Mike McDaniel Reveals Shocking Extent of Tyreek Hill’s Unseen Effort During Wrist Surgery Recovery

There’s been a lot of chatter—some of it downright speculative—about Tyreek Hill’s mood last season in Miami. But here’s the real scoop: Dolphins’ head coach Mike McDaniel isn’t buying the gloom-and-doom narrative. In fact, Hill’s out here grinding in the offseason, ticking every box and then some. Surgery? Yeah, he planned that wrist procedure perfectly, mapping out his comeback like a chess master so he’d be ready exactly when Miami needs him. And though that wrist isn’t back to 100% yet, Hill’s pulling no punches, throwing himself into voluntary practices with a purpose that’s hard to ignore. McDaniel’s words? Tyreek’s proactive, committed, relentless—checking all the right boxes and running routes like a man on a mission, while the staff carefully holds off on passing him the ball until that wrist gets the all-clear. Here’s the kicker: This guy, once hailed the NFL’s top player by his peers, had a tough 2024 with injuries, but make no mistake—getting Hill back to full throttle is Miami’s trump card for 2025. The stakes couldn’t be higher. LEARN MORE

“Then he’ll start catching the ball,” McDaniel said. “But he’s been participating above and beyond. Whatever he can do, he has been doing.”“Tyreek’s done a great job of being proactive with when he got the surgery done and making sure he is able to do as much as he can with the team, which has very much included his daily participation in how he attacks all of our strength program,” McDaniel said.McDaniel said Hill is running routes in practice but that the Dolphins are holding off on having him catch passes until there are no concerns about his wrist or his ability to fully use his hand.For much of his career, Hill has been among the NFL’s best wide receivers, and a year ago his fellow players voted him the single best player in the NFL in a poll conducted for NFL Media. But his injury-plagued 2024 season was a disappointment. McDaniel knows nothing is more important to his team in 2025 than getting Hill back on track.Despite talk as last season came to an end that Tyreek Hill was unhappy in Miami, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel says Hill has done everything asked of him and more in the offseason.McDaniel said at the Dolphins’ Organized Team Activities that Hill timed his wrist surgery so that he’d be ready to return when the Dolphins need him, and that Hill is doing everything he can during voluntary practices now, even though his wrist isn’t fully healed.