{"id":6777,"date":"2023-11-03T23:18:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T20:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/6777\/chiefs-or-dolphins-picking-the\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T19:26:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T16:26:16","slug":"chiefs-or-dolphins-picking-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=6777","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs or Dolphins? Picking the better Tyreek Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chiefs or Dolphins? Picking the better Tyreek Hill\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<p>Marcel Louis-Jacques<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<div class=\"multi-authors\">\n<p>Marcel Louis-Jacques<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"source\">ESPN<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before joining the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for recent news and the South Carolina Press Association Award.  for business writing in 2018.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Adam Teicher<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<div class=\"multi-authors\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"author-img\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1699042738_456_Chiefs-or-Dolphins-Picking-the-better-Tyreek-Hill.png&#038;h=80&#038;w=80&#038;scale=crop.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Adam Teicher<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"source\">ESPN Editor<\/span><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Covered the Chiefs for 20 seasons for the Kansas City Star<\/li>\n<li>Joined ESPN in 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"timestamp \">November 3, 2023, 10:00 a.m.<\/span><\/div>\n<p>FRANKFURT, Germany \u2014 When Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill lines up Sunday (9:30 a.m. ET, NFL Network) to face the Chiefs for the first time since Kansas City traded him on March 23, 2022, it will will raise an interesting question.  : Is the Dolphins&#8217; version of Hill better than the Chiefs&#8217; version?<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to individual milestones, no stat speaks volumes more than Hill&#8217;s current pace in receiving yards per game, which is the best in the league at 126.8.  If he continues at this pace, he would finish with 2,154, which would break Calvin Johnson&#8217;s single-season receptions record (1,964) set in 2012, when the regular season was 16 games long.<\/p>\n<p>Hill was a key member of two Super Bowl teams in Kansas City, including Super Bowl LIV in Miami, where he had nine catches for 105 yards in a 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.<\/p>\n<p>Hill benefited from elite quarterback play with both teams, catching passes from two-time MVP Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City and current MVP favorite Tua Tagovailoa in Miami.  And Andy Reid of the Chiefs and Mike McDaniel of the Dolphins are considered two of the best players in the NFL.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline float-r inline-track\">\n<h2 class=\"img-title\">The best of NFL Nation<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-lazyload=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Chiefs-or-Dolphins-Picking-the-better-Tyreek-Hill.jpg\" class=\"round lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 CHOOSE the best Tyreek Hill<br \/>\u2022 Can Hill or Brown catch Megatron?<br \/>\u2022 5 questions ahead of Eagles-Cowboys<br \/>\u2022 Vikings focus on preparing Hall<br \/>\u2022 Did Seattle hit HR with Williams?<br \/>\u2022 OBJ still looking for Ravens&#8217; first TD<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Hill&#8217;s nickname is Cheetah, but Reid isn&#8217;t sure that&#8217;s entirely accurate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely not a cheetah, because a cheetah storms off and then rests for eight hours,&#8221; Reid said.  &#8220;It&#8217;s not [Hill].  He can go on and on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So which version is better?  Here, with help from ESPN Stats &#038; Info, you&#8217;ll find a comparison of Hill circa 2016-21 in Kansas City and Hill since the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/start\/\"   title=\"start\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">start<\/a> of the 2022 season in Miami.  Hill weighs in and ESPN fantasy football\/NFL analyst Mike Clay picks a winner.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NFL-Week-6-picks-schedule-odds-injuries-fantasy-tips.png\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>Individual statistics<\/h2>\n<p><b>Leaders:<\/b> Hill has improved his receiving in each of his six seasons with the Chiefs, with the exception of 2019, where he missed four games due to injury.  