Up until Wednesday, there was no indication the Kansas City Chiefs were at odds with Tyreek Hill over a new contract. That changed quickly, as he was traded to the Miami Dolphins in a blockbuster deal.
For that trade to happen, things had to go south with the Chiefs. The two sides had been in talks on a long-term contract, but those talks stalled. Hill wanted to beat Davante Adams’ deal “by every metric,” according to Albert Breer of The MMQB, but the Chiefs were unwilling to accommodate him.
Hill was ultimately traded to the Miami Dolphins, who did wind up making Hill the NFL’s highest-paid receiver.
Adams’ situation was a bit different, in that he reportedly wanted a new home all along. That does not seem to have been the case with Hill, but he chose to get paid, even if it meant finding a new team.
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