Does Tyreek Hill have any juice left?
That’s the question most are asking around the league. Hill suffered a season-ending dislocated knee and ACL injury in September of last season, leading the Miami Dolphins to release the star wide receiver earlier this week as they look to create some cap space.
Hill turns 32 years old in March and is a free agent for the first time in his professional career, with FOX Sports’ Greg Auman ranking him 27th on his top 100 free agents list. His rehab is going well almost five months out of surgery, and he intends to play in the upcoming season, his agent recently said. However, Hill’s status for the start of the regular season remains up in the air while he rehabs from a significant injury, which could complicate things for teams interested in his services.
“He is an older speed receiver coming off a severe injury, with bad off-the-field history,” a league source told me. “He won’t have a lot of options if he wants a good amount of money and a clear top-two WR role. But he will have a few.”
“He’s coming off a career-threatening knee injury at 32. Ask me in November!” an NFL personnel executive told me.
However, former Pro Bowl receiver T.J. Houshmandzadeh, who currently trains receivers in the league during the offseason, believes if Hill returns healthy, there will be a strong market for his services, and he can be an asset for a contending team looking to add a final piece for a deep postseason run.
“Tyreek Hill is so explosive,” Houshmandzadeh told me. “He’s not just quick. He’s quick and fast. It’s a no-brainer if you’re a team that feels like you’re one big-play receiver away [from competing for a Super Bowl].”
Houshmandzadeh pointed to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, Los Angeles Chargers and Washington Commanders as potential touchdown spots for Hill. So, let’s rank which of these groups is one of the best match for Hill as he picks his subsequent house.
3. Washington Commanders
Jayden Daniels may wish some vast receiver assist this offseason if Deebo Samuel leaves in free company. (Picture by Michael Owens/Getty Photographs)
After reaching the NFC Championship Sport in Jayden Daniels’ rookie season, Washington took a step again in 2025 by ending 5-12 on the yr. Daniels had bother staying wholesome, ending the yr on injured reserve with a dislocated elbow.
Washington struggled to generate explosive performs within the passing sport. The Commanders moved on from offensive coordinator Kliff Kingbury and promoted quarterbacks coach David Blough to offensive coordinator. It will likely be the primary time Blough serves because the offensive play caller within the NFL, because the Commanders look to create extra stability on offense and run extra performs beneath heart.
The crew’s main receiver final yr, Deebo Samuel, shall be a free agent subsequent month. Samuel averaged a career-low 10.1 yards per reception in 2025. So, the Commanders might use extra velocity on the perimeter to pair with veteran Terry McLaurin. The Commanders completed with simply 40 passing performs of at the least 20 yards final season, twenty seventh within the league.
“I do just like the Commanders, as a result of if you happen to put him and McLaurin collectively, that’s a lethal duo if Jayden Daniels can keep wholesome,” Houshmandzadeh stated. “However I do know 1000% that Jayden Daniels needs Brandon Aiyuk in Washington.
“However that wouldn’t be a nasty state of affairs. I don’t know if the Commanders are able to win on the highest ranges like I consider the Chiefs and Chargers can do.”
2. Los Angeles Chargers
May Tyreek Hill reunite with Mike McDaniel, who’s now the offensive coordinator of the Chargers? (Picture by Peter Joneleit/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photographs)
If Hill doesn’t return to his former crew, what higher place for him to land than their AFC West rival within the Bolts, with one of the vital proficient throwers in Justin Herbert?
“If the Chargers received Tyreek Hill, it may be sport, set, match,” Houshmandzadeh informed me. “Tyreek Hill, with that arm Justin Herbert has — individuals suppose Tyreek Hill goes to lose a step. However this ain’t 1995, 2000. Man, this boy goes to bounce again like a basketball.
“This can be a small bump within the highway. Tyreek Hill continues to be going to be sooner than everyone. Okay, he loses a step. He’s nonetheless sooner than everyone — he’s simply not WAY sooner than everyone.”
Nonetheless, issues to think about for the Chargers are stunting the event of younger playmakers like Ladd McConkey, Quentin Johnston, Tre Harris and Oronde Gadsden Jr., together with Keenan Allen returning in free company.
Additionally, Hill has off-the-field points to think about for an possession group that normally doesn’t usher in gamers with character points. And lastly, what’s Hill’s relationship like with former Miami head coach and new Chargers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel?
“If the Chargers don’t go after Tyreek Hill, it’s going to inform me that him and Mike McDaniel didn’t have one of the best of relationships,” Houshmandzadeh informed me. “Or, that Mike McDaniel didn’t suppose a lot of him as a frontrunner.
“As a result of while you get to Tyreek’s stature within the league, with as a few years as he’s performed and the success he’s had, you’ve received to be a frontrunner in each crew that you simply’re on. So, if the Chargers don’t go after him, that simply tells me that McDaniel didn’t like Tyreek on his crew as a frontrunner.”
1. Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
Patrick Mahomes and Tyreek Hill fashioned one of many prime quarterback-wide receiver duos within the league throughout their time along with the Chiefs. (Picture by Jamie Squire/Getty Photographs)
Former Kansas Metropolis teammate Chris Jones has already begun the courting course of for Hill, saying it’s time on X. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes lately restructured his contract to create extra cap area for his crew. However Kansas Metropolis stays tight in opposition to the cap, doubtlessly limiting strikes they might make in free company.
The Chiefs actually might use assistance on the perimeter, although, after ending their first shedding season with Mahomes beneath heart. Kansas Metropolis averaged 6.8 yards per cross try in 2025, tied for twenty first within the NFL.
Offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy lately returned to Kansas Metropolis and the Chiefs provide acquainted environment for Hill, together with those that know the best way to greatest use him on the sphere.
“I don’t suppose the Chiefs have been the identical offensively since Hill left,” stated Houshmandzadeh. “Yeah, you may say they received the Tremendous Bowl when he left. However they didn’t instill the concern of God in groups after they left.
“They have been profitable video games due to their protection, not due to their offense. Tyreek goes again to the Chiefs, the place Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid actually know the best way to use you. And so they want you, or it could be over for the Chiefs.”
