Interesting article…
“The Chiefs maneuvered around the NFL Draft using the draft capital they received in the Hill trade. Following subsequent trades involving those picks, the Chiefs ultimately selected Washington CB Trent McDuffie, Western Michigan WR Skyy Moore, Kentucky IOL Darian Kinnard, SMU WR Rashee Rice, and Texas DT Keondre Coburn and still have a remaining 2024 fifth-rounder they acquired.”
Tyreek is individually phenomenal but the Dolphins took a shortcut to building a perpetual winner through the draft with the Tyreek trade. He only counted $6M and $12M against the cap the past 2 seasons which balloons into $30Ms next two years and then $50+M.
Chiefs didn’t want to pay a WR that much, which Grier did, plus sent a trove of picks that included an All Pro CB and some solid players.
Would you do it over again?
Whether they paid Hill or not, the same story would have unfolded, except in getting Hill, Miami was within a few less Injuries from stopping the Chiefs from Repeating.
Injuries are part of the game, and though what happened to Miami was way more then the norm, I will allow it in this case to be something Miami should have found a way around, but to best make my point of what the Hill trade did for us compared to the Chiefs, let's just for comparison sake say Dolphins and the Chiefs went into the last 3 games. then playoffs both healthy...Which team really looked scarier?
The Chiefs had Mahomes, and they had Kelse, but Miami had the most Dangerous pair of Receivers, and the most dangerous pair of RBs inn the NFL...They were also the 2nd highest scoring offense in the NFL, only behind the Cowboys with the injuries, take them away and Miami probably easily becomes #1.
Miami losing to the Titans (Underestimating or not does not happen), and whether Miami can or can't beat the Ravens in Baltimore does not matter, because Miami still ends up with the bye and the #1 position when they easily beat the Bills in Miami.
In the playoffs Miami become more dangerous, Miami would have beaten the Texans, and in the Chsmpionship game, Maholmes/Kelse or not, a rested Miami Offense would have in Miami outplayed the Chiefs with all their weapons.
The Hill trade helped KC only because they got more money to get more 2nd and 3rd level talent, but with all the 1st level Talent Hill was added to, Miami did very well and better then the Chiefs, which if healthy, they would have beat.