It seems that new Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill is doing all he can to build the confidence of his new quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, and that includes claiming he is better than his former QB Patrick Mahomes at one key skill.
Ahead of working together during the Dolphins’ mandatory minicamp, Hill admitted he had low expectations of his new QB’s skillset after 21 starts in Miami over his first two seasons. However, he has done all he can to publicly build up the confidence of the 24-year-old signal-caller.
On Friday, during the first episode of his “It Needed to be Said” podcast, Hill showered the Alabama alum with praise about his skills as a QB.
“I’ve had a chance to see Tua throw the ball, to myself, but . . . he’s that dude, bro,” Hill said [h/t Pro Football Talk]. “Like, what a lot of people don’t know, like, I’m not just sitting just saying this because he’s my quarterback now … like, I’m not trying to get more targets right now, but what I’m trying to say is Tua is that deal, bro. He has a heck of an arm, bro. He’s accurate. He can throw the deep ball, and he actually goes through his reads.”
In trying to hammer home the point of how accurate Tagovailoa is, Hill claimed that the Miami Dolphins’ 2020 first-round pick is more accurate of a passer than Patrick Mahomes.
“Obviously, like I’m gonna go with [Mahomes] as the strongest arm but as far as accuracy-wise, I’m going with Tua all day.”
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