Tyreek Hill was traded in a blockbuster deal to the Dolphins on Wednesday after extension talks with Chiefs fell apart. However, it appears that Kansas City may have never had a chance to re-sign the star wide receiver given his demands.
Hill was looking for a bigger contract than Davante Adams’s massive deal with the Raiders that was done just days before, according to NFL.com’s Jeffri Chadiha. If the Chiefs couldn’t give him that, he had no interest in staying with the team and didn’t want to give them a discount.
This put the Chiefs in a difficult position, having to already pay quarterback Patrick Mahomes record-breaking money annually for the monster 10-year extension worth up to $503 million he signed in 2020.