The Kansas Metropolis 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 finished the identical in Miami.
In his debut podcast final week, Hill claimed that Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa was extra correct than Kansas Metropolis counterpart Patrick Mahomes, a Professional Bowl choose 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 Metropolis — a veiled shot at coach Andy Reid — though he noticed a career-high 159 targets and 9.4 per recreation and caught 111 passes for 1,239 yards and 9 touchdowns final season.
In order the Chiefs wrapped up their necessary 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 shocked slightly,” 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 nonetheless love him. Noticed him at Formulation 1 in Miami. I’m positive all of it had one thing to do with getting his podcast some stuff and getting it rolling.”
As for wanting the ball extra in Kansas Metropolis’s dynamic offense? Mahomes by no means heard a peep about it through the season.
“Undoubtedly new within the sense of the way it was on the podcast,” he mentioned. “If you’re the competitor that he's, and the factor I favored about Tyreek — you wish to win. I do know he wished the ball as a lot as potential to assist us win.”
Mahomes largely dismissed the remainder of the podcast, together with the half about his accuracy, mentioning that Kansas Metropolis has performed for 4 consecutive AFC championships, reached two Tremendous Bowls and gained considered one of them with him underneath heart.
“It doesn’t get to me in any respect. So long as we’re profitable soccer video games and placing up factors, I’m doing issues the best manner,” he mentioned. “So long as we’re scoring touchdowns and profitable Tremendous Bowls, I’m OK with it.”
Reid took the excessive highway when requested concerning the podcast, saying solely: “I like Tyreek. He’s a superb child.”
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