Anybody that believes the Dolphins surrendered too many draft picks for a player of Tyreek Hill’s caliber just doesn’t have a firm understanding of value.
Hill has arguably been the sport‘s most dynamic and impactful offensive play maker for the past 5 seasons. He was highly effective playing with both Alex Smith then Patrick Mahomes. It can easily be argued that he helped open things up for Travis Kelce to post the numbers he’s been posting the past 6 seasons.
Depending upon the value chart to which one chooses to subscribe, the Dolphins surrendered draft capital equivalent to somewhere between the 11th and 15th pick in the upcoming draft.
While Hill’s contract extension is hefty and impactful on the cap going forward, they in no way over paid for arguably the game’s very best offensive weapon — who is still only 28 years old.
It should be argued that they underpaid. And if Deebo Samuel ends up netting more in trade, they most surely will have underpaid in terms of trading away assets.