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Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jaylen
Waddle is ready to race new teammate Tyreek Hill, who has long been one
of the fastest players in the NFL.
Waddle told Omar Kelly of the South
Florida Sun Sentinel he wasn’t surprised Hill laid down the gauntlet
upon his arrival to Miami, with the former Kansas City Chiefs star saying, “The Cheetah has always got to
prove he’s the fastest on the team.”
“I already knew this was coming,” Waddle said.
The 2021 first-round pick said his
preparations for that showdown started 24 hours later.
“The next day I said [to myself], ‘I
know he’s going to try to race. Let me get on these legs real
quick,'” Waddle told Kelly. “I already know a race is going to come.”
Regardless of who wins the race, which will probably go down during training camp, the
Dolphins are now fortunate to feature one of the league’s most dangerous
receiver tandems.
Waddle recorded 104 receptions for
1,015 yards and six touchdowns as a rookie.
Hill is a six-time Pro Bowl selection
who posted a career-high 111 catches for 1,239 yards and nine scores
during his final season with the Chiefs.
Their game-changing ability will be important in
what could be a make-or-break year for quarterback Tua Tagovailoa,
who’s entering his third NFL season without having firmly established
himself as a franchise QB.
If Tagovailoa is able to take that next
step in his development with Waddle and Hill at his disposal, the
Dolphins could emerge as a contender in the AFC.
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