Michael Johnson Says Chiefs' Tyreek Hill Couldn't Make US Olympic Sprint Team

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Four-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson advised Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill to, literally, stay in his lane.

Johnson was asked Thursday whether he thought Hill could make the U.S. Olympic team as a sprinter, and he succinctly replied "no" to Drew Davison of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

"He knows what his sport is," Johnson said. "That sort of thing picks up steam from other people saying, 'Oh, he can be in the Olympics.'"

Johnson continued:

"Honestly the sport is much more complex than people think. These guys are all fast and they're struggling to pick up the concept of a simple start position. Simple to me. Not simple…