Tyreek Hill believes he would take Deion Sanders to school if the Pro Football Hall of Fame cornerback was playing in today’s NFL. While appearing on the Million Dollaz Worth of Fame podcast , the Miami Dolphins wide receiver was asked if he put up 100 yards against Sanders if both of them were in their primes.
“I’m putting 175 on Deion, easy. 175, two touchdowns, Prime Time,” Hill said. Hill then explained why he would have a big advantage over Sanders.
“Prime was a GOAT though, but you gotta understand, they played a lot of man-to-man back in the day,” he said. “I feel like generations have changed, and receivers have changed. We’ve got so much stuff, and our generations so many crazy movements and we know all this crazy stuff.”
Hill also said size would give him an advantage. “I’m quicker, more agile, I can move a whole lot, quick-twitch guy, I can catch screens,” Hill said. “It’s a whole lot that goes into a game, so I’m not saying I’m gonna put the whole [175] up by going deep or running an actual route. I’m catching screens, I’m doing whatever the game needs me to do to get yardage on Deion.”
Looking at the careers of Tyreek Hill and Deion Sanders
Unfortunately, we’ll never get the see the dream matchup of Hill vs. Sanders, but there’s no denying what Hill has done in his eight seasons in the NFL. He has reached the Pro Bowl each season, was selected to the All-Pro Team six times, and is a member of the 2010s All-Decade Team. hill spent his first six seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs and helped the team win the Super Bowl in 2019.
When Hill joined the Dolphins in 2022, he took his game to new heights. The 30-year-old caught 119 passes for 1,710 yards and seven touchdowns during the 2022 season. Last year, Hill once again caught 119 passes for 1,799 yards and 13 touchdowns.
Sanders is arguably the best cornerback in NFL history. He was named to the Pro Bowl eight times, selected to the All-Pro Team eight times won the Defensive Player of the Year award in 1994 and is a member of the 1990s All-Decade Team. Sanders spent the majority of his career with the Atlanta Falcons and Dallas Cowboys but also played for the San Francisco 49ers, Washington and the Baltimore Ravens.
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