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June 13, 2022

Tyreek Hill

Busy receiver feels underutilized

When top players go elsewhere in free agency or get traded while under contract, it's safe to say it's frequently about money. Seldom does anyone admit that, though, usually saying it's because of their role or how they were used in the offense. The latest example involves Tyreek Hill.

Hill talked about it in a podcast with agent Drew Rosenhaus; story at this link. There were other complaints, including a personal issue and some discussion of money (and the Davante Adams deal), but the one both harp in is the idea that the star wideout was underutilized at times.

“If teams are gonna give us favorable one-on-one matches against their best corner, I don’t see why teams don’t utilize their best receiver,” Hill said. “And that’s where probably like me and the team fell apart right there. When I’m like, yo, I don’t mean to talk or be a diva in some situation but can I see the pill some time, please? Just give me the ball, please.”

Maybe there were individual games where Hill didn't see enough targets, but it's hard to subscribe to the complaint. At the end of the year he was thrown to 159 times, which ranked 7th in the league. Over the past four years, Hill saw at least 135 targets three times (the fourth year he missed four games due to injury). Collectively, he accounts for three of the top 50 seasons for targets since 2017.

HEAVILY TARGETED WIDE RECEIVERS, 2018-2021
Year	Player	G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD
2021	Cooper Kupp, LAR	17	191	145	1947	13.4	16
2019	Michael Thomas, N.O.	16	185	149	1725	11.6	9
2018	Julio Jones, Atl.	16	170	113	1677	14.8	8
2021	Davante Adams, G.B.	16	169	123	1553	12.6	11
2021	Diontae Johnson, Pitt.	16	169	107	1161	10.9	8
2018	Davante Adams, G.B.	15	169	111	1386	12.5	13
2018	Antonio Brown, Pitt.	15	168	104	1297	12.5	15
2021	Justin Jefferson, Min.	17	167	108	1616	15.0	10
2020	Stefon Diggs, Buff.	16	166	127	1535	12.1	8
2018	JuJu Smith-Schuster, Pitt.	16	166	111	1426	12.9	7
2021	Stefon Diggs, Buff.	17	164	103	1225	11.9	10
2021	DJ Moore, Car.	17	163	93	1157	12.4	4
2018	DeAndre Hopkins, Hou.	16	163	115	1572	13.7	11
2020	DeAndre Hopkins, Ariz.	16	160	115	1407	12.2	6
2021	Tyreek Hill, K.C.	17	159	111	1239	11.2	9
2021	Keenan Allen, LAC	16	157	106	1138	10.7	6
2019	Julio Jones, Atl.	15	157	99	1394	14.1	6
2019	Allen Robinson, Chi.	16	154	98	1147	11.7	7
2019	Julian Edelman, N.E.	16	153	100	1117	11.2	6
2018	Adam Thielen, Min.	16	153	113	1373	12.2	9
2020	Allen Robinson, Chi.	16	151	102	1250	12.3	6
2019	DeAndre Hopkins, Hou.	15	150	104	1165	11.2	7
2020	Davante Adams, G.B.	14	149	115	1374	12.0	18
2019	Keenan Allen, LAC	16	149	104	1199	11.5	6
2018	Stefon Diggs, Min.	15	149	102	1021	10.0	9
2018	Jarvis Landry, Cle.	16	149	81	976	12.1	4
2019	Tyler Boyd, Cin.	16	148	90	1046	11.6	5
2020	Keenan Allen, LAC	14	147	100	992	9.9	8
2018	Michael Thomas, N.O.	16	147	125	1405	11.2	9
2021	Marquise Brown, Balt.	16	146	91	1008	11.1	6
2020	Diontae Johnson, Pitt.	15	144	88	923	10.5	7
2020	Calvin Ridley, Atl.	15	143	90	1374	15.3	9
2021	Jaylen Waddle, Mia.	16	140	104	1015	9.8	6
2021	Darnell Mooney, Chi.	17	140	81	1055	13.0	4
2019	Robert Woods, LAR	15	139	90	1134	12.6	2
2019	Jarvis Landry, Cle.	16	138	83	1174	14.1	6
2018	Mike Evans, T.B.	16	138	86	1524	17.7	8
2018	Tyreek Hill, K.C.	16	137	87	1479	17.0	12
2020	Robby Anderson, Car.	16	136	95	1096	11.5	3
2018	Keenan Allen, LAC	16	136	97	1196	12.3	6
2020	Tyreek Hill, K.C.	15	135	87	1276	14.7	15
2019	DJ Moore, Car.	15	135	87	1175	13.5	4
2021	Brandin Cooks, Hou.	16	134	90	1037	11.5	6
2020	Terry McLaurin, Was.	15	134	87	1118	12.9	4
2019	Cooper Kupp, LAR	16	134	94	1161	12.4	10
2019	Odell Beckham, Cle.	16	133	74	1035	14.0	4
2020	Tyler Lockett, Sea.	16	132	100	1054	10.5	10
2021	Terry McLaurin, Was.	17	130	77	1053	13.7	5
2020	Amari Cooper, Dall.	16	130	92	1114	12.1	5
2018	Robert Woods, LAR	16	130	86	1219	14.2	6

Note the presence of only one Dolphin on the list; Jaylen Waddle last year. There also aren't any 49ers, whose former offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel is now Miami's head coach. This makes sense since San Francisco has ranked 16th and 29th in pass attempts the last two years, while Miami ranked 18th and 8th. Kansas City was top-3 both seasons.

Tyreek's a great player; I've championed his skills elsewhere on this site, knocking what Kansas City will be putting on the field in his place. But it concerns me that he feels he wasn't utilized enough, particularly if he's thinking things will be different in Miami. He's not working with a comparable quarterback (although he claims Tua Tagovailoa is more accurate than Patrick Mahomes), and it will probably be a lesser (and less busy) passing game.

Hill averaged nearly 10 targets per game last year, and pretty likely he'll be under that in 2022. I think he might get homesick fairly quickly.

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