All things are aligned for Tyreek Hill to make sure this Y2K is not a bust.
When Hill predicted in July that he would become the first receiver in NFL history to reach the 2,000-yard mark this season, it sounded overly ambitious. The Dolphins star has never led the league in receiving yards and was no lock to do so in his age-29 season over the Vikings’ Justin Jefferson, the Raiders’ Davante Adams, the Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase, the Bills’ Stefon Diggs, the Jets’ Garrett Wilson, the Rams’ Cooper Kupp, the Eagles’ A.J. Brown or any of the other elites.
Then the games started, and Hill went off for 215 yards on 11 catches in a Week 1 win against the Chargers. Suddenly 2,000 feels … inevitable?
“I think it’s going to happen, and if anybody is going to do it, it’s going to be Tyreek Hill,” Hall of Fame tight end Tony Gonzalez said. “They have that extra [17th regular-season game] now. The rules are not like it used to be — you can’t hit the quarterback, can’t hit the receiver in the head over the middle, which is all good stuff. That all plays a factor into these guys getting yards after the catch and being braver to go up in traffic and catch the football. I think it’s just a matter of time.”
