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Tyreek Hill spent the first six seasons of his career as a member of the Kansas City Chiefs, where he won a Super Bowl. He’s about to start his fourth season with the Miami Dolphins, and they’ve been to the playoffs twice, but have yet to hoist the Lombardi Trophy.
While Hill is practicing with his teammates in training camp, he started the offseason by opening a can of worms that suggested he wanted a trade. While he and the team later walked back those comments, the drama surrounding Hill hasn’t dissipated. If anything, he’s only stoked the flames.
Recently, Hill made several eye-opening comments through the media. One was that Hill said he didn’t really understand the Dolphins’ offense for the first three seasons of his career in Miami. But now, for the first time in his career, Hill has actually been taking notes during team meetings and in the film room. He credits senior passing game coordinator Bobby Slowik for the new development there.
While Hill may have earned some brownie points for being more dedicated to his craft, he fell out of his team’s good graces with his next comment.
Specifically, Hill was asked about the Dolphins’ inefficiency on third downs. That’s when he straight-up threw teammate De’Von Achane under the bus by suggesting the running back should actually be getting benched in third-and-short scenarios.
“Take De’Von [Achane] out on third down,” Hill said. “What? You wanted — that’s my honest opinion. If it’s third and short, he’s not a power back. I be telling him that in the locker room, but he swear he a power back. I love De’Von, though, but if I’m being honest, that’s why you got Jaylen Wright, that’s why you got Ollie Gordon, for those kinds of situations.”
Tyreek Hill was outspoken today on one thing Mike McDaniel needs to do to improve the Dolphins’ efficiency in short-yardage situations.
He said stop sending De’Von Achane out there on third-and-short. https://t.co/Q2JJu7LFDo pic.twitter.com/4n78DErWHP
— David Furones (@DavidFurones_) August 1, 2025
That type of brutal honesty is rarely heard in NFL press conferences. While we love the cold, hard truth, we can’t imagine this is a good development for team-building or chemistry, part of which Tua Tagovailoa recently criticized Hill for.
For the record, the Dolphins ranked 25th in converting third downs last season. When it came to third and short (1-3 yards), the Dolphins converted 53.1% of their opportunities. Oddly enough, that’s roughly their same success rate when using Tagovailoa’s pinpoint accuracy in third-and-short passing situations (52.9% conversion rate).
While Hill’s comments surely create an interesting dynamic in the locker room, they further an even more unique development on the field for opponents. We have a feeling opponents will be watching Hill with even more delicacy on third-and-short scenarios, trying to determine if he’s annoyed by the play call, or getting ready to shake them loose.
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