In 2023, Tyreek Hill said that he intended to play out his contract with the Dolphins – which then ran through 2026 – and then retire. He also said he wanted to reach 10 years in the NFL.
Hill missed the first milestone by a year, but he finished a decade in the league at the conclusion of the 2025 season. He faces a long rehab process from the brutal leg injury he suffered in September and has made other hints towards retiring in the past. In recent months, those factors – as well as his expected departure from Miami – stirred speculation that Hill may have played his last down in the NFL.
But after being released by the Dolphins on Monday, Hill made it clear (via a social media post) that he has no intention of hanging up his cleats. He thanked the Dolphins and their fanbase after his four years in Miami and promised that he “will be back.” When or where that will be are still open questions.
In addition to parting ways with Hill, the Dolphins also cut outside linebacker Bradley Chubb and offensive lineman James Daniels. Hill and Daniels are not receiving post-June 1 designations, which would allow the team to push some of their dead money into 2027. Miami would not, however, receive the resulting salary cap relief until that date. Since they need the cap savings from releasing Hill and Daniels to become cap compliant in the new league year, those moves had to be made right away.
The precise financial impact of Daniels’ release is still TBD, as he has $3.5MM of his 2026 salary guaranteed for injury. He ended the season on injured reserve due to a torn pectoral; if he is still injured, the Dolphins cannot release him until the start of the new league year, according to OverTheCap’s Jason Fitzgerald. Even then, Daniels can file a grievance for his injury guarantees if he believes he is still hurt.
Chubb will not be released at the same time as Hill and Daniels, per Fitzgerald, suggesting that the team is considering a post-June 1 move (or even a trade). Rather than absorbing his full $24MM dead cap hit this year, the Dolphins could move almost $13MM into 2027. However, the team would not see the cap savings until the summer and would need to make other moves to clear up additional cap space before free agency. Chubb has yet to be informed if his official release will happen before or after June 1, per Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald.
Everyone is against dv until their on their own team and suddenly it’s under the rug. Look at the fraudulent patriots and their come out of the woodwork fans. Look at chiefs rosters going back decades. Absolutely disgusting
Put your hands on a woman or child and you shouldn’t be allowed to play pro sports. I’m so sick and tired of these thugs being allowed chance after chance just because they can help a team. How is it right that diggs can have his arraignment postponed until after the Super Bowl? Same for barmore.
Does the Florida State Correctional facility need a WR?
Thing is… Guys like Hill are completely oblivious of the rules that the vast majority of us play by. I don’t by any means, excuse his behavior, but this guy- like so many of these guys- has been coddled from a young age for so long that he just doesn’t get how the rest of the world works. And he won’t.. until many years from now.. hopefully not too late- he’ll understand the values of things that don’t have a $$ attached to it..