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For a player who received a $54MM guarantee last summer, despite three years remaining on his previous contract,\u00a0T<\/strong><\/a>yreek Hill<\/strong>\u00a0keeps coming up in trade rumors. This can be expected given how the mercurial star\u2019s 2024 season ended.<\/p>\n

More Hill social media inferences toward a potential Miami departure surfaced recently. Though\u00a0Twitter emojis\u00a0do not\u00a0exactly qualify as significant trade buzz, Hill having checked himself out of the Dolphins\u2019\u00a0Week 18 game and then casting doubt about\u00a0his Miami future postgame obviously did. Noise about a Hill South Beach exit has persisted.<\/p>\n

GM\u00a0Chris Grier<\/strong>\u00a0said in January\u00a0no Hill trade request had come out\u00a0of the strange Week 18 development, and while\u00a0Mike McDaniel<\/strong>\u00a0said such behavior will not be tolerated going forward. Several weeks later, the fourth-year Miami HC did indicate he expects to keep working with the future Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n

[RELATED: Dolphins\u2019 Calais Campbell Offer Leads To Cardinals Deal]<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI can certainly say with certainty that at this certain moment<\/em>,\u201d McDaniel said when asked about Hill\u2019s 2025 Dolphins status (via the Miami Herald\u2019s C. Isaiah Smalls II), later adding \u201cWe are fully planning to move forward for a better version of our relationship with Tyreek<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hill made an\u00a0effort to recommit to the Dolphins\u00a0and\u00a0Tua Tagovailoa<\/strong>\u00a0in February, but his name continued to\u00a0come up in trade rumors soon after. The Dolphins have the veteran speedster on their books through 2026; trading Hill before June 1 would cost the team $28.29MM in dead money. Only\u00a0Stefon Diggs<\/strong>, via his 2024 Bills-to-Texans move, brought a larger dead cap hit among receivers.<\/p>\n

While it would benefit the Dolphins to retain Hill, moving him ahead of an age-31 season would presumably bring more value than dealing him at 32. Miami having Tagovailoa and\u00a0Jaylen Waddle<\/strong>\u00a0on big-ticket deals also would make a cost-conserving effort logical, but for now, the team still rosters Hill. The period leading up to the draft represents the next trade window, one that would likely close on Day 2 of the draft.<\/p>\n

Although Hill is coming off an injury-plagued season, he effectively cinched up Hall of Fame entry one day by stacking back-to-back 1,700-yard seasons on a resume that included a host of productive Chiefs campaigns. With injuries preventing Tagovailoa from finishing six games, however, Hill\u2019s production cratered; he finished with 959 yards in 17 games. Hill underwent\u00a0an offseason procedure on his wrist, and the Dolphins will hope \u2014 barring a strong offer prying him from Miami \u2014 he can recapture his pre-2024 form.<\/p>\n

Hill\u2019s fourth Dolphins offense may be unlikely to include\u00a0Terron Armstead<\/strong>, who is\u00a0still mulling retirement. While injury prone, the accomplished tackle has continued to play well. He is coming off a 15-game season, matching a career-high mark, but reports earlier this offseason pointed to a retirement and\u00a0Patrick Paul<\/strong>\u00a0taking over at left tackle. McDaniel, however, has not received word Armstead is done.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have had unbelievable amount of conversations about his body and how he feels. I think, tied into that, where he\u2019s at relative to other years and how we can realistically forecast that, I think that\u2019s going to really shape the answer to that question<\/em>,\u201d said McDaniel, who expects (via the Herald\u2019s Barry Jackson) a decision soon. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t ever been about Terron\u2019s play, right? It\u2019s been about how he\u2019s been available, and he\u2019s been straining to be more available for us than a counterpart would. He\u2019s played through a lot of stuff<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

A February report suggested Armstead\u00a0would reduce his base salary to the veteran minimum\u00a0to lighten the cap burden on the Dolphins, as the Pro Bowler\u2019s salary is nonguaranteed. If Armstead is to make a surprising return for his age-34 season, the Dolphins would need to regroup and work with him on a salary well north of the vet minimum. Pro Football Focus graded Armstead as the NFL\u2019s fourth-best tackle last season. A 2024 second-rounder, Paul played 337 offensive snaps as a rookie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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