Now this is what I'm talking about.

[Pappy13]

Even if he never pans out, he'll cost you next to nothing and if he does pan out then I don't mind paying him $60M. If they picked this guy up in the draft rather than signing Willis, I would have been totally on board. 6-6 and 227. Sign me up. You can always teach him to play the position like they did with Josh Allen.

Dolphins host intriguing QB with legendary combine for draft visit

[Spider-Dan]

The player in question is QB Taylen Green from Arkansas, since Pappy didn't mention it.
From the cited article:

Green greatly enhanced his national profile after his jaw-dropping performance at the NFL Combine. He ran a 4.36 40-yard dash, leaped 43.5" in the vertical jump, and had an equally impressive 11'02" broad jump. That's faster than Calvin Johnson, higher than D.K. Metcalf, and farther than Andre Johnson for context.

This was quite possibly the greatest athletic performance by a quarterback at the Combine of all time. His Relative Athletic Score (RAS) reinforces that fact. RAS is strictly a grading system for athleticism, and Green's 9.99 score ranked second all-time among 1,111 quarterbacks from 1987–2026.

A savvy reader might wonder, "Who was the #1 QB all-time in this metric?"  That would be Anthony Richardson of the Colts, drafted 4th overall in 2023.  And if you'd rather have the best combine QB (instead of the 2nd-best), Richardson is probably available for whatever pick you would spend to get Green!  Why is that relevant?  Well, as the article continues...

Naturally, your question might be about his, you know, quarterbacking, and that's a fair point.

Green struggled with accuracy and decision-making throughout his career, with a 60.1% completion percentage and 35 interceptions — figures that he will certainly have to explain when meeting with NFL decision-makers. He still piled up 11,190 yards and 59 touchdowns in 53 career games, displaying true dual-threat ability to the tune of 2,405 yards and 35 TDs on the ground.

I grant that it is entirely possible that Green will be unlike almost every other questionable passer not named "Josh Allen" and develop into an elite passer at the pro level.
But it's probably not likely.

[Pappy13]

A savvy reader might wonder, "Who was the #1 QB all-time in this metric?"  That would be Anthony Richardson of the Colts, drafted 4th overall in 2023.  And if you'd rather have the best combine QB (instead of the 2nd-best), Richardson is probably available for whatever pick you would spend to get Green!  Why is that relevant?  Well, as the article continues...
I grant that it is entirely possible that Green will be unlike almost every other questionable passer not named "Josh Allen" and develop into an elite passer at the pro level.
But it's probably not likely.

But it only costs you a draft pick and rookie contract to find out and in my opinion the chances that Malik Willis turns out to be elite passer at the pro level are about the same despite what the Miami current brain trust thinks. Anthony Richardson has already had plenty of chances to show what he can do in the pros and he's been proven to be inadequate. That being said, if Richardson would want to sign a 1 year minimum salary to play for the Dolphins in 2026, I wouldn't have had a problem bringing him in to compete either, but I certainly wouldn't trade a draft pick for him.

Don't get me wrong, now that they have Willis, it doesn't make sense to spend a draft pick on Green or bring in Richardson for that matter in my humble opinion, but if they didn't it would have.

[Sibster]

An athlete playing QB.   A lot of guys who fit that description come to mind.   Tim Tebow, Akili Smith, Michael Vick, I could go on and on.

[Pappy13]

An athlete playing QB.   A lot of guys who fit that description come to mind.   Tim Tebow, Akili Smith, Michael Vick, I could go on and on.

You're forgetting the guys that are playing now at a high level. Mahomes, Allen, Jackson. Those are some of the best athletes at the position and all of them have made it deep into the playoffs. I'm not suggesting that Taylen is in those guys league, he's a project at best but as I said it would only cost you a draft pick and rookie contract to see if he can be coached up.