One of Tyreek Hill’s former teammates didn’t waste any time trying to recruit the eight-time Pro Bowler back to Kansas City.
Chris Jones, who overlapped with Hill for the first six years of their career and won a Super Bowl together, tagged Hill’s X account in a post and wrote, “It’s [time]” —using a clock emoji — just seven hours after news broke about the Dolphins planning to release the injured wide receiver.
Kansas City has already emerged as one of the logical destinations for Hill, according to ESPN, along with the Chargers — where former Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel is now the offensive coordinator.
It’s where Hill starred after being a fifth-round pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, finishing with more than 1,000 receiving yards in four seasons and becoming one of the trusted targets Patrick Mahomes used while constructing the foundation for the Chiefs’ dynasty.
But in March 2022, around two months after the Chiefs lost to the Bengals in the AFC Championship game, Kansas City stunningly traded Hill to the Dolphins, and that’s where he spent the last four seasons.
Hill opened his Miami stint with consecutive 1,000-yard campaigns, including one in 2023 where he finished with an NFL-best 1,799 receiving yards, but he hasn’t topped 965 yards in each of the last two seasons. Miami will save roughly $23 million in salary cap space by releasing Hill.
Off-field issues also emerged throughout his tenure with the Dolphins, as his estranged wife alleged in September that eight instances of domestic violence occurred during the course of their 17-month marriage.
Hill tore his left ACL, dislocated his knee and sustained other ligament damage just four games into the 2025 campaign, but he vowed in an Instagram post Monday — after reports of his Dolphins release — that the “journey doesn’t stop here.”
“Every chapter in life has taught me something,” Hill wrote, in part, in his statement. “This one taught me leadership, resilience, and mostly gratitude. The love I have for this game is unexplainable. And right now, this off season, for the first time ever, The Cheetah is all the way turned up and locked in. Focused.
“… The Cheetah don’t slow down. Ever. So to everyone wondering what’s next… just wait on it.”
Jones hopes it’ll involve Kansas City.