Dolphins’ Tyreek Hill predicts he’ll grow to be first to interrupt 2,000 yards in 2023

Tyreek Hill desires to make 2023 his personal Y2K.

The Miami Dolphins’ high receiver predicted on his podcast that he’ll set the NFL’s single-season receiving file this season by changing into the primary to high 2,000 yards.

Former Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson holds the file with 1,964 yards in 2012.

“I’ll break 2,000 yards subsequent 12 months, bro,” Hill said recently on the “It Needed to be Said” podcast. “2,000 yards was on my bucket checklist to get earlier than I go away this league … 2,000 yards and one other Tremendous Bowl — we getting that. Consider that.”

On one hand, Hill was on tempo for two,000 yards after the primary 9 video games of final season, and the NFL season is one recreation longer now (17) than it was when Johnson set the file.

On the opposite, Hill has to share the ball with one other high receiver (teammate Jaylen Waddle) and an improved solid of supporting receivers, his pursuit is topic to derailment by harm to quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, and he’s below NFL investigation.

Hill set profession highs with 119 catches for 1,710 yards final season and people numbers might need been increased if not for the 4 video games he performed with backup quarterbacks Teddy Brigewater and Skylar Thompson.

If nothing else, Hill definitely proved in his first 12 months with the Dolphins that his success isn’t a by-product of enjoying with Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

“I really feel like I’ve bought the precise instruments round me,” he mentioned. “I’ve bought clearly essentially the most correct quarterback within the NFL, I’ve bought the most effective head coaches within the NFL and in addition my place coach is a monster additionally.

So simply having these three issues and me simply protecting the identical mindset every day that I need to get higher and I need to break the file and I do need to break the file. So I really feel like that is a type of years that I can obtain it.”

Hill, 29, might be working out of time to attain his objective.

He mentioned earlier this offseason that he’ll prematurely retire after the 2025 season, so he solely has three extra alternatives to discovered a 2,000 membership.

Will he be sidelined for any of 2023?

Hill allegedly struck a 57-year-old boat employee within the neck throughout a dispute at a marina in South Florida after which offered $200 to the worker.

The league is investigating the incident however usually delays its punishment choices till after the prison course of performs out in courts.