Chiefs Trade Tyreek Hill To Miami Dolphins
BOSTON (CBS) -- Just two short years ago, Tyreek Hill was predicting seven Super Bowls for the budding Chiefs dynasty in Kansas City. He's going to end up six Super Bowls short.
The receiver suddenly appeared on the trade market on Wednesday. Within an hour, he was traded to the Miami Dolphins.
NFL Network's Ian Rapoport first reported the trade, in which the Dolphins will send a first-round pick, a second-round pick, two fourth-round picks, and a sixth-round pick to Kansas City in order to acquire the star receiver.
Earlier in the day, Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported that "extension talks have stalled" between the Chiefs and Hill, with the team granting Hill's agent permission to seek a trade. ESPN's Adam Schefter then reported that the Jets and Dolphins were "in serious talks" to acquire Hill via trade. The Dolphins ultimately landed the player.
Hill, who turned 28 earlier this month, has caught 479 passes for 6,630 yards and 56 touchdowns to go with 719 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns in 91 regular-season games with the Chiefs since 2016. He's also caught 84 passes for 1,081 yards and five touchdowns in 13 playoff games, winning the Super Bowl with the Chiefs in 2019.
Last year, Hill played all 17 games, catching a career-high 159 passes for 1,239 yards with nine touchdowns. He's made the Pro Bowl in each of his six NFL seasons, earning First Team All-Pro honors in 2016 (as a kick returner) and in 2018 and 2020 as a receiver.
The Patriots have dealt with Hill as an out-of-division opponent for the past six years, so a move to the AFC East will certainly impact New England. Hill has caught 24 passes for 401 yards and five touchdowns in his four regular-season games against the Patriots, with the Chiefs winning three of those games. The Patriots also lost their top cornerback, J.C. Jackson, to free agency, thus making their two games vs. the Dolphins that much more difficult.
Hill previously signed an extension with Kansas City in September of 2019, a three-year deal that ran from 2020-22. He was due a $15 million roster bonus for the 2022 season, but he'll cost the Chiefs just $1.45 million in dead cap money after being traded. Pelissero reported that Hill agreed to a three-year deal with the Dolphins worth $75 million from 2023-25.
