The NFL market is a volatile one. As soon as a player thinks they're on top financially, another one passes them with a bigger contract.

NFL careers are volatile, as well. They can be over in the blink of an eye. That's why players often angle for the most money possible when it comes to a new contract. Sometimes, it leads to players bolting a good situation for a not-as-good, or terrible situation. And it's hard to blame them for having that mentality.

Tyreek Hill is the latest example of a player choosing money over sustained success. Hill was traded to the Miami Dolphins Wednesday after talks broke down in regard to his upcoming contract extension with the Chiefs. When it was all said and done, Hill left a Super Bowl contender in the Chiefs for the Dolphins, a team that missed the playoffs in 2021 and are currently undergoing a regime change with new head coach Mike McDonald.

Hill is one of the league's most dynamic receivers and his success with Patrick Mahomes was must-see TV over the recent years. Hill's ability to make plays at every different level and his unique blend of speed, open-field shiftiness, and lateral agility are second-to-none in today's game.

Therefore, it's understandable for him to get paid like one of the NFL's top receivers. But to be the league's top-paid receiver is a different topic and a different conversation.

The Dolphins obviously thought that was a topic worth discussing and a conversation worth having. And they showed the NFL they were serious in their line of thinking after they traded five draft picks for Hill and then subsequently made him the top-paid receiver in the NFL.

And while Hill is obviously grateful for his new deal and the trust the Dolphins have placed in him, he should be more grateful for Davante Adams and his new deal with the Raiders.

That's because Adams' deal is what set the tone for Hill's departure. Hill's agent, Drew Rosenhaus even said as much Thursday during an interview on The Joe Rose Show with Zach Krantz, a radio show broadcasted by AM 560 Sports WQAM in Miami.

"At the end of the season, I started a conversation with the Chiefs on a new contract extension, and it really was heading in the direction of slowly but surely working out a new deal for Tyreek," said Rosenhaus. "And then the Davante Adams trade got done and Adams got a record-setting contract. And I immediately reviewed that contract, and I spoke to the Chiefs and had a very positive conversation with them that this should be the market for Tyreek. And if it wasn't, then the right thing to do would be for everyone to benefit, which would be for the team to have an unprecedented trade and for Tyreek to go to a team that would be willing to make him the highest-paid receiver."

Rosenhause later doubled down on Adams' new deal setting the standard for Hill's eventual deal.

"It really looked like we were going to just continue to work towards a contract extension," Rosenhaus said before continuing on. "And then the Adams deal really flipped everything upside down. The Chiefs, I think they had the foresight to see that Tyreek was in the last year of his contract and we weren't going to take a deal that wasn't better than Adams'."

Adams' situation was a perfect blueprint for Hill. Both players are top-5 at their position and both were either at the end or near the end of their most recent deals that paid them well, but not the money they deserved. They are also near the age of 30, as well. So, their window of getting one last, market-changing deal was essentially now or never.

And both players were on cap-strapped teams who needed to find a way to create cap room. Both teams also offered both players sufficient deals, but they had better ideas in mind. And in the end, they got what they wanted.

Good for them. And good for the Chiefs, Packers, Raiders, and Dolphins who all came out of the deal better, themselves.

But teams -and fans- better get used to this. The money isn't going to stop at Hill. Nor Adams, for that matter. As long as no more pandemics crop up, the NFL is going to keep making money, hand-over-fist. The salary cap is projected to jump from $208.2 million in 2022 to around $220-$225 million in 2023. And it'll keep getting higher and higher with each passing year. It's basic economics: The more the cap goes up and the more profits keep coming in, the more money players make.

Hill -and Rosenhaus, for that matter- should send Adams and his agent a fruit basket, at least.

Or hell, with the size of their bank accounts – a couple of Maseratis.

You can check out the full interview with Rosenhaus, here.

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