Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill is one of the elite players at his position in the NFL. But that doesn’t make him immune to criticism. Even in the middle of a critical playoff game against the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
And especially when your head coach is the enigmatic Mike McDaniel.
Hill recently revealed that he got called out – hardcore – following the team’s playoff loss to Patrick Mahomes and company.
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Dolphins Coach Rips Tyreek Hill Over Play Against Kansas City Chiefs
It wasn’t the play of Tyreek Hill in general against the Kansas City Chiefs that had Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel in an uproar.
Hill made a solid contribution considering the sub-zero conditions affecting the passing game. He put up 5 catches for 62 yards and a touchdown.
But there was one play in which then-Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed knocked him on his butt that McDaniel apparently didn’t like.
And he made it known.
“The play against Sneed. The Chiefs, everybody see this play against the Chiefs. When the motherf—er slammed me to the floor? He called me out,” Hill said during a recent podcast interview.
“He like, ‘Reek, bro, you’re supposed to be the f—ing best player in the f—ing league, and you got this guy putting hands all over you like that. We pay you all this money for what?”
Damn.
🎥 Tyreek Hill reveals he was called out by Mike McDaniel following his performance vs. Kansas City Chiefs in the playoffs: "He called me out, he was like: 'You're supposed to be the best player in the league… we pay you all this money for what?'." (@mworthofgame) #FinsUp pic.twitter.com/Jt8QTwJOw8
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Appreciates The Criticism
Say what you will about Tyreek Hill, but the criticism from his head coach might have left many a prima donna in tears in the locker room. Calling his agent. Demanding a trade.
Instead, he took the criticism like a man. And insists he’ll be using it as fuel to inspire his play going forward.
“And for me, I love shit like that. I’m gonna take that s— to heart and I’m gonna get better from it,” he explains. “That’ll never happen again to me in my life, man. You feel me?”
“If a motherf—er cannot hold me accountable, I feel like I’m not gonna be able to get better, you know what I’m saying?” the Dolphins wideout added.
Hill went on to say that if the coach doesn’t call him out in such a brutal manner, then other players on the team might think they’d be able to get away with things.
Hill, by the way, signed a four-year, $120 million extension (worth $30 million per year) in 2022. The deal made him the highest-paid non-QB in the NFL at the time.
