Miami Dolphins superstar Tyreek Hill is pretty undeniably the most dominant wide receiver in the entire NFL and the fact that he was a legitimate MVP candidate for much of last season proves it. However, he certainly is not paid like one of the best players on the planet.
As Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk points out, Tyreek Hill signed a $120 million contract does not actually pay him $30 million a year because the salary for the fourth year was pumped to an unrealistic $45 million that the Dolphins will surely not pick up just to make it appear that Hill’s contract was massive.
When you take that year away, there are many players who make comparable money or even more money than Hill who are not the same caliber of receiver as he is.
“Take that away from the four-year, $120 million extension, and Hill got a three-year, $75 million extension. The real, true, actual new-money average isn’t $30 million. It’s $25 million,” Florio wrote
“Second, recent deals compare very favorably to Hill’s contract. This offseason, his fake $30 million contract has been matched and beaten — without fake final years — by Amon-Ra St. Brown and A.J. Brown. More recently, Texans receiver Nico Collins (represented by Drew Rosenhaus, the same agent who represents Hill) got a three-year extension with a real new-money average of $24.25 million.”
Needless to say, Hill is radically underpaid. This is pretty horrible news for him, and it led to a lot of reactions on social media.
The last year (2026) of his deal is really just a void year ($44mm non guaranteed base) to spread his signing bonus out. It inflates his per yr avg of the deal. Pretty silly structure. I assume he understands this and isn’t just figuring it out.
— Ki Mixon (@ki_mixon) May 30, 2024
Tyreek is not the only one on the roster who will be asking to be paid top dollar. Dolphins GM needs to get his crap together. He let Christian Wilkins walk without getting anything in return, he has a huge blind spot when it comes to Tua, and he failed to upgrade the O-line.
— Cynthia Hill (@luluchill62) May 30, 2024
I thought he said that was done playing football in a couple of years?
— Jason hammond (@jason_hamm52826) May 30, 2024
This is why it is foolish to think a deal needs to happen as soon as a player is available for an extension to “avoid the price from going up.” Regardless of a new deal or not, if a player believes he is worth a certain price, he will get that price, even if a trade is required. https://t.co/Pqb35RiCAZ
— Joey (@JoeyCostello64) May 30, 2024
— The 4 Man Rush (@4ourmanrush) May 30, 2024
We’ll have to see if Hill chooses to demand a new contract.
