Chiefs Stick with Rashee Rice as No. 1 WR, Never Considered Tyreek Hill Trade
Dianna Russini reports that the Chiefs never had any trade interest in Dolphins WR Tyreek Hill before his injury.
Russini adds that the Chiefs believe they have a true No.1 wide receiver in
Drew Rosenhaus, agent for Hill, told Adam Schefter that Hill won’t need another surgery and that his client is targeting a return at the start of next season after suffering a serious knee injury in which he tore multiple ligaments.
Hill, 31, is a former fifth-round pick of the Chiefs back in 2016. He was entering the final year of his four-year, $2.58 million contract in 2019 when the Chiefs signed him to a new three-year $54 million extension that included $35.2 million guaranteed.
The Chiefs traded Hill to the Dolphins during the 2022 offseason. From there, Hill signed a four-year, $120 million contract with the Dolphins, which included $72.2 million in guaranteed money.
He was due base salaries of $19.665 million and $21.835 million over his next two seasons when he agreed to a reworked three-year, $90 million contract with $65 million in guarantees heading into the 2024 season.
In 2025, Hill appeared in four games for the Dolphins and caught 21 passes on 29 targets for 265 yards and one touchdown.
Saints run defense may get exposed by Giants' offensive scheme
Demario Davis and the New Orleans Saints defensive line are under pressure more than any group on defense. The New York Giants like to spread you out more than any team in the NFL. Expect a heavy dosage of run in these situations from both Cam Skattebo and Jaxson Dart.
The Giants saw Malik Nabers unfortunately go down with a torn ACL last week. It’ll be hard to replace Nabers’ production in the passing game, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see the Giants put more emphasis on Dart and Skattebo in the run game against the New Orleans Saints.
No team uses spread formation more than the Giants at 39.7 percent of snaps. Their usage has dropped in the last two weeks, but they had their most successful rushing day out of this formation in Dart's first start last week. This formation will often take Pete Werner off the field or out of the box giving New York another advantage.
The Jaxson Dart and Cam Skattebo prototypes are two of the Saints biggest challenges
New Orleans has been decent at stopping the run in terms of yards per carry and yards allowed, but it’s hard to call them stout. The biggest issue they’ve had is finishing the play. Missed tackles have plagued them all season. You can't be a team that misses tackles and be confident you'll stop Skattebo. He breaks tackles on a consistent basis, and the Saints miss them consistently. That sounds like a recipe for disaster.
With the Giants tendency to use spread formation, there will be less players in the box to stop the run. The defensive front can't get pushed back constantly. It'll be on them to stand their ground, or even better, get off blocks. If the defensive line allows for offensive linemen to get to the second level quickly it's going to be a long day for the Saints. Ideally, the defensive front keeps the linebackers clean enough to go make plays.
Another issue is stopping the quarterback run. You could marry the issues and point to Josh Allen's monster run from just last week. Not only was that a quarterback running, he was running through tacklers as well. We've seen Mac Jones look athletic when running against this defense. He shook Pete Werner out of his shoes.
It may not be consistent runs throughout the game, but the Saints are allowing quarterbacks to run when it's needed the most, such as third downs. Both of these issues become more prevalent when the defense is spread out.
