Hill’s injury was brutal enough to stop everything in an instant. In Week 4 against the Jets, he caught a pass near the sideline, went down with his left leg trapped underneath him, dislocated the knee, and tore multiple ligaments, including his ACL. He had to be carted off in an air cast, and nearly a year later, the NFL is still waiting to see him in uniform again. The problem is that comeback hype is running ahead of reality. Hill’s agent just admitted he still is not fully ready, making all the reunion talk and Super Bowl speculation feel premature.

“I don’t expect Tyreek to sign before the season,” Rosenhaus said on the show. “He sent me video yesterday of him running hills, and he looked great. And I said to him, ‘You look great.’ And he said to me, ‘I still have some work to do. I am not ready yet.”

Rosenhaus went on to explain the approach he and Hill have settled on as they navigate this recovery together.

“I am not pressuring Tyreek, nor am I setting a timeline for him,” Rosenhaus said. “What I have said to Tyreek is, take your time. It’s not when you come back, it’s how you come back. We want you to come back when you feel your best. There’s no sense of urgency, timing-wise.”

That patience is easier to afford because Hill is not tied to any team right now. The Dolphins released him in February 2026, freeing up $22.8 million in cap space and making him an unrestricted free agent for the first time in his 10-year NFL career. He was 31 when he suffered the injury and turned 32 in March.

Hill’s injury did not cost Miami the game that night, but it nearly turned the Dolphins’ first win of the season into a secondary story. Miami was leading 17-3 when Hill was carted off in the third quarter after the defense had already recovered three Jets fumbles. Without its biggest deep threat, the Jets eventually dragged the game back to 27-21, with Justin Fields ripping off a 43-yard touchdown run and later finding Garrett Wilson for a late score.

Miami answered Hill’s injury with a 68-yard touchdown drive capped by De’Von Achane’s 9-yard run and eventually recovered New York’s onside kick to escape. The Dolphins survived, but Hill’s season did not.

His own update last month painted a picture of just how much work remained. Hill posted a video to his YouTube channel showing himself working out in a pool and on a grass field, but he was candid about where things stood.

“So it’s about 10 months after doing two surgeries,” Hill said. “My left leg is the one that I injured. I have no power in my left leg at all, so I’m trying to regain all the power back in my left leg. But it’s one day at a time.”

Despite that sobering update, Rosenhaus struck an optimistic tone on Friday when describing what the end of this process will look like for teams willing to be patient.

“I think this is a future Hall of Famer who still has a lot of good football left in him,” Rosenhaus said. “This was a devastating injury, but everyone’s going to be so impressed when they see how well Tyreek is rehabbing. I do think when he does sign, he will be a coveted player. He’ll be the kind of guy that will impact the playoff race and will certainly be successful once he signs.”

Hill already has 11,363 career receiving yards and 83 receiving touchdowns, along with eight Pro Bowls, five first-team All-Pro selections, six 1,000-yard seasons, a Super Bowl ring and a spot on the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 2010s All-Decade Team. He also topped 1,700 receiving yards in back-to-back seasons with Miami, including a career-high 1,799 yards and 13 touchdowns in 2023.

More importantly, he spent years forcing defenses to completely change their coverage because one missed step could become a touchdown. The debate now is not whether Hill was great enough. It is whether a brutal knee injury at 32 has ended the version of him that made that Hall of Fame case so obvious in the first place.

Hill is hardly the only veteran receiver sitting on the market with his health determining what comes next. Gabe Davis is still unsigned after his own comeback was derailed twice by the same knee. He originally suffered meniscus and PCL tears in 2024, returned to Buffalo in 2025 after working his way back through the practice squad, and then tore the ACL in that same knee against Jacksonville in the playoffs. The Bills placed him on injured reserve in January and did not retain him this offseason, leaving the 27-year-old waiting for his knee to prove he can still play at the NFL level. The difference is Hill’s résumé.

Davis is still trying to prove he can get back on the field, while Hill’s Hall of Fame-level résumé gives contenders far more reason to wait and see whether his explosiveness returns. That pedigree could actually make Hill more attractive later in the year, when playoff teams know exactly what they are missing.

A healthy Hill joining a playoff team during the season would give that offense a proven playmaker for the stretch run, which is why teams are still willing to keep the door open despite the injury.

Which Teams Are Still Monitoring Hill and Why the Chiefs Remain a Popular Fit

Before Miami, Hill spent six seasons with the Chiefs after Kansas City picked him in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft out of West Alabama. He won Super Bowl LIV with the Chiefs and became a star alongside Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs eventually sent him to Miami in March 2022, but Kansas City has continued to be linked with its former star.

Shortly after being traded to Miami, Hill openly announced on a podcast, “I’m going to say it again: I’m going to retire a Chief. Like I said, this is where it all started. This is where I became a man. These are the guys who gave me a chance, who believed in me.”

Andy Reid has done little to fuel the Tyreek Hill reunion hype. When the idea resurfaced in February, he brushed past the nostalgia and went straight to the real issue: Hill’s health. Kansas City may keep tabs on every available player, but Reid never made Hill sound like a priority. The relationship is not the problem. Until Hill proves he can still play, the reunion talk is mostly just that, talk.

“I don’t even know if Tyreek is healthy right now to do anything,” Reid said. “We talk about everything. There’s nothing happening there.” Back in 2022, he was even more direct about their relationship: “I love Tyreek Hill. There’s no rift between Tyreek Hill and myself.”

Kansas City may not be moving on Hill right now, but it is hardly the only team keeping his name in the conversation. Multiple teams have monitored Hill’s recovery, but there have been no formal contract talks yet. The Chiefs, Ravens, Falcons and Rams have all been linked to him, though his health remains the biggest factor.

Rosenhaus’ comment makes it clear that Hill is not looking to rush into his next deal.

“Tyreek Hill is gonna take his time and pick the right team,” Rosenhaus said. “He’s gonna come back fully healthy, and he wants to help a team win a Super Bowl.”

It is easy to see why teams remain interested. The biggest question now is whether he can return to the same explosive form once he is fully healthy.