The Miami Dolphins have tried their best to walk the line this offseason. At times, it’s been tough trying to put together a roster capable of being competitive with offloading players who have personal trajectories that conflict with Miami’s long-term (and short-term) vision on and off the field. One player who has been at the center of this conversation all offseason is wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who indicated at the end of 2024 that he might want to be traded to do what’s best for him.

Hill has since rescinded the comments, suggesting he wants to do right by Miami. Perhaps he does. The Dolphins, for their part, have reportedly told teams Hill is in their plans this season. But ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler made some waves over the weekend with a report that some teams are still keeping a watchful eye on Hill’s status in South Florida, especially as a deadline for a hefty $15.85 million option bonus creeps closer at the end of August.

“I have talked to a few teams who are at least monitoring his future a little bit…they just wonder, is he going to be available? It could be wishful thinking, maybe they want him to be available. But he’s a player, when I bring up to teams, ‘Hey, who is sort of a trade target you’re watching?’ — they bring up Tyreek Hill. So, we’ll see. He’s a big option for Tua (Tagovailoa), that would be a major move if they did move away from him.”

— ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler over the weekend on Tyreek Hill as a trade target

If teams resume calling — and if the Dolphins are willing to listen — what could it look like? Four of my colleagues at A to Z Sports have assembled to privately send me trade compensation packages from other teams for Hill in hopes of landing a big fish in a hypothetical trade of Hill this season. Who is offering what? Are any of these offers actually worth it if Miami got them in real life?

Let’s find out.

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4 Hypothetical Trade Offers For Miami Dolphins Wide Receiver Tyreek Hill This Summer/Fall

The Pittsburgh Steelers

Proposed swap: Miami sends WR Tyreek Hill and a 2026 fifth-round draft choice after 8/31/2025 (with Miami paying his $15.85M option bonus) to Pittsburgh for a 2026 2nd-round draft pick, a 2027 third-round pick, and WR Calvin Austin III

It’s no secret that, despite what you hear from the Steelers brass, this team is still poking around to try and bolster its roster. That is especially true at the WR position, where Pittsburgh would probably have already traded for Terry McLaurin if Washington wasn’t dead set on keeping him. So insert Hill and the Miami Dolphins.

I know Pittsburgh already hammered out a blockbuster trade with the Dolphins this year, but Hill is a little different. For one, the Steelers know they have a giant question mark in their WR corps outside of DK Metcalf. Secondly, if the Steelers manage to trade for Hill after Aug. 31, the day of which his $15.85 million roster bonus is due, they can use their nearly $20 million in effective cap space to work through his base salary and per-game roster bonuses fairly easily. So what do they give up? I propose a 2026 second-round pick and a 2027 third-round pick in exchange for Hill and a 2026 5th-rounder. If the Dolphins wanted Calvin Austin III or even Roman Wilson, you would have to consider that as well, but the initial offer is picks for Hill.

– Rob Gregson, A to Z Sports

The Minnesota Vikings

Proposed swap: Miami sends WR Tyreek Hill and a 2026 fourth-round draft choice after 8/31/2025 (with Miami paying his $15.85M option bonus) to Minnesota for 2026 third and 2026 fifth-round draft choices

The Vikings are an interesting team to look at for a trade like this. There is this belief that the Vikings need to make a trade with Jordan Addison, suspended for three games. That’s not the case because they whipped the San Francisco 49ers and Houston Texans without him and T.J. Hockenson last year, and the 2025 Vikings look to be a better team.

Where things get interesting is the idea of going all in. Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has gotten the Vikings in a three-year window to attack a Super Bowl title. Adding a player like Hill would be a fascinating one, but the price would have to be right. Not only does Hill carry a massive cap hit (that drops by nearly $16 million when his roster bonus is due), but the draft pick compensation looks to be a little higher than they’d like, especially since they don’t have a fourth-round pick to trade. It would likely have to be a mid-round pick swap of some sort, like a third and a fifth for Hill and a fourth could work. It would be a move to maximize the window for 2025. It would be an unlikely move, but it could work for both sides and give J.J. McCarthy another weapon to utilize in his first season at quarterback.

– Tyler Forness, A to Z Sports

The Arizona Cardinals

Proposed swap: Miami sends WR Tyreek Hill and a 2026 fourth-round draft choice to Arizona for CB Kei’Trel Clark and a 2026 second-round draft choice

This is not exactly a groundbreaking trade package, but Kei’Trel Clark was a fairly solid and versatile cornerback in 2024. He took 52 snaps as a boundary and 38 snaps in the slot, something the Dolphins desperately need. For the Cardinals, the team has barely invested in the offense this offseason — the biggest additions were backup quarterback Jacoby Brissett, backup guard Royce Newman, and depth wide receiver Simi Fehoko.

