Getty Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill offered a small piece of advice to Tua Tagovailoa ahead of the 2024 season.
Faced with a pressing question about which quarterback he would rank higher, Patrick Mahomes or Tua Tagovailoa, Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill took the diplomatic way out.
Hosting a camp for youth football players in Rochester, New York, Hill fielded an unusually tough question from one of the attendees. News8’s AJ Feldman noted on X that the attendee asked Hill to rank his former teammate on the Kansas City Chiefs against the current Dolphins signal caller.
“Patrick Mahomes or Tua?” the young player asked at the June 15 camp.
Tyreek Hill is taking questions from kids at his camp in Rochester. First kid comes out swinging-
“Patrick Mahomes or Tua?”
Hill declined to give a definitive answer, Feldman wrote.
“He said there were a lot of cameras around, so he just answered that he likes them both and pleaded the fifth,” the reporter shared on X.
Tyreek Hill Has Backed His Quarterback
Though the careful answer drew some attention online, Hill has not been shy about backing Tagovailoa in the past. Speaking to reporters at the team’s minicamp on June 4, Hill made it clear that he believes Tagovailoa has earned the contract extension that he and the team have been working toward this offseason.
“Tua should’ve [already] been paid. I’ve been saying this all offseason, man. I know we got a great front office. … They’re going to get it done,” Hill said, via Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports. “The progression of how he’s getting better each and every year, and how he’s carrying this offense, it’s crazy. … He’s continually getting better, he’s gradually getting better each and every year. Last year was a Pro Bowl. This year’s gonna be a playoff win and much more. So Tua should’ve been paid.”
Hill has not shied away from some playful digs at Tagovailoa as well. When the Dolphins quarterback showed up to minicamp showing off a new physique, Hill joked that the weight loss was noticeable and admitted he was worried about Tagovailoa’s weight in the past.
“I’m not gonna lie. When I saw Tua at the Pro Bowl, I was kind of scared,” Hill joked to reporters, via the Palm Beach Post. “He was fat as [expletive].”
Tyreek Hill Has Called Patrick Mahomes ‘The Best Quarterback in the League’
Hill has not always been so careful with his answers on the Tagovailoa vs. Mahomes debate. In an appearance on “The Pivot” podcast that aired in March, he told co-host Ryan Clark that Mahomes was “a different dude” and didn’t dispute that he was the league’s top signal-caller.
“He obviously the best quarterback in the league,” Hill said.
Hill went on to say that Tagovailoa has been steadily improving but could learn something from the way Mahomes carries himself on the field.
“Now, what I said about Tua being the most accurate. … This year for Tua, this is a build-on season because this was obviously his best season of his career,” Hill added. “We gonna go from accurate to being that fearless, cocky — well, not really cocky but [confident] — he gon’ continue to add onto his game, because he’s got the skill set and he got the supporting cast to do it.”