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Malik Willis is the full-time starter in Miami, something that could not be said a year ago when he played in only four games, started one, and took just 9.8% of the team's offensive snaps. Now he is at 100% of the offensive snaps across four starts, which is the single biggest change in his profile. The volume that comes with full-time QB work shows up in the raw counting numbers: a hundred and three pass attempts, fifty-eight completions, seven hundred twelve passing yards, and nineteen carries for a hundred twelve yards on the ground over those four games. That rushing work matters for fantasy purposes because it is a second way for him to accumulate points independent of throwing accuracy. On our board, Miami currently has no running back, wide receiver, or tight end listed, which underscores that Willis is operating as the lone established skill-position piece visible from this organization's depth chart, and that whatever supporting cast exists around him is not yet defined in a way we can vouch for. That alone should temper enthusiasm about his passing environment. His job security for now is tied to the fact that he's taking every snap, not to any particular performance marker — the four-game sample includes real efficiency problems that the outlook section will address. For a reference point: his one career start in 2025 produced 85.71% completion and a strong per-game feel, but it was a single game against reserves-heavy competition. The 2026 sample is sturdier because it is a month of being the entrenched starter, not a single spot start.
The case for Malik Willis starts with opportunity. He is playing every snap, which was not true in 2025 when he saw only 9.8% of Miami's offensive snaps across four games. Four full starts have given him a hundred three pass attempts, three hundred more than the 2025 token sample, and nineteen rushing attempts for a hundred twelve yards. Two of his four quarters of 2026 production include a passing score and a rushing score, which shows he still has access to goal-line or short-yardage rushing opportunities that many pocket passers do not get. That dual-threat trait raised his 2025 per-game平 average to 12.8 PPR points on minimal snaps, and it is the same trait keeping his 2026 floor from collapsing even as his passing has struggled. The case against him is built on accuracy and ball security. His completion percentage has fallen from 85.71% in his small 2025 sample to 56.31% across his four 2026 starts, a steep drop that suggests the earlier number was more mirage than foundation. He has thrown one passing touchdown against two interceptions in the new sample, a ratio that will cap upside no matter how many attempts he piles up. His PPR scoring has dropped from 51.18 points across four 2025 games to 43.68 points across four 2026 games, and his points per game have slipped from 12.8 to 10.9. His positional finish has also worsened in the sense that matters for roster decisions — he currently sits at twenty-sixth among quarterbacks in PPR scoring this year, which is replacement-level territory even in deep formats. The honest tension here is between opportunity and performance. The volume is real: a hundred three attempts and nineteen rushes over four weeks is a workload, not a trickle. But volume without accuracy or touchdown conversion does not translate into fantasy production, and the interception total already outpaces the touchdown total through four games. Whether he turns this around depends on an offense that, per our board, does not currently show an established receiving corps or backfield name to lean on — which could mean the passing numbers stay depressed regardless of his own improvement, while the rushing floor remains his most reliable asset. If his completion percentage climbs back toward where it sat in his smaller 2025 sample, his per-game scoring should follow, because the rushing production is already keeping him respectable even during a rough accuracy stretch. If it does not climb, a quarterback finishing in the twenties at his position with a turnover problem is hard to trust as more than a streaming option.
Treat Malik Willis as a streaming option, not a locked-in starter, in all but the deepest two-quarterback leagues. His twenty-sixth-place finish among quarterbacks in PPR scoring through four weeks reflects real performance problems — a completion percentage of 56.31% and two interceptions against one passing touchdown — that outweigh the fact that he is playing a hundred percent of his team's offensive snaps. The rushing production, nineteen carries for a hundred twelve yards and a rushing score, gives him a floor that keeps him on the streaming radar even in weeks where the passing game sputters, which is the main reason to roster him in shallow formats with a bye-week need rather than cut him outright. In single-quarterback leagues, he belongs on the wire or deep bench, used only as a spot start when the rushing floor and matchup justify it. In two-quarterback or superflex formats, his full snap share makes him usable as a weekly QB2 provided the touchdown-to-interception ratio does not get worse. What would change the calculus: a stretch of games where his completion percentage climbs back toward the accuracy he flashed in his small 2025 sample, or where his touchdown total starts outpacing his interception total. Until that shows up in the box score, plan around him rather than on him.
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