He went from a primarily gadget-type player as a rookie in 2016 to their undisputed No. 1 with his first 1,000-yard season in 2017. He reached his peak in yards (1,479) in 2018, when Mahomes took over.  entrance.  In 2021, his final season with the Chiefs, Hill complained about running shorter routes and recorded his lowest yards per catch average (11.2), outside of his rookie season. <i>&#8212; Chiefs reporter Adam Teicher<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Dolphins:<\/b> In 25 games with the Dolphins, Hill rushed for more yards than in any 25-game span with the Chiefs.  He leads the NFL with eight touchdowns of at least 40 yards in that span, and he&#8217;s fourth in yards after the catch.  On Sunday, Hill became the first player since 1961 to eclipse 1,000 receiving yards in eight games. <i>&#8212; Dolphins reporter Marcel Louis-Jacques<\/i><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Tyreek Hill (with microphone) and other Chiefs players celebrate their Super Bowl LIV championship during a rally in Kansas City on February 5, 2020. <cite>Jay Biggerstaff-USA TODAY Sports<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Team success<\/h2>\n<p><b>Leaders:<\/b> It&#8217;s no coincidence that the Chiefs began their current streak of seven straight AFC West championships the year they drafted Hill (he was a first-team All <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/pro\/\"   title=\"Pro\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Pro<\/a> as a rookie).  The Chiefs had never won back-to-back division championships until this streak began, and Mahomes&#8217; departure in 2018 solidified the Chiefs&#8217; position among the league&#8217;s best.  The Chiefs reached the AFC Championship Game in each of Hill&#8217;s final four seasons and won two, losing the other two in overtime. <i>&#8211;Teicher<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Dolphins:<\/b> The Dolphins are averaging 453.3 yards of offense, putting them on track to break the New Orleans Saints&#8217; 2011 single-season record of 7,474 yards (although the Saints did so in 16 matches).<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs made the playoffs in Hill&#8217;s first year, just like the Dolphins did last season.  But Hill helped Miami advance to the playoffs for the first time since 2016, when the Chiefs were no strangers to the playoffs. <i>&#8211;Louis-Jacques<\/i><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>As a teammate<\/h2>\n<p><b>Leaders:<\/b> Hill has been critical of the Chiefs at times since being traded to the Dolphins, <a href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/333\/despite-win-chiefs-say-room-improve-hit-top-gear\/\">saying the Chiefs<\/a> haven&#8217;t always taken full advantage of his talent.  But aside from a few grumbles during his final season in Kansas City about the shorter routes, he mostly kept any frustration to himself so as not to disrupt the locker room.  Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce indicated after the trade that he appreciated that about Hill.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-with-table float-r\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-text-contract=\"-\" data-text-expand=\"+\" data-fix-cols=\"0\" data-behavior=\"responsive_table\" class=\"inline-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Category<\/th>\n<th>Chefs<\/th>\n<th>dolphins<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>Games<\/td>\n<td>91<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>Aerial construction sites\/target<\/td>\n<td>12.0<\/td>\n<td>12.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>Target share<\/td>\n<td>21% (24th)<\/td>\n<td>31% (3rd)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>Rec YPG<\/td>\n<td>72.9 (13th)<\/td>\n<td>109.0 (1st)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>40 yard TD scored<\/td>\n<td>28 (1st)<\/td>\n<td>8 (1st)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>Receipt of Tds<\/td>\n<td>56 (3rd)<\/td>\n<td>15 (5th)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"last\">\n<td>YAC<\/td>\n<td>2,410 (10th)<\/td>\n<td>864 (4th)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">*ESPN statistics and information<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Reid and Mahomes, meanwhile, said they liked Hill and understood any frustration.  \u201cWhen he\u2019s a competitor like that, you want to have a chance to impact games,\u201d Mahomes said after the trade.  I know he wanted to get the ball as much as possible to help us <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a>. It wasn&#8217;t a selfish thing. We were winning football games, especially at the end of the season, so I don&#8217;t think that he really brought this to our attention.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mahomes also said on his weekly radio show that Hill&#8217;s work ethic is rubbing off on him.  \u201cI don\u2019t think everyone realizes how hard this <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/man\/\"   title=\"man\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">man<\/a> works,\u201d he said.  \u201cHe\u2019s one of the hardest working guys I\u2019ve ever been around.\u201d <i>&#8211;Teicher<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>Dolphins:<\/b> Hill&#8217;s on-field credentials, including his status as perhaps the fastest player in the NFL, preceded him to Miami, but Tagovailoa said he didn&#8217;t know what to expect from Hill as a as a teammate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat really surprised me was who he was as a leader, his work ethic, and then the way he took ownership of what he was asked to do,\u201d Tagovailoa said.  &#8220;And then it&#8217;s almost like a trickle-down effect for a lot of the guys in his room. They respect him as a player, as someone who takes advice from him and follows his lead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hill was named captain by his teammates in each of his two seasons in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>McDaniel once criticized Hill during last training camp for not recording the fastest speed during the team&#8217;s practice that day.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, Hill was clocked at 23 mph \u2014 which would be the fastest ball-carrier speed recorded by NextGen Stats since 2020 if it happened during a game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe did some really remarkable things last year, but he took everything to another level this year as far as the details and fundamentals of the day-to-day approach to being captain and leading,\u201d McDaniel said.  &#8220;So it&#8217;s an exciting time, and I think nothing is better than going to a practice field when Tyreek is there, because what people are missing is yes, he is fast \u2013 I want to see someone move faster than him in training during the week.\u201d <i>&#8211;Louis-Jacques<\/i><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Hill had plenty of opportunities to turn over in the end zone when he played for the Chiefs, with whom he caught 56 \u200b\u200btouchdown passes, which was the third most from 2016-2021. <cite>AP Photo\/Matt Slocum<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<h2>Hill&#8217;s Thoughts<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI know a lot more now,\u201d he said.  \u201cObviously when you come into the league you&#8217;re trying to find your place and understand how the game is played, but now I&#8217;ve been able to learn from other veterans in the locker room I was in and apply it here .&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m quite happy that [the trade] happened,&#8221; Hill added. &#8220;Obviously the situation I&#8217;m in is great.  I have great teammates.  My family is from Miami and I also achieved one of my goals: to be one of the highest paid in the league.  So, it&#8217;s all right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>And the winner is &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>In six seasons with the Chiefs, Hill peaked with a 25% target share (9.4 per game), 111 receptions and 1,479 receiving yards.  He managed to break all those marks \u2013 30% target share (10.0 per game), 119 receptions and 1,710 yards \u2013 in his first season in Miami.  This is despite Tagovailoa missing essentially five full games, which can&#8217;t be overstated given that all 15 of Hill&#8217;s touchdowns since arriving in Miami have come from Tagovailoa.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of touchdowns, Hill had his best TD season in Kansas City (17 in 2020), but he could very well tie or break that mark in 2023 (eight in eight games).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Hill has scored eight touchdowns of at least 40 yards since arriving in Miami, which is an NFL record. <cite>AP Photo\/Rebecca Blackwell<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Perhaps the best evidence that Hill has been better and more valuable in Miami is how each offense has changed.  While the Chiefs easily led the NFL in passing yards and won the Super Bowl without Hill last season, Miami&#8217;s offense jumped to sixth in the league in passing yards \u2014 that&#8217;s the first top 10 in the category since a guy named Dan Marino led.  them to an eighth place in 1995. Miami is first in offensive points and yardage in 2023 and has not led those two categories since the Don Shula\/Marino duo succeeded in 1984.<\/p>\n<p>Hill was an absolute superstar and a big part of the Chiefs&#8217; success during his time in Kansas City.  However, he wasn&#8217;t fully exploited until he arrived in Miami and took his game to another level over the last year and a half.<\/p>\n<p><b>The winner:<\/b> Tyreek Hill in Miami<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8211;Clay<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chiefs or Dolphins? 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