ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler believes “it doesn’t seem likely” Malik Willis will end up in Cleveland.

01 March 2026

Fowler’s bit on Willis is a bit of cold water on the drumbeat we’ve had on Willis for the past few weeks, noting that “Willis hitting the $30 million threshold as a player with six career starts would surprise some of the teams at the combine.” He named the Dolphins and Cardinals as teams that are likely in on Willis in addition to saying he doesn’t think Cleveland is the ultimate landing spot. If those are the two main teams, it would be hard for the Dolphins to win a bidding war with their implied cap space.