Talks in the two and a half months since the Kansas City Chiefs sent Tyreek Hill’s talents to South Beach revolved around Hill’s placement in the Miami Dolphins attack and Kansas City’s approach to replacing the game’s smashing broad receiver.
In his debut episode of the podcast It Needed To Be Said, Hill was happy to return and discuss what led to the breakup of his relationship with the Chiefs in the first place.
“If the teams are going to give us one-on-one matches against their best corner, I don’t see why the teams aren’t using their best receiver,” Hill told Pro Football Talk. “And this is where, like me and the Chiefs, it probably fell apart right there. When I’m like, yo, I don’t want to talk or be wild in a situation, but can I see the pill for a while, please? Just give me the ball, please. “
Hill’s agent, Drew Rosenhouse, who appeared on the podcast, reiterated that Hill’s talents were sometimes wasted by bosses in 2021.
“There were many times during the year when we thought that Tyrik was underused and not fully appreciated and that they really didn’t take full advantage of all his abilities and talents,” Rosenhaus said. “But Tyrick is a soldier. He never looked into it. He was extremely professional.”
There is certainly no shortage of the number one broad successors in NFL history who have been perceived as hungry, but is Hill’s claim justified?
It is objectively true that Hill had five or fewer goals in five games in 2021 than in 2020, when the broad game scored less than six goals just once.
It is also objectively true that Hill had double-digit goals in ten games last season, surpassed 100 assists for the first time in his career and placed high in his career in goals (159) – he finished the year ranked seventh in the league in this statistics.
Where numbers seem to align for both club and player includes Hill’s yards per reception. After earning the nickname “Cheetah”, Hill has long been the biggest threat in the league in exploding at the top of the opponent’s defense. Last season, his reception yard dropped to 11.2, more than four yards from his average between 2017-2020 and his lowest result from his new campaign.
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