Tyreek Hill is the content gift that keeps on giving. And ahead of the most anticipated showdown of the Miami Dolphins‘ season, Santa Cheetah delivered again.
Hill participated in an interview with podcaster (and former Dolphins wide receiver) Brandon Marshall and revealed a very interesting piece of information:
He didn’t want to leave Kansas City in 2022. But the Chiefs forced his hand.
Tyreek Hill Revisits 2022 Trade to Miami Dolphins
Here’s a transcript of the relevant part of the interview:
Tyreek Hill discusses how his contract situation went down.#Chiefs offered $58M in guarantees. His agent then sought out a trade. #Dolphins offered $70M. #Jets offered $68M then $76M and @cheetah’s mom mentioned the state tax and Hill’s “dream was in Miami.”
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“My agent was trying to bait KC into giving me a contract. The idea was to never leave KC. He was on the phone with [Chiefs GM] Brett Veach. He was like, ‘Veach, look. We’re going to be forced to ask for a trade if you don’t give Reek a contract.’ [Patrick Mahomes] called me first. Me and Pat got on the phone. ‘Reek, we’re going to take care of you brah.’ Then Andy [Reid] called me. ‘Yeah, we’re going to take care of you.’
“I said, ‘I’m cool with that. It can be $24 million, as long as the money sounds right, $25 million, as long as the guarantees sound right. That’s all I want.’ The final offer was close to like, $58 million guaranteed. ‘Man, we can’t sign that.’
“That’s when the trade began to come into Drew’s head. Miami called. They offered. Then the Jets called, and they offered. Miami offered like 70 the first day. The Jets offered like 68. And then the Jets came back and offered like 76 guaranteed. The more I began to talk, my mom was like, ‘You need to think about them state taxes, too.’ I talked to Zach Wilson. I’m a fan of Zach Wilson. It was just like, ‘Man, my dream is here, though. In Miami.’ So then we just signed with Miami, and everything’s great.”
Certainly, Hill made the right choice. Not only is he making more money than ever, but he’s on a 6-2 team and on pace to become the first 2,000-yard receiver in NFL history.
Still, his comments add yet another juicy subplot to one of the biggest games of the season to date: Dolphins vs. Chiefs in Frankfurt, Germany.
So, does it matter that the Dolphins were his second choice? We explore in our Week 9 edition of the PFN Miami Dolphins Podcast.