After the Kansas City Chiefs traded wide receiver Tyreek Hill to the Miami Dolphins before the 2022 season, it was widely thought that fourth-year wideout Mecole Hardman would finally get his opportunity to shine as the team’s top receiving threat.
But things didn’t work out that way. After notching five starts in the first eight games of the season — in which quarterback Patrick Mahomes recorded a league-leading passer rating of 139.0 when targeting his speedy wideout — Hardman was placed on the team’s Reserve/Injured list with a mysterious abdomen injury.