{"id":106539,"date":"2026-01-24T06:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=106539"},"modified":"2026-01-24T06:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:04:31","slug":"malik-willis-might-be-leaving-the-packers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/malik-willis-might-be-leaving-the-packers\/106539\/","title":{"rendered":"Malik Willis might be leaving the Packers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&:has([data-writing-block])>*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"5d30a5b4-d901-497d-a734-5453e5667452\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-18\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"b7084a27-5f69-4fa9-885e-18df5d1a8315\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-mini\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"49\" data-end=\"289\">Malik Willis has been a very reliable backup quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. Whenever Jordan Love missed time over the past two seasons, Willis stepped in without a problem. He handled the job smoothly and gave the team confidence.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"544\">Now, things could be changing. Willis is a pending free agent. Keeping him in Green Bay may not be realistic. He has played well enough to attract attention from other teams, and that will likely come with a bigger paycheck than the Packers can offer.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"546\" data-end=\"681\">Mark Oldacres of Packers Wire put it simply: Willis has \u201cpriced himself out of being Green Bay\u2019s backup.\u201d That seems to be the truth.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"683\" data-end=\"910\">Over the last two seasons, Willis has taken advantage of meaningful playing time. That experience has set him up for a good contract in free agency. He may even have the chance to compete for a starting job somewhere in 2026.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"912\" data-end=\"1163\">To put it in perspective, starting quarterbacks like Aaron Rodgers made $13.65 million per year last season. Daniel Jones was just above that. Justin Fields earned around $20 million. That shows the gap in pay compared to a backup role in Green Bay.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1165\" data-end=\"1352\">The Packers could try to bring Willis back, but it would likely be a short-term deal at backup money. There\u2019s no guarantee he would accept that if other teams offer a starting position.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1354\" data-end=\"1585\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Willis is clearly talented enough to compete for a starting job somewhere. He\u2019ll probably make decent money doing so. Green Bay, meanwhile, will have to figure out a solution at backup quarterback and prepare to say goodbye to him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Malik Willis has been a very reliable backup quarterback for the Green Bay Packers. Whenever Jordan Love missed time over\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":106540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[35059,34890],"class_list":["post-106539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-malik-willis","tag-packers"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}