Dolphins’ Tua Tagovailoa on Reaction to Tyreek Hill Trade: ‘Didn’t Think It Was Real’

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Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa divulged Thursday that he didn’t believe the Dolphins had actually acquired wide receiver Tyreek Hill from the Kansas City Chiefs until receiving calls from his coaching staff.

Appearing on Hill’s It Needed to Be Said show on YouTube, Tua gave some insight into his feelings and reaction when news of the Hill trade broke (beginning at the 19:30 mark):

“I heard about it and I didn’t think it was real. Because I already kind of had the notion like, this guy is set in KC, he has a good relationship with all the guys there, he’s been playing there for a while already, they all mesh well together.

“And then I get a call from the head coach, then I get a call from my quarterbacks coach, and it’s the same thing. ‘Yeah, hear the news?’ I said, ‘Wait, is this real?’ They’re like, ‘Of course it’s real, why would it be fake?'”

Miami officially acquired Hill from the Chiefs on March 23 for five draft picks, including first- and second-round picks in 2022. The Dolphins then made Hill the highest-paid wide receiver in the NFL when they signed him to a new contract.

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