Tyreek Hill has been a popular name in trade rumors all offseason and now into the season, too.
The Miami Dolphins are 0-3, and the star wide receiver isn't shy about displaying his displeasure on the sideline. And many view his former team, the Kansas City Chiefs, as a perfect match.
The Chiefs are certainly shorthanded at wide receiver, although Xavier Worthy should be back soon from injury, and Rashee Rice will return Week 7 from suspension.
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ESPN's Dan Graziano broke down both the Dolphins' chances of trading Hill, and the Chiefs' chances of being interested, in a new article on Friday.
"Here's the one everyone has been talking about since the offseason," Graziano writes. "Hill was openly dissatisfied when the 2024 season ended, and while the team did not move on from him, he and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa talked in training camp about the fact that the relationship between Hill and the team was in need of repair. Everything I've been told backs up the idea that Hill has been doing the work the Dolphins have needed him to do to repair those relationships.
"But he's still a 31-year-old receiver with no guaranteed money on his deal beyond this season and a base salary of $10 million that wouldn't be tough for another team to take on. Last season was the first time since 2019 that he didn't crack 1,000 yards, and he was at 959. And he has 15 catches for 198 yards and a touchdown this season.
"A complicating factor is that Hill could potentially face league discipline in the form of a suspension if the NFL investigates the recent accusations of domestic violence his ex-wife has made and finds him in violation of the personal conduct policy."
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The Chiefs may not end up needing him enough to do a deal, Graziano adds.
"The Chiefs are the team most often connected with Hill, in part because they have such a need at wide receiver and because he began his career in Kansas City," Graziano writes. "But if Xavier Worthy can come back healthy and Rashee Rice plays the way they expect him to after his six-game suspension, the Chiefs might be looking for help elsewhere on the roster come early November."
In the end, this feels like a situation that could conceptually happen but doesn't feel the most likely.
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