Maybe the beef between Tyreek Hill and Noah Lyles started friendly. But no one expected it to boil over to what it has now. If you know both, there’s a chance this race was marked on your calendars since the inception of the idea. But recent news might’ve put those plans in the bin for good. Lyles pulled out for ‘personal reasons’, citing nothing further than this. Understandably, Hill was as pissed as a man can get. What came next? It might’ve been the writing on the wall for whatever friendship and respect the two had left for each other.

It was in 2024 when both athletes engaged in public challenges and social media exchanges. But when Lyles won his fourth consecutive 60-meter indoor title in February 2025, that’s when it became personal. His bib playfully read a message that read “Tyreek Could Never”, and we know Hill never backs down from a fight. To be fair to him, there’s a reason they call him the Cheetah. After he accepted the race, saying “coming to a city near you”, the fans couldn’t hold their excitement in anymore.

But now that Lyles pulled out for personal reasons, Hill didn’t hold back his reaction. He dropped a simple 8-word message: “@LylesNoah after seeing me run the 100m last weekend.” Standing at just 5’10” and weighing 191 pounds, Hill brings a rare combination of size, speed, and athleticism that makes him one of the NFL’s most feared offensive weapons. So, do you blame him for challenging an Olympic Gold medallist?

“We were very deep into creating the event. In fact, it was supposed to happen this weekend,” Lyles said. “Unfortunately, there were some things, complications, personal reasons that it just didn’t come to pass, but we were full on. We were gonna have a big event, we were going to shut down New York Times Square and everything, we were gonna have all the billboards for the event, it was going to be a lot of fun.”

Tyreek Hill’s 10.15-second time is impressive for a 31-year-old NFL player who hasn’t trained specifically for sprinting. Do you know how ridiculous that is? Sure, it isn’t like Lyles’ personal best of 9.79 seconds that won him the gold at Paris 2024. But to even have the cheek to challenge and badmouth Noah speaks volumes of that confidence. It’s just a shame that badmouthing has him on Santa’s naughty list of NFL players.

Tyreek Hill’s Dolphins career was saved by his talent

Coach Mike McDaniels and GM Chris Grier value him too much. He’s arguably Miami‘s best wide receiver and weapon – and is probably the only reason the front office pair even have a job right now. Their past 6 seasons are a big indicator of that, with 4 of those seasons outside the playoffs and the other 2 dominated by exits in the Wild Card round. But there’s only so much time and patience that they can have over the Cheetah.

Could his behavior be a reason to trade him, though? They could take the Nico Harrison way out – trading their marquee player, Luka Doncic, away from the team earlier this NBA season. But McDaniels has pretty much shut those talks down: “I can certainly say with certainty that at this certain moment [that Hill will not traded]. We are fully planning to move forward for a better version of our relationship with Tyreek.”

Sorry to say this, but that marked calendar day might have to wait a little longer. The ever-so-notorious Tyreek Hill will take on America’s sweetheart Noah Lyles in no time. It’s just that it’ll take time for those ‘personal concerns’ to boil over. And if anything, Hill’s the angrier one in this.