{"id":257390,"date":"2026-05-04T06:46:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257390\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T06:46:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:46:26","slug":"malik-willis-first-miami-throw-goes-embarrassingly-high-i-slipped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257390\/","title":{"rendered":"Malik Willis’ first Miami throw goes embarrassingly high: ‘I slipped’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indeed, Willis first throw for Miami was weep-worthy, but hopefully it doesn’t portend to his passing future in a Dolphins uniform.<\/p>\n

After a career resurgence with the Green Bay Packers that was capped by strong relief appearances of Jordan Love<\/a> in Weeks 16-17 last season, Willis signed a three-year, $67.5 million<\/a> deal to guide a Dolphins rebuild.<\/p>\n

For those who are quick to jump on the hot take train during the sleepy NFL spring, Willis’ first throw for Miami could be an omen of arduous times ahead.<\/p>\n

For the storytellers among us, Willis struggled at the onset of his career after the Tennessee Titans took him with a third-round pick in 2022. His talents were unlocked years later by Matt LaFleur. So, unflattering first impressions aren’t new for Willis, who seems to be ascending after a rough career start.<\/p>\n

Willis also had a chance to take a few swings in the batting cage and fared much better<\/a>, showing off some power and walking away with a smile.<\/p>\n

Willis’ resilience is a clear positive and is clearly helping him rebound from his first-pitch gaffe. We’ll see how his first throw goes with the Dolphins in September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indeed, Willis first throw for Miami was weep-worthy, but hopefully it doesn’t portend to his passing future in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5267,54599,123,1763,125,124,115,5265,14205],"class_list":["post-257390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-around-the-nfl","tag-malik-willis","tag-miami","tag-miami-dolphins","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-news","tag-no-minute","tag-offseason"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257390","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=257390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}