{"id":57392,"date":"2025-08-04T09:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/57392\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T09:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T09:57:08","slug":"tyreek-hills-call-for-a-change-at-short-yardage-tailback-had-already-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/57392\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyreek Hill’s call for a change at short-yardage tailback had already happened"},"content":{"rendered":"

Receiver Tyreek Hill\u2019s failure to show up in time<\/a> for the team stretch only two days after saying it\u2019s \u201cvery important\u201d to do so wasn\u2019t the only unusual wrinkle for the Dolphins this weekend.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Hill told reporters that De\u2019Von Achane shouldn\u2019t be the short-yardage tailback. On Sunday, coach Mike McDaniel made it clear that this has already happened.<\/p>\n

Hill was specifically asked about the reputation of the Dolphins as being a \u201cfinesse\u201d team. \u201cThe short yardage issues, the running game issues last year. How do you change that identity?\u201d Hill was asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cTake De\u2018Von [Achane] out on third down \u2014 what?\u201d Hill told reporters. \u201cThat\u2019s my honest opinion. If it\u2019s third-and-short, he\u2019s not a power back. I keep telling him that in the locker room, but he swears he\u2019s a power back. I love De\u2019Von, but if I\u2019m being honest like that\u2019s why you got Jaylen Wright, that\u2019s why you got Ollie Gordon II, for those kind of situations.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Sunday, McDaniel was asked about Hill\u2019s suggestion. McDaniel made it clear that what Hill wants has already happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was genius reporting by Tyreek seeing how we had a short-yardage period that very day that you guys were in attendance for, and his suggestion was I guess congruent with [running backs coach Eric] Studesville \u2014 that\u2019s exactly how we repped the backs in that short-yardage period that very day. But we thought it was funny that he reported the news that wasn\u2019t news on that practice day in that short-yardage period that you guys were all there, too, for.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an odd little conflict that comes at a time when there are simmering issues between Hill and the Dolphins. He capped the 2024 regular season by saying he wants out of Miami. He reversed course with a sudden and unscheduled Super Bowl-week apology tour.<\/p>\n

Skepticism is justified. Scrutiny is merited. Especially with McDaniel saying what he said, only two days after Hill said what he said.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not an ideal tone, at a time when the Dolphins generally seem to be trending in the wrong direction. And it makes us wonder whether Hill will still end up getting a one-way ticket out of Miami, if the team struggles early and if Hill decides to revert to his position that it\u2019s time to move on to a team that is more likely to contend.<\/p>\n

Of course, a contending team would want to trade for him. Based on what he\u2019s been saying and doing, all we can say is this: Buyer beware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Receiver Tyreek Hill\u2019s failure to show up in time for the team stretch only two days after saying…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57393,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-57392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}