The Miami Dolphins failed to claim the final wild-card playoff spot in the AFC and their immediate future is murky.
Star wide receiver Tyreek Hill made a comment that basically indicated he has one foot out the door and wants to be traded, and should such a deal happen, it likely would render Miami considerably weaker next season.
Dolphins insider Cameron Wolfe recently revealed how Hill’s words could influence what the organization does this offseason.
“The words he says have weight. He’s a team captain, a leader of the team. … To say ‘I’m out,’ to say, ‘I may need to go elsewhere,’ that’s something that holds a lot of weight in the organization,” Wolfe said, via FinsXtra.
🗣 Cameron Wolfe on Tyreek Hill’s comments: “The words he says have weight. He’s a team captain, a leader of the team… To say I’m out, to say I may need to go elsewhere, that’s something that holds a lot of weight in the organization.” (@CameronWolfe) #GoFins pic.twitter.com/4sKxjccJlW
— FinsXtra (@FinsXtra) January 7, 2025
Hill’s arrival in a surprising 2022 trade from the Kansas City Chiefs instantly transformed the Dolphins into a playoff team, and last season they went 11-6 while sporting arguably the best and most explosive offense in the NFL.
This season, however, was a different story.
Hill failed to reach the 1,000-yard mark after posting a league-high 1,799 receiving yards in 2023, and not coincidentally, Miami’s offense went from dynamite to disappointing.
Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa’s third diagnosed concussion of his NFL career, which forced him to miss four games, had a role in the decline, but Hill never really looked like himself, hindered by a lingering wrist injury.
