Tyreek Hill dismissed Jaylen Waddle trade talk with a bold claim about his Dolphins teammate's talents
The Miami Dolphins might be in a state of crisis.
Despite two consecutive solid regular seasons, Mike McDaniel’s bunch has yet to win a single playoff game. Perhaps more disconcertingly, they’ve more or less faded hard down the stretch on both occasions. This has led some people to claim that Miami needs a major shake-up to contend, like perhaps trading promising young receiver Jaylen Waddle.
All-Pro receiver/teammate Tyreek Hill seemingly couldn’t hate an idea more.
After catching wind of Waddle trade talks — at least among Dolphins fans — Hill took to Twitter to rebuke the conversation entirely. He ended up claiming that Waddle, at age 25 and entering his fourth NFL season, was better than Hill at the same time.
My boy waddle is the future , he is better than I was at this point in his career and for people in this fan base to want to trade him is ludicrous
— Ty Hill (@cheetah) February 21, 2024
Him and Tua was special before me and will be special after I leave
— Ty Hill (@cheetah) February 21, 2024
Hmm, I don’t know if I agree with that. At age 25, Hill was already a two-time First-Team All-Pro and the No. 1 option on a championship-caliber Kansas City Chiefs team. Waddle is good, perhaps even great at his best, but he’s had struggles staying healthy and disappears for extended stretches far too often to say he’s comparable to his future Hall of Fame teammate.
That said, Hill is just being a good teammate, gassing up his guy. I don’t blame him one bit for going to bat for Waddle like this.