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Tyreek Hill makes NFL history with 1,104 receiving yards in first nine games

Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill is the most prolific receiver through the first nine games of a season in the Super Bowl era.

Getting off to a strong start is important in the NFL, and nobody has done that more than Miami Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill, The former Kansas City Chiefs receiver, traded to Miami this offseason, had seven catches on eight targets for 143 yards and a touchdown in the Dolphins’ 35-32 win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday. That put Hill at 1,104 yards for the season, which is the most in the Super Bowl era for any receiver through his first nine games of a season. Raymond Berry of the 1960 Baltimore Colts had 1,147 through the first nine games of that season, which is pretty amazing in a run-dominant era, and the all-time mark of 1,162 yards through nine games belongs to Elroy “Crazy Legs” Hirsch of the 1951 Los Angeles Rams.

Isaac Bruce of the 1995 St. Louis Rams held the Super Bowl era mark with 1,073 receiving yards in his first nine games, and Bruce ended up with 119 catches for 1,781 yards and 13 touchdowns. Amazingly, Bruce didn’t lead the NFL that season in any of those categories — Herman Moore of the Detroit Lions led the league with 123 catches, Jerry Rice of the San Francisco 49ers led with 1,848 receiving yards, and Cris Carter of the Minnesota Vikings and Carl Pickens of the Cincinnati Bengals tied for the receiving touchdown lead with 17.

Whether Hill paces the league or not in every category this season, he’s been every bit of what the Dolphins hoped he’d be when they traded 2022 first-, second-, and fourth-round picks, and fourth- and sixth-round picks in the 2023 draft for Hill, and then signed him to a four-year, $120 million contract.

Hill has been especially tough to stop in conjunction with fellow receiver Jaylen Waddle. This season, Hill and Waddle have combined for 1,916 receiving yards through nine games, the most by a receiver duo in the Super Bowl era. Only Bill Groman and Charley Hennigan of the 1961 Houston Oilers (1,950 yards) ever had more.

Tyreek Hill is making history, and good luck to whoever wants to try and stop him.

How the Dolphins can use Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle to break NFL coverages

Touchdown Wire’s Laurie Fitzpatrick goes to the film to see which concepts Jaylen Waddle and Tyreek Hill should run next year with the Miami Dolphins.

On Wednesday, the Kansas City Chiefs shocked the football world and traded the most electrifying wide receiver in the NFL, Tyreek Hill, to the Miami Dolphins. This six-time pro bowler has 6,630 total receiving yards and four thousand-yard seasons in his career. Last year, Hill had a career high in receptions, with 111 for 1,239 receiving yards and in 2018 and 2020, he led the NFL in yards per touch.

Adding another explosive player to the Dolphins roster quite possibly give them one of the most dangerous and fastest duos in the league. Jaylen Waddle and Hill are both measured at 5-foot-10 and clocking sub-4.4 forty-yard dashes.

So, the interesting question everyone is asking is, how they will work together in the Dolphins offense?

Let’s go to the film and diagnose which concepts would work best for these two speedsters.