Yes, the Cardinals spent a top pick on Marvin Harrison Jr. last year, but his skill set would greatly benefit from a speedster like Hill on the opposite side of the field. Greg Dortch would work as the traditional slot, with Michael Wilson as a rotational piece and eventual big slot. Absorbing $27.65 million plus the draft capital for a 31-year-old wide receiver is a risky proposition, but the Cardinals are fourth in available cap space ($35.475 million) and could easily adjust his contract to create extra room. It’s also a big opportunity to maximize what they have in Harrison, while giving quarterback Kyler Murray a better fit in the passing game to prove he can still be worth his big-time contract.

– Wendell Ferreira, A to Z Sports

The Los Angeles Rams

Proposed swap: Miami sends WR Tyreek Hill and a 2026 fourth-round draft choice after 8/31/2025 (with Miami paying his $15.85M option bonus) to Los Angeles for 2026 first and fifth-round draft choices

The Rams were at a crossroads this offseason between looking towards the future or making at least one more run of it to compete for a Super Bowl with QB Matthew Stafford. Ultimately, they kept their QB around on a new deal and are ready to show they are still contenders in the NFC.

Stafford’s back injury complicates things, but the Rams have no choice but to win this season. And GM Les Snead has shown time and time again he’s willing to make the big win-now move with little regard to the draft capital it takes to get a deal done. The team was involved in talks to acquire Jalen Ramsey from the Dolphins earlier this offseason, so why not re-engage, but this time to put the final touch on their WR room by trading for Hill. I have the Rams offering their first-round pick in 2026, along with a fifth-round pick, for Hill and a fourth-round pick.

At this stage, a first for Hill seems steep, but the Rams have the luxury of owning two 2026 firsts thanks to landing an additional one from the Atlanta Falcons on draft night. A receiver trio of Puka Nacua, Davante Adams, and Hill would easily be one of the best in the NFL and would help get the most out of Stafford’s final years.

– Destin Adams, A to Z Sports

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Which Offer Should The Dolphins Take (Hypothetically, Of Course)?

The nice thing about this hypothetical world in which the Dolphins are living is that the team has options. Each offer has varying degrees of appeal. I would say, first and foremost, the Dolphins have put themselves into a position where the team needs Hill to compete in 2025. Accordingly, any offer that is accepted before the start of the season would have to give the Dolphins a significant talent back to help keep this team competitive this season, with people’s jobs on the line.

The potential payoff of a first-round draft choice from the Rams would likely be too good to pass up if the Dolphins stumble out of the blocks through the first month and a half of the season. I see Minnesota’s offer as the least enticing, as it’s a player-for-picks swap that would require Miami to still foot the bill on Hill’s $15.85 million option bonus due at the end of August.

I would next eliminate the Cardinals’ offer. Arizona is the only team in this scenario willing to eat all of Hill’s remaining 2025 salary — a $10 million base plus the full balance of his option bonus. That’s no small part of this deal. However, getting Clark back as the player doesn’t offer Miami any assurances of an actual solution in the secondary. It’s just another gamble on a young player. Had the Cardinals not suffered severe injuries at corner already, there may have been a different corner that could have prompted a more tempting order.

That leaves the Steelers and the Rams. A few things would need to happen for the Rams’ offer to come into reality. We’d need to first see Stafford on the field and healthy amid an ongoing back injury to ensure this team is “all in” and not hoarding their picks for a potential trade for a quarterback of the future. We’d also need to see the Dolphins flop through October — would the Rams still be offering a first-round pick come mid-October for a 31-year-old wide receiver? I would assume that the Rams’ offer, which featured a first-round pick, would be rescinded by then.

If Miami’s joint practices this past week with Chicago and Detroit weren’t so limited without Hill serving as an active participant, I would be more keen on proactively “buying” the Rams’ first-round pick before the season starts. But that would be a major concession for the year ahead, and the Dolphins do need to win enough games for everyone to avoid the hot seat.

That leaves Pittsburgh. The Steelers’ offer is the most attractive because it includes two top-100 draft choices and a replacement within the wide receiver room, who offered respectable production for the Steelers in 2024 while playing on a rookie contract. The differential for Miami’s draft assets coming back in the Pittsburgh trade versus the Rams’ trade could be negligible based on where Pittsburgh finishes this season and the fact that the Dolphins would be pairing a fifth-round pick with Hill to the Steelers as compared to packaging a fourth-round pick with Hill to go to the Rams.

I would accept the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offer out of the four proposed to me by my colleagues here at A to Z Sports (if I had to).

The winning trade offer sends 2026 second, 2027 third-round draft choices, and wide receiver Calvin Austin III to Miami in return for wide receiver Tyreek Hill and a 2026 fifth-round draft choice.

This is the only offer that allows me to thread the needle of competing in 2025 and cashing out on the Hill investment to set the Dolphins up for a more promising tomorrow, hopefully with me still in charge. It’s a move that would complete Miami’s overhaul of its locker room leadership, move another big contract off the books to free up future flexibility, and, hopefully, offer Mike McDaniel more buy-in and fewer potential distractions in a pivotal year.

Alas, Hill’s value in 2025 likely far transcends all of these offers in real life, and the Tyreek Hill show feels destined to roll on in South Florida with the start of the season so close. Here’s hoping it’s an entertaining one for all the right reasons, which is no guarantee.

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