramp up in 2027, but the Dolphins now have a year to work out the salary cap impacts for that season.<\/p>\n<p>Malik Willis contract details<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/2031078160473694264\" rel=\"nofollow\">According to Pelissero<\/a>, the deal includes $45 million guaranteed over the first two years. The contract includes a $22.5 million signing bonus, while Willis will have a $1.25 million salary in 2026, a $21.5 million salary in 2027, and a $20.5 million salary in 2028. The 2026 and 2027 salaries are fully guaranteed, while there is a $2 million roster bonus if Willis is still on the Dolphins\u2019 roster in March 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Based on those numbers, Willis\u2019 salary cap impacts should be:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Note: The total value of the contract is reported to be $67.5 million, but the above math adds up to $67.75 million. Where that $250,000 is aligned is unclear at the time of publication (likely wording between salary and bonus). <\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Note 2: Numbers subject to change should numbers be updated when contract is finalized\/signed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Miami Dolphins and free agent quarterback Malik Willis agreed to a three-year, $67.5 million contract on Monday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,73927,2797,75430,125,124,73928],"class_list":["post-184646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins-free-agency","tag-miami-dolphins-news","tag-miami-dolphins-salary-cap","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-nfl-free-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}