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Tyreek Hill made his name as the premier wide receiver for Patrick Mahomes with the Chiefs before making his big money move to the Dolphins.
Since then, his production has not slowed down, as he ended the season with the most receiveing yards (1,717) among wide receivers. While that has inflated Tua Tagovailoa's numbers as well, they have still some way to go in terms of team efficiency.
After leading the AFC East for most of the season, their 21-14 loss to the Bills in Week 18 pushes them all the way down to the sixth seed in the conference. That means Tyreek Hill must win on the road against Patrick Mahomes and Co. The defeat came despite Josh Allen throwing two interceptions and being strip sacked once. The game was there to be won, but Miami lost.
NFL fans could not help but think that even though Tyreek Hill is a great receiver, he might win another Super Bowl ring without Patrick Mahomes. They took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to express those opinions. Here's a sampling of some of the responses.
"Tyreek Hill left Mahomes for this ni**a???," one tweeted.
Here are some of the top reactions on X:
Patrick Mahomes not faring too well without Tyreek Hill either
The connection between Patrick Mahomes and Tyreek Hill with the Kansas City Chiefs was elite.
Even though both Tua Tagovailoa and the Dolphins receiver finished with the most passing and receiving yards, respectively, it does not feel the same because they have won fewer big games together. If they win on the road at Arrowhead, the narrative will likely change again.
However, as much as we can say that Tua is holding Hill back, Patrick Mahomes is struggling without a wide receiver like Hill. He is, of course, coping better than the Dolphins quarterback did before the Cheetah's arrival, but that's not a debate that the two-time league and Super Bowl MVP is better player.
Even that, though, it should be qualified by noting that the Chiefs have a future Hall-of-Famer Travis Kelce helping out immensely in offensive production.
Mahomes finished with 4,183 passing yards this season, his lowest since the 2019 season. It's more than 1,000 yards less than last season when Hill's absence was compensated by others like JuJu Smith-Schuster. The Chiefs also could not finish as the AFC top seed this year after doing so for the last few years.
All that points to the wide receiver being a player who can make his quarterbacks better, whether it be the Kansas City star or Tua Tagovailoa.
