Tyreek Hill didn’t wait long to let everyone know he was looking for an exit from the Miami Dolphins.
Minutes after Miami’s season-ending loss to the New York Jets on Sunday, the All-Pro wide receiver indicated to reporters he no longer wants to play for the team that traded for him three seasons ago and gave him a record-breaking $120 million contract.
His words:
“This is my first time I haven’t been in the playoffs, man. So I just got to do what’s best for me and my family. If that’s here or wherever the case may be, I’m finna open that door for myself. I’m opening the door. I’m out bro. It was great playing here, but at the end of the day I gotta do what’s best for my career because I’m too much of a competitor to be just out there.”
When outright asked if he was thinking about leaving Miami, Hill began to answer before walking away.
Hill is coming off one of the worst seasons of his career, and easily his worst with the Dolphins. Not coincidentally, it was a rough year for the Dolphins, who missed the playoffs for the first time of head coach Mike McDaniel’s tenure while dealing with considerable injuries.
After topping 1,700 receiving yards in his first two seasons in Miami, Hill failed to clear 1,000 yards and posted his worst yards per-game mark since his rookie year with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Hill is under contract for the next two seasons, with a cap number of $27.7 million in 2025 and $51.9 million in 2026 per OverTheCap.
If the Dolphins really pull the trigger on a trade, it would be the second contentious exit of Hill’s career. He famously asked for a trade from the Chiefs after a contract extension failed to materialize, jumping ship from a team that won a Super Bowl two seasons earlier. The Chiefs have obviously done fine without him, winning back-to-back Super Bowls and going 15-2 this season.
The Dolphins paid dearly to acquire Hill, sending a first-round pick, a second-round pick, two fourth-round picks and a sixth-round pick to Kansas City just for the right to give Hill that $120 million deal, which reset the wide receiver market. He did seem worth it, operating as the most dangerous weapon of McDaniel’s high-octane offense, but now it’s hard to say where they go from here.
