Tyreek Hill made his way through Super LIX’s Radio Row on Friday and did his best to undo some of the discord he sowed with the Miami Dolphins in January.
About a month after the eight-time Pro Bowl wide receiver told reporters “I’m out” and that he’s “opening the door” to leave Miami, Hill did multiple interviews and took it all back.
From @PFT_Live, Tyreek Hill says he regrets his comments from Week 18. He wants to stay with the Dolphins. pic.twitter.com/v6sVR6IM9V
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) February 7, 2025
“I’m taking full accountability for what I said,” Hill said on PFT Live. I don’t deserve to say anything like that. Miami Dolphins … they’re paying me to play there, they’ve been very good to me. So why am I going to go out and say the things I said? I fully take them back. I’m going to take full accountability and come back next year — hoping to still be there — and bust my tail for the team, for the guys, for the fans, for the whole city. I want to stay with the Dolphins.”
He reiterated that point in an interview with Kay Adams of FanDuel’s Up and Adams Show.
Does Tyreek Hill want to REMAIN with the Miami Dolphins?
@cheetah: “I do. I don’t wanna go NOWHERE.”
@heykayadams @MiamiDolphins | #GoFins pic.twitter.com/BeTGhHDyjQ
— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) February 7, 2025
“I don’t want to go nowhere,” Hill told Adams. “I love it, my family loves it, kids absolutely love being on the beach every morning. It’s an amazing thing. We are building something really special in Miami. We made it to the playoffs the first two years. Obviously, this year was hard. But if guys continue to buy in to what Coach [Mike McDaniel] is building, and the culture that he’s trying to build, it’s going to be a beautiful thing.”
On Thursday, Dolphins offensive tackle Terron Armstead said in an interview that Hill has “mending to do” to earn back the trust and confidence of his teammates.
In his interview with Adams, Hill said he plans to do so by “going to practice every day, busting my tail, showing up to meetings on time” and “doing things the right way.” But he singled out quarterback Tua Tagovailoa for an apology.
Tyreek Hill on his current relationship with Tua…
“This is my public apology to you Tua, I love you bro.”@heykayadams @cheetah @Tua @MiamiDolphins | #GoFins pic.twitter.com/GpazT0B7CR
— Up & Adams (@UpAndAdamsShow) February 7, 2025
“Tua, he’s my guy, always will be my guy, no matter what,” Hill told Adams. “He understands my frustration. We all want to win. Tua, he’s another competitor. He’s a hell of a competitor, a lot of people don’t know that. I’m looking forward to just us continuing to build our relationship and even more. This is my public apology to you, Tua. I love you, bro.”
In a January press conference, Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel told reporters that he expressed to Hill in a meeting that “it’s not acceptable to leave a game and won’t be tolerated in the future.”
Hill is due to count $27.7 million against Miami’s salary cap in 2025, but that number would climb to $56 million if he’s released or $28.3 million if he’s traded before the beginning of June. A trade after the start of June would drop the dead money hit to $12.7 million.