KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tyreek Hill and the Miami Dolphins missed out on the opportunity to visit the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium back in November, when their high-profile matchup was instead played in Frankfurt, Germany.
Hill and Co. will finally get their chance Saturday with a whole lot more at stake.
The star receiver will be playing in Kansas City for the first time since the Chiefs sent him to the Dolphins when the teams meet in an AFC wild-card playoff game. And along with what figures to be plenty of boos — Hill has actively needled the Chiefs on social media since the trade in March 2022 — he will be greeted by wind chills expected to be well below zero when kickoff arrives at 8 p.m. Eastern.
“We’re competitors. You’ve seen me — I have that fire — and he’s the same way,” said Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who helped turn Hill into a star during the receiver’s first six seasons in the NFL. “That’s what makes him so great. And we’re still friends in the offseason and all that, but when you’re on the field, you’re competing to win. That’s just how it is.”
The Chiefs beat Miami 21-14 back in the fall, and they certainly know how to win this time of year.