{"id":208624,"date":"2025-01-06T14:30:18","date_gmt":"2025-01-06T19:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=208624"},"modified":"2025-01-06T13:33:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T18:33:40","slug":"former-chiefs-hill-trade-dolphins-mcdaniel-tagovailoa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2025\/01\/06\/former-chiefs-hill-trade-dolphins-mcdaniel-tagovailoa\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Chiefs Star Turns Heads With Stunning Comments After KC&#8217;s Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Chiefs had bigger fish to fry than worry about beating the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/broncos\/\" target=\"_self\">Denver Broncos<\/a> in Week 18. They prioritized getting as healthy as possible for the postseason and rested 13 of their top players, including Patrick Mahomes. That left former Chiefs star <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/09\/17\/dolphins-hill-message-chiefs-hunt-pacheco-steele-perine\/\" target=\"_self\">Tyreek Hill<\/a> and his new team, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/dolphins\/\" target=\"_self\">Miami Dolphins<\/a>, on the outside looking in of the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Miami lost its Week 18 tilt against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Jets<\/a>, but only after Hill was pulled from the game. Afterward, he unleashed his frustrations, including suggesting he wanted to be traded.<\/p>\n<p>Hill finished the season short of 1,000 yards for the first time since the 2019 season.<\/p>\n<h2>Ex-Chiefs WR Tyreek Hill Turns Heads With Apparent Trade Demand<\/h2>\n<h3>Former Chiefs Star Tyreek Hill Ready for Trade From Dolphins<\/h3>\n<p>Hill admitted losing quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/09\/18\/tua-tagovailoa-could-join-list-of-early-nfl-retirements-due-to-concussions\/\" target=\"_self\">Tua Tagovailoa<\/a> made the season \u201csuck.\u201d Still, Hill\u2019s focus in the immediate aftermath of the season finale was on his future, leaving at a loss for a message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a captain, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OmarKelly\/status\/1876074760825897169\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it was a tough season<\/a>. It sucks missing QB1 [Tagovailoa]. It really hurts a lot not having him. But Snoop [<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/03\/15\/tyler-huntley-first-right-refusal\/\" target=\"_self\">Tyler Huntley<\/a>] did a great job of filling in whenever he learned the offense, getting us going. But whenever you&#8217;re missing your franchise player, it kind of suck,\u201d Hill told reporters on January 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t even know, bro. This is my first time I haven&#8217;t been in the playoffs. So for me, like I said I just got to do what&#8217;s best for me and my family, dog. If that&#8217;s here or that&#8217;s wherever the case may be. I&#8217;m going to open that door for myself, dog. As I&#8217;m opening the door like, \u2018I&#8217;m out,\u2019 bro. So it was great playing here, but you know I \u2013 at the end of the day, bro, I got to do what&#8217;s best for my career and best \u2013 because I&#8217;m too much of a competitor to be just out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pressed for whether those comments meant he was requesting a trade, Hill replied, \u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill basically said he wanted out of the Dolphins organization after the game. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gIiMv7Edaf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gIiMv7Edaf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Omar Kelly (@OmarKelly) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OmarKelly\/status\/1876074760825897169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">January 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Tyreek Hill, Mike McDaniel Give Conflicting Accounts<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAll season, I&#8217;ve been dealing with a little issue. \u2026 So Coach [<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/12\/09\/three-reasons-why-the-miami-dolphins-should-not-fire-mike-mcdaniel\/\" target=\"_self\">Mike McDaniel<\/a>] kind of pulled me out,\u201d Hill said, explaining the reason he did not return to the Dolphins\u2019 loss to the Jets in Week 18.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust one of those issues, man, that, when you look up at the scoreboard, Chiefs are down, and it&#8217;s like, \u2018Okay.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>As for his snapped 1,000-yard streak, Hill\u2019s approach was que sera sera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is what it is, man. It&#8217;s life,\u201d Hill said. \u201cI feel like at the end of the day, there&#8217;s a lot of things that I need to reassess about my career and just see what I need to do to continue to get better as a player, so I can continue to reach that 1,000-yard mark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, McDaniel provided remarks to the contrary, instead suggesting Hill removed himself from the contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/mike-mcdaniel-suggests-tyreek-hill-removed-himself-from-sundays-game\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I was informed<\/a> that he was unavailable right before a drive,\u201d McDaniel said, per Pro Football Talk\u2019s Mike Florio on January 5. \u201cI was not informed that it was a new injury, and I think at that point of time my focus was on the players and I didn\u2019t take the time to go and try and figure out more into that. There were guys on the field that were competing, and we were trying to win a game, so my focus was there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McDaniel essentially only reiterated the sentiment when pressed further.<\/p>\n<h3>Tyreek Hill\u2019s Potentially Costly Decision<\/h3>\n<p>Hill\u2019s early exit could have significant financial ramifications. Hill still has two more years on a three-year, $90 million contract extension he signed over the 2024 offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHill\u2019s apparent refusal to play on Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/tyreek-hills-apparent-refusal-to-play-could-trigger-a-contract-showdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">could trigger a contract showdown<\/a>, which could allow the Dolphins to wipe out his remaining guarantees. It also could allow the Dolphins to pursue partial repayment of more than $24 million in signing bonus and roster bonus money received in 2024,\u201d Florio wrote on January 6.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current deal could be traded, with or without the guarantees being voided. Would someone commit $29.65 million in cash to him for 2025? As one source with extensive personnel evaluation experience put it on Monday, he\u2019s still worth that kind of money but he\u2019s definitely not as good as he used to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Main Photo: Barry Reeger-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is part of what the Chiefs wanted to avoid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2879,"featured_media":208626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[7811,61,8908,40,4443,297],"class_list":["post-208624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chiefs","tag-chiefs-featured","tag-football","tag-mike-mcdaniel","tag-nfl","tag-tua-tagovailoa","tag-tyreek-hill"],"modified_by":"Josh Buckhalter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2879"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208624"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208627,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208624\/revisions\/208627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}