Can Tyreek Hill still reach 2000 receiving yards? Here's what he has to do
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill was flying along, as were the Dolphins. With a 9-3 record after a 45-15 drubbing of the Washington Commanders, Miami and its high-flying offense was the talk of the town. Through 13 weeks, Tyreek Hill had 93 catches for 1481 yards and 12 touchdowns. With 5 games left, Hill […]
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill was flying along, as were the Dolphins. With a 9-3 record after a 45-15 drubbing of the Washington Commanders, Miami and its high-flying offense was the talk of the town.
Through 13 weeks, Tyreek Hill had 93 catches for 1481 yards and 12 touchdowns. With 5 games left, Hill needed just over 100 yards per game on average to reach his stated preseason goal of 2000 receiving yards. A very achievable goal considering he averaged 123.4 yards per game through 13 weeks.
But, like most things in life, football doesn't go to plans, and the injury bug that's nested inside the Dolphins' facility found a way to bite Hill on Monday night against the Tennessee Titans. Hill suffered an ankle injury on a hip-drop tackle by Sean Murphy-Bunting, which sidelined him for most of the rest of the Dolphins' 28-27 loss to the Titans as well as all of Miami's 30-0 win over the New York Jets on Sunday.
So the question remains: what will it take over the final three weeks to reach that mark? Well, it'll obviously take coming up with 458 receiving yards in three games, as Hill sits with 1542 yards through 14 games. That comes out to an average of 152.7 yards per game.
That's a pretty tall task for anyone in the NFL. But Hill isn't just anyone. He's capable of ripping off run to the end zone from any spot on the field against any defense. He's broken 153 receiving yards in a game 5 times this year and had 146 in another. It will take three of those performances in back-to-back-to-back games to pull this off.
And it won't be easy. Dallas was playing tremendous football before falling on its face against Buffalo on Sunday. Baltimore is red hot and just shut down the Jaguars' passing game to the tune of 7 points on Sunday night. And there might be no team with greater momentum in the NFL right now than the Buffalo Bills, who blew the Cowboys off the field 31-10.
It's not an ideal stretch of opponents to be facing to try to crank out the video game-esque numbers on offense that Hill and the Dolphins will need in order to reach the mark. But with an offense that's racked up 70 points on a playoff contender while creating five years' worth of highlight plays for most teams in 15-week period, you simply can't write off Hill's chances of making history.
Dolphins’ defense helping its offense in a big way as the final stretch begins
Miami’s offense has been getting a lot of help from other areas of the team lately
