WR Hill blames drops on lack of reps with Tua

MIAMI GARDENS -- Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill sewage his hands connected 3 passes that yet fell incomplete during Sunday's 29-17 triumph complete the San Francisco 49ers, 2 of which would person resulted successful touchdowns.

When asked astir them aft the game, Hill attributed his drops to a deficiency of believe reps pinch backmost Tua Tagovailoa.

"I consciousness for illustration astatine the extremity of the day, I request those valuable reps pinch Tua," Hill said. "Those vet remainder days are starting to show. I wholly blasted myself for not getting my caput astir and not seeing the shot because, if I spot a ball, we're talking cross-court, 70-yard touchdown. But those Wednesday reps are decidedly showing. As a leader, I've conscionable sewage to beryllium capable to wound the slug sometime and believe and get those valuable reps pinch QB1 because, if we're capable to enactment connected the section connected 3rd down, who knows what could happen."

Hill dropped a walk connected 3rd down during the Dolphins' opening drive. Later successful the quarter, he dropped different 3rd down pass, this clip successful the endzone -- though 49ers cornerback Deommodore Lenoir tipped the shot somewhat astatine the past second.

Tagovailoa targeted Hill erstwhile again connected an endzone way connected 3rd down precocious successful the 3rd quarter, but the walk was dropped. The Dolphins settled for section goals connected some of Hill's endzone drops.

Hill was listed arsenic questionable for Sunday's crippled pinch a wrist injury, which he's battled passim the season. He missed Wednesday practices successful 2 of the past 4 weeks, and has been constricted aliases worse successful astatine slightest 1 believe each week since Week 7. Leading up to Sunday's game, Hill missed believe Wednesday, practiced successful afloat Thursday and was a constricted subordinate Friday.

He doubled down connected his deficiency of believe reps arsenic the logic for his struggles Sunday, hearkening backmost to a instruction he learned while playing nether Andy Reid.

"On the heavy ball, it was tipped by the protect back, and connected the different one, it's just, again, missing those valuable reps pinch the quarterback," he said. "One point I learned from Coach Reid whenever I was successful Kansas City, I was blessed to beryllium capable to play nether specified a awesome caput coach, is you can't conscionable show up connected Sunday. You've sewage to beryllium capable to hole yourself Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, moreover Saturday. Then erstwhile it's Sunday, it's easy.

"Once again, america missing those valuable reps because erstwhile it's unrecorded speed, everything's moving truthful fast. We request those valuable reps whenever it's Wednesday, Thursday and Friday."

With 29 yards and a touchdown Sunday, the NFL's starring receiver complete the past 2 seasons is connected gait for conscionable 945 receiving yards this play -- the lowest full of his profession arsenic a full-time starter.

Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said processing a player's believe workload is an "imperfect formula" but ultimately, if Hill wants much believe reps past he will get them.

"You're trying to output the champion capacity connected crippled day, and the awesome news is erstwhile a subordinate connected Sunday tin consciousness the remainder successful a antagonistic way, past you adjust," McDaniel said. "Whenever it hits a subordinate and they consciousness that it has accumulated, past you set your plans because the thought is, supra each else, executing and emotion arsenic convicted and assured connected crippled day. There's ever pros and cons pinch immoderate benignant of rest. Shoot, I want each subordinate to play 100 percent of the believe snaps astatine afloat tilt each week. You person an imperfect look of trying to fig retired really to remainder guys and what does champion for their body.

"I deliberation the accommodation to getting much reps pinch Tua, that's an easy one. You cognize what I'll do? I'll say, hey, get much reps, and past they'll do it."

The Dolphins led the NFL successful passing yards past play but presently rank 14th successful passing yards per game. Their discourtesy struggled aft Tagovailoa missed 4 of the team's first six games pinch a concussion, but Hill's accumulation hasn't returned to his 2022 and 2023 levels.

Tagovailoa agreed that much believe reps could thief get Miami's discourtesy backmost connected track.

"If he told you that, past that's what we request much of. We request reps. Me and him request much reps," he said. "That's what we've sewage to do. That's the concealed condiment to maine being capable to link pinch each these guys ... If we miss a throw, if we're disconnected connected a propulsion successful the squad believe aliases successful a routes on-air rep, we'll get together successful immoderate clip we have, whether it's aft aliases during, while the defense is on, and we'll get those reps made up. Telling him what I spot and past him besides telling maine really he feels pinch moving it. That has a batch to do pinch reps for sure."

At 6-7, the Dolphins way the Denver Broncos by 2 games for the AFC's last playoff seed. If the Broncos suffer their remaining 2 games, and Miami wins retired and finishes pinch a amended grounds than the Indianapolis Colts, the Dolphins will unafraid their 3rd consecutive playoff berth.