Bills vs. Dolphins: Can Buffalo Shut Up Tyreek & Super Bowl Guarantee?
The Miami Dolphins have gained a reputation for trash-talking without ever actually having accomplished much as a team in this AFC era. And some of their foes are rather tired of it.
Now along comes Pro Bowl wide receiver Tyreek Hill boastfully predicting that he is destined to burn through the AFC East this year on his way to the all-time NFL receiving yards record.
"I will break 2,000 yards next year bro ..." Hill said on his recent podcast. "And all I'm gonna say is 2,000 yards was on my bucket list to get, bro, before I leave the league. And y'all think the Cheetah is gonna leave without doing something he promised hisself?''
The NFL is of course full of terrific athletes who long ago set majestic goals for themselves ... and making it in pro football is quite an achievement by itself. Additionally, lofty goals are the way to continue to achieve; "Shoot for the stars and you'll at least end up on the moon,'' and all of that.
But "2,000 yards''? It is mathematically possible; the NFL record is held by Detroit's Calvin Johnson at 1,964 ... and the league now plays 17 games.
Tyreek is promising something else, though. "Another Super Bowl,'' he said.
And this is where the Miami Dolphins' rivals from Buffalo come in, as it will be the job of the three-time defending AFC East champs to not only deal with Tyreek by shutting him down ... but also by shutting him up.
Hill last year had a career-high 119 receptions for 1,710 yards and seven touchdowns. He was a First-Team All-Pro. He was a problem, for the Bills and for everybody else. But in the first meeting last year, he caught just two balls for 33 yards. In the second meeting, he caught nine for 69 and a TD. And in the playoff meeting, he caught seven for 69 but did not score.
Buffalo won two of the three matchups, including the playoff game.
Tyreek Hill had a career-high 119 receptions for 1,710 yards and seven touchdowns, earning Pro Bowl and First-Team All-Pro honors while finishing fourth in Offensive Player of the Year voting. On one level, it will be in part of the Bills' job to keep him from breaking the 2,000-yard plane. On another level, to Bills Mafia, maybe "Cheetah'' can have all the numbers he wants as long as it is Buffalo and not the talkative Dolphins who end up in the Super Bowl.
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