The Kansas City Chiefs way back moved on from vast receiver Tyreek Hill, whom they shipped to the Miami Dolphins within the offseason for a bundle of draft picks which have helped them get youthful and deeper throughout the board.
Hill hasn’t fairly achieved the identical in Miami.
In his debut podcast final week, Hill claimed that Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was extra correct than Kansas City counterpart Patrick Mahomes, a Pro Bowl decide every of his 4 years as a starter and 2018 league MVP.
Hill additionally claimed that he didn’t get the ball sufficient and wasn’t used correctly in Kansas City — a veiled shot at coach Andy Reid — regardless that he noticed a career-high 159 targets and 9.4 per sport and caught 111 passes for 1,239 yards and 9 touchdowns final season.
So because the Chiefs wrapped up their obligatory three-day minicamp Thursday, and tried to sit up for the beginning of coaching camp in simply over a month, they have been dragged again into discussing their former teammate.
“I’m surprised a little,” Mahomes mentioned of the content material within the podcast, which additionally featured Hill’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, and his cohost and lawyer, Julius Collins. “I still love him. Saw him at Formula 1 in Miami. I’m sure it all had something to do with getting his podcast some stuff and getting it rolling.”
As for wanting the ball extra in Kansas City’s dynamic offense? Mahomes by no means heard a peep about it in the course of the season.
“Definitely new in the sense of how it was on the podcast,” he mentioned. “When you’re the competitor that he is, and the thing I liked about Tyreek — you want to win. I know he wanted the ball as much as possible to help us win.”
Mahomes largely dismissed the remainder of the podcast, together with the half about his accuracy, declaring that Kansas City has performed for 4 consecutive AFC championships, reached two Super Bowls and gained certainly one of them with him underneath heart.
“It doesn’t get to me at all. As long as we’re winning football games and putting up points, I’m doing things the right way,” he mentioned. “As long as we’re scoring touchdowns and winning Super Bowls, I’m OK with it.”
Reid took the excessive street when requested concerning the podcast, saying solely: “I love Tyreek. He’s a good kid.”
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