Trades to Make: Miami Dolphins Wide Receiver Tyreek Hill

Super Bowl LIX has come and gone, and NFL teams have started building towards the 2025 season. In Trades to Make, we'll cover some of the best players who could be on the move as the offseason gets underway.

Wide Receiver Tyreek Hill

Few players have radically transformed an offense like Tyreek Hill did when he landed on the Miami Dolphins in 2022. The Dolphins offense had been stuck in the mud for years before his arrival, averaging 20.6 points per game from 2017 to 2021. Over the following two seasons, the eight-time Pro Bowler propelled the Dolphins to 26.2 points per game while totalling a league-leading 3509 receiving yards.

Hill's absence has also become keenly felt by his previous team, the Kansas City Chiefs. Despite their postseason success and the excellence of quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs offense simply isn't the same unit since losing Hill. Since 2023, the Chiefs have scored a middling 22.2 points per game compared to 30.3 over Hill's final four seasons with the team.

Unfortunately, it's possible Hill's days as the most difference-making pass catcher in the league could be behind him. Hill's production declined steeply in 2024, plummeting from 106.3 receiving yards per game from 2022 to 2023 to 56.4 in 2024, his fewest since his rookie season. Meanwhile, the Dolphins scored a mere 20.3 points per game, 22nd in the league.

Hill has previously hinted he wants out of Miami. If a team is willing to gamble that his 2024 season was simply an outlier due to unreliable quarterback play, he could be one of the biggest acquisitions of the offseason.

Who Should Be Interested?

If Hill isn't the best receiver of his generation, he at least has a great case to be the most game-changing. He has reached Pro Bowls with three different quarterbacks as his leading passer, and few wide receivers in NFL history stretched and intimidated defenses to the degree he was capable in his prime. At his peak, he was one of the most impactful non-quarterbacks in the league.

It may be a tough pill to swallow, but the Dolphins showed in 2024 that they may not be able to make the most of Hill's skillset anymore. If their self-scouting tells them they'll struggle to compete again in 2025, they should move Hill while his value remains high. Given his incredible resume, it's still possible he could fetch them as much as a second-round pick.

Hill is 31 years old and coming off a relatively mediocre season, which could scare teams away. He only makes sense on a receiver-needy team that believes it can win a title immediately. The Los Angeles Chargers lack a dominant outside threat across from second-year pass catcher Ladd McConkey, and the Denver Broncos could benefit from a shiny new toy to help second-year quarterback Bo Nix level up.