Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill ‘100%,’ Says He Was Trolling Fantasy Players amid Thumb Injury

Scott Polacek@@ScottPolacekFeatured Columnist IVSeptember 2, 2024

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Breathe easy, fantasy football managers. Tyreek Hill is apparently fine.

“I’m fine man, I’m fine,” Hill said Monday when discussing his thumb injury, per Joe Schad of the Palm Beach Post. “I just needed some days off. That’s it. I’m fine man. I’m healthy. All my fantasy, draftees, draft people, I’m fine. A-OK. 100%. I just wanted to troll y’all a little bit.”

There were more signs on Monday than just Hill’s comments that indicated he should be good to go for Sunday’s season opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

ESPN’s Marcel Louis-Jacques noted both Hill and Jaylen Waddle returned to practice and were not wearing non-contact jerseys. Waddle did not play in the preseason and wore such a jersey during some previous practices as he dealt with undisclosed injuries.

As for Hill, he also missed the team’s three preseason games and was sidelined for Miami’s joint practice with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers because of the thumb injury.

The health of both wide receivers is even more important at the start of the season since Odell Beckham Jr. will start the campaign on the physically unable to perform list. That will keep the veteran out for at least the first four games as he recovers from offseason surgery.

Still, Hill’s importance goes well beyond a need for healthy wide receivers while Beckham is out.

He is arguably the best player at his position in the league with a resume that includes a Super Bowl title, eight Pro Bowl selections, five First-Team All-Pro nods and six years with more than 1,100 receiving yards.

NFL @NFLTyreek Hill has been a model of consistency over the last 3 seasons 🙌 @cheetah

– 349 receptions (1st in the NFL)
– 4,748 receiving yards (1st)
– 29 receiving TDs (T-3rd) pic.twitter.com/zapWzmh7Xg

One of those years came in 2023 when he led the NFL in both receiving yards (1,799) and touchdown catches (13). He has surpassed 1,700 receiving yards in each of his first two seasons with the Dolphins and is looking to reach that total for a third straight year.

“I’m very excited, man,” Hill said. “Every year is another opportunity, man, to win games and you know create memories, man, like with you know, a great group of guys and you said it, like this is our best team that we done had since we’ve been here. So what a time to be alive man, be a Dolphins fan.”

The journey toward a potential Super Bowl starts Sunday, and fantasy football managers can take solace knowing he expects to be on the field from Week 